Following the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential candidate, pro-choice supporters nationwide began spreading a novel form of protest. Across the blogosphere, writers and activists encouraged readers to make a donation to Planned Parenthood in the name of Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin is pro-life/pro-birth even in the cases of rape and incest.
For every tax-deductible donation made in Sarah Palin’s name, a handwritten thank you card is sent to the McCain campaign headquarters. Those cards now number in the tens of thousands.
Though a national tally of donations won’t be available until next week, pro-choice donors seem to be filling Planned Parenthood’s coffers, an organization that provides “sex education, women’s health care and abortion services”
Katie Groke Ellis, field manager for the Planned Parenthood of the Rockies Action Fund, predicts that the five-state chapter of the group alone could draw $100,000 in donations.
With just five states netting $100,000, it is well with in the range of possibility that more than $1 million in funds have been raised for Planned Parenthood in response to Sarah Palin’s nomination. (UPDATE 9/27 Planned Parenthood reports more than $760,000 in donations made in Sarah Palin’s name nationwide.)
It’s a highly effective means of protest. The honorary donations contribute to care that Palin vehemently disagrees with. Education and services that most Americans support. The funds are put into action, rather than lost in commercials or financing public demonstrations.
Another perquisite, this means of protest gives the opposition little recourse. Since the donations take place via the Internet, pro-life activists can show up to rally against the action. There’s no physical embodiment of those donations. . . well, except Sarah Palin herself.
If you’d like to contribute to Planned Parenthood, you can make your donation here.
If you make a donation in Sarah Palin’s name, you can have the acknowledgement sent to the McCain campaign headquarters:
McCain for President
1235 S. Clark Street
1st Floor
Arlington , VA 22202
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