Planned Parenthood Endorsement was not from Planned Parenthood, but was from an action PAC headed

[Akamai]

by Cecile Richard's daughter (Blessed Cecile Richards -- may her name be always blessed) who heads the Planned Parent Hood Pac who is also a big player in the Iowa For Hillary group. That is, PPL does not by itself endorse hillary.

I hate to say, Rachell Maddow is misrepresenting the endorsement by PPL. She should know better.

Any comments?

I think Cecile should also indicate that PPH is not endorsing any candidates for president.

Cecile -- Are you endorsing Hillary?

Yours,

Caleb

[Punkingal]

2. FFS, we don't need to go through this damn discussion again.

[juxtaposed]

3. I for one think not.

[Empowerer]

4. This was discussed ad nauseum when the endorsement was first announced. n/t

[madfloridian]

5. Look it up. Cecile Richards IS the Planned Parenthood Pac.

Only two names mentioned. Cecile Richards and Laura Tucker.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/about-us/cecile-richards/

In the blog section Richards explains why they endorsed Hillary over Bernie. I frankly don't think there's enough of a difference for the group to give more fuel to the anti-abortionists and anti-choicers. One of their main arguments against the group is that it donates more to Democrats.

This is verifying that in their minds.

The blog makes clear that Bernie is considered a strong supporter of women's rights, but that it is Hillary who started legislation that Bernie strongly supported and voted for and signed on to.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/blog/

I still believe they broke a longtime pattern of not endorsing because they are a medical group because of two reasons...to add to the inevitability aura just before Iowa and because of close ties to the Clintons personally and Clinton Global Initiative.

http://jackpineradicals.org/entry.php?152-Clinton-s-Planned-Parenthood-ties-run-deep-A-little-obvious-for-1st-endorsement

In an added sign of bonhomie between Clinton and the top Planned Parenthood executive, Richards’ daughter, former Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Lily Adams, signed up last spring with the Clinton campaign as Iowa press secretary, a high-profile portfolio for a campaign eager to shore up support in the important early state that rejected Clinton in 2008.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the group’s federal political action committee, gave $8,000 to Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign, and $1,837 to her presidential committee in the 2008 cycle, records show. Many of Planned Parenthood’s PAC biggest donors are also longtime Clinton donors, some of whom supported the Ready For Hillary PAC as early as 2013, and have maxed out with $2,700 contributions to her primary campaign this year.

Longtime Democratic donor and proponent of women candidates Barbara Lee, for example, was one of the top 20 Planned Parenthood Action Committee donors in the 2012 cycle. She also donated $7,000 to Ready For Hillary in 2013. And other major Planned Parenthood donors like Susan Mandel, Democratic bundler Naomi Aberly and major Democratic donor Amber Mostyn, have all maxed-out for Clinton with $2,700 donations.

Clinton’s relationship with Planned Parenthood also extends to the Clinton Global Initiative. For the past two years Planned Parenthood has been a member of CGI and in 2012 committed to train “youth peer providers” in Latin America, Africa and the U.S. on ways to promote birth control.

..... Planned Parenthood has enlisted Democratic consultant SKDKnickerbocker’s Hilary Rosen, another close Clinton ally, to help with the current public relations crisis. And Planned Parenthood Action Fund hired Democratic pollster Geoff Garin — who is also the pollster on the Clinton super PAC Priorities USA and served as a chief strategist of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign — to conduct a poll about attitudes toward the organization.



I think probably it would have been best to continue their previous policy of not endorsing.

[Akamai]

6. I remember as well saying that the Planned Parenthood PAC should not have endorsed.

But, just a reminder to those who don't know the background of this endorsement. And why Rachel should bring it up now, is troubling.