The Audacity of Hope

A number of leading African-Americans are refusing to take recent exposure of Planned Parenthood’s racism sitting down.

The National Black Pro-Life Union, headed by Day Gardner, has sent a letter to Cecile Richards, the national Planned Parenthood president, asking why Autumn Kersey, the regional fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of Idaho, has not been fired after her racism was exposed in recordings made by the Advocate, a student run group at UCLA. The letter was signed by several prominent African-American leaders including Bishop Harry Jackson, Dr. Bill Owens and Alveda King.

Similar letters were sent to the ACLU and the NAACP asking these groups to join in the chorus petitioning Congress to “de-fund Planned Parenthood in light of these disgusting revelations.” In related news, the Virginia General Assembly decided Planned Parenthood’s alleged racism was all right by them by restoring funding to the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood that had previously been removed.

Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council. This op-ed is excerpted from the Washington Update that he compiles for the FRC.