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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Life
Decisions International (LDI) has released a revised
edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations
that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned
Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group.
"As a direct result of the commitment,
action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 137
corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood,"
said LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. It is estimated
that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than
$35 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP)
began some 15 years ago. "This should be a testament
to those who believe it is impossible to change corporate
philanthropic behavior," Scott said.
Corporations appearing on The Boycott
List for the first time include AlphaGraphics (graphics/printing),
Arizona Lotus (radio/television broadcasting), Blackjack
Pizza (restaurants), BolchalkFReY Marketing (advertising/public
relations), Kara-Line (Wild Carrots apparel), Lowe Enterprises
(hotels/resorts/financing), Pizza Pizza (restaurants),
Scolari's Food & Drug, and Tiffany & Company,
among others.
Corporations continuing as boycott targets
from the previously released Boycott List include high-end
retailer Neiman Marcus, Basics Office Products, Adobe
(software), Wachovia (finance), Golub (Price Chopper
supermarkets), Nike (shoes/apparel, etc.), Time Warner
(Cinemax, HBO, AOL, etc.), Unilever (Q-Tips, Lipton,
Best Foods, Birds Eye, CountryCrock, Wish-Bone, Ben
& Jerry's, Axe, Finesse, Salon Selectives, Suave,
etc.), Bank of America, the Dallas Cowboys, CIGNA (insurance),
Walt Disney, Cost Plus World Market, Johnson & Johnson,
Lost Arrow (Patagonia, etc.), Wells Fargo, Whole Foods
Market, and Nationwide (insurance), among others.
The new Boycott List includes a revised
"Dishonorable Mention" section, which identifies
charitable groups that are associated with Planned Parenthood
and/or its agenda. Among the groups named in this section
are The American Cancer Society, Camp Fire, The Dr.
Phil Foundation, Girls Inc., Girl Scouts, Human Rights
Watch, Kiwanis Clubs, the March of Dimes, Rotary Clubs,
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the
YWCA.
A revised list of local/regional boycott
targets may be found at: http://www..fightpp.org/show.cfm?page=regional_intro
. "We ask all people who care about life to visit
this page to learn which businesses in their area are
supporting Planned Parenthood," Scott said. "We
urge picketing, letter-writing, and personal visits
to these establishments. It is important for pro-family
people to let these entrepreneurs know how they feel."
"The Pro-Life Movement will succeed
only to the extent that pro-life people are willing
to be inconvenienced," Scott said. "The very
lives of children are worth that much effort and a whole
lot more."
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