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NATIONAL GIRL SCOUTS PRO-ABORTION
by J.C. Willke, M.D.
The National Girl Scout’s
continual drift into radical pro-abortion feminism was recently highlighted. A
major speaker at their annual October convention was Kavita Ramdas, president
and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, a radical pro-abortion feminist organization.
Ms. Ramdas was quoted on its website in 2003 stating, “As women in the US
celebrate the 30th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, we are proud to bring you highlights
of ongoing efforts to protect women’s reproductive health and rights.”
Another major speaker was Dr. Johnetta Cole, an equally radical, pro-abortion
feminist who keynoted this national convention in Atlanta.
The national
leadership should have learned a lesson last year in Waco, Texas. There, a Girl
Scout council cosponsored a teen sex education conference with Planned Parenthood
and honored its executive director. When this was publicized, there was a literal
explosion from parents and the community. A cookie boycott was called. Only after
a firestorm of protest did the Council sever its ties with Planned Parenthood.
However, the national organization had not changed. On NBC’s Today Show,
Kathy Cloninger, the CEO of Girls Scouts USA, admitted that it “partners
with Planned Parenthood across the country to bring information based sex education
programs to girls.” In response to this, STOPP International surveyed all
350 Scout councils. Eighty percent refused to answer. 17 councils said they do
associate with Planned Parenthood, and 49 said they do not.
The Waco
bishop told his 30 Catholic troops “Scouting troops should not support, encourage,
or in anyway endorse the activities and programs of Planned Parenthood or any
other organization espousing similar beliefs and practices. Those who embrace
such beliefs will not be permitted the use of parish or school facilities.” Other
Documented Examples:
- A former Planned Parenthood official has been appointed to lead the Great Plains Council
of the Girl Scouts in Nebraska.
- Junior Girl
Scouts in Pennsylvania can attend a workshop on puberty, designed by Planned Parenthood,
and earn a badge.
- Connecticut Girl Scouts honored
a Planned Parenthood official for promoting “health practices” in local
troops.
- Amarillo, Texas, Girl Scouts sponsored
a Planned Parenthood sex education seminar for 4th through 8th graders.
- The national organization openly acknowledged its acceptance of lesbians
in leadership positions.
- In Philadelphia, to
earn their badge “to be a woman” they may refer to Planned Parenthood
as a resource. This could include touring an abortion clinic.
- Kathryn Lopez with the National Review wrote, “The time is long past
when parents decide what a girl’s lifestyle should be.”
- Some years ago, Girls Scouts began purging materials of positive references
to homemakers.
- The Scouts now promote “girl
empowerment,” focusing heavily on a narcissistic devotion to self.
So if you think that your 12-year-old daughter who joined the scouts to go hiking,
collect leaves, make candles and do bird watching is in safe hands, it may be
time for you to investigate what your Girl Scout troop and council are doing.
We must emphasize there are hundreds of troops that still observe the traditional
family- and God-centered practices of the original Girl Scouts. But the philosophy
coming down from National is spreading. In the meantime, understand that there
are 3.7 million Girl Scouts, each of whom pays a $10 membership fee which goes
directly to the National office. This brings over $26,000,000 a year into its
national treasury. The National Catholic Register in May noted that there are
still some Christian people in its leadership, but “We are outnumbered. The
feminists have been infiltrating for too long. We should have started fighting
back ten years ago.”An Alternative
Exists
As an alternative to the pro-abortion mentality in
the leadership of the Girl Scouts of America, Patti Garibay, a former Girl Scout
leader in Cincinnati, founded the national American Heritage Girls. It has troops
in 32 states. Its program includes the Judeo-Christian values on which our country
was founded. It strives to enhance the girls’ life experiences with fun-filled
activities supervised by trained adults, supported by family members and to do
all the things that Girl Scouting was originally founded to do.
In the
National Girl Scout Promise, “I will try to serve God,” God now has
an asterisk indicating that you can interpret this word anyway you wish and substitute
it with any other word. Patti Garibay said, “God in our lives is not
optional. We believe that character building programs for youth, such as scouting,
demands a moral compass. Our scouting programs are based on a philosophical basis
of biblical truths and a continued commitment to assist girls as they grow in
their relationship with Christ.” For more information, contact American Heritage
Girls at www.ahgonline.org.
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