{"id":954905,"date":"2021-11-02T17:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954905"},"modified":"2021-11-02T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:58:50","slug":"catholic-university-to-host-fundraiser-for-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-university-to-host-fundraiser-for-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic University to Host Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-university-to-host-fundraiser-for-planned-parenthood%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pro-life-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Loyola Marymount University (LMU) will host a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood on Friday, November 5.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic university, located in Los Angeles and sponsored by the Jesuits (Society of Jesus), the Marymount Sisters (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary), and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, <a href=\"https:\/\/mission.lmu.edu\/aboutus\/sponsoringreligiouscommunities\/\">states<\/a> on its website the school and its religious leaders \u201cshare a common dedication to academic excellence, spiritual growth, and social justice as hallmarks of a contemporary Catholic university.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A petition <a href=\"https:\/\/renewlmu.com\/2021\/11\/01\/planned-parenthood-fundraiser-at-loyola-marymount-university-petition-president-snyder-to-cancel-this-event\/\">sent<\/a> from RenewLMU to school President Tim Snyder, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/ari-j-kaufman\/2021\/11\/01\/decidedly-divisive-catholic-college-in-california-to-hold-planned-parenthood-fundraiser-n1528778\">requests<\/a> the event be cancelled, as PJ Media observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2020\/07\/23\/racism-eugenics-margaret-sanger-deserves-no-honors-column\/5480192002\/\">Founded<\/a> by the eugenicist and&nbsp;virulent anti-Black racist Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the United States and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/unsealed-invoices-planned-parenthood-daleiden-25k\">caught<\/a> red-handed in the&nbsp;illegal sale of fetal tissues&nbsp;and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/38527\/did-planned-parenthood-cover-up-child-abuse-and-sex-trafficking\">complicit<\/a> in sex trafficking,\u201d LMU alumna Samantha (Stribling) Stephenson wrote in the petition.<\/p>\n<p>RenewLMU recommends LMU Women in Politics, the fundraiser\u2019s sponsor, \u201cmight select a more worthy recipient of funds, one that more effectively supports women\u2019s dignity and whose primary purposes are not at odds with the Catholic Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The petition continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>Selecting Planned Parenthood as a recipient for fundraising on a Catholic campus is decidedly divisive. A fundraiser in support of an organization that affirms rather than undermines the dignity of women would be an opportunity to build bridges, bringing together people from all sides of the table in support of women\u2019s advancement.<\/p>\n<p>This LMU event is not an academic debate but a fundraiser. As such, LMU is making an in-kind donation to the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3899082568807\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A federal appeals court ruled the Texas Heartbeat Act can remain in effect while litigation continues over whether the law is constitutional. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m11c4vmxp2\">https:\/\/t.co\/m11c4vmxp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1449144232866897924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News reached out to LMU for comment on the Planned Parenthood fundraiser and received a statement from the university that said, \u201cThe fundraiser being hosted by Women in Politics is not a university-sponsored event. However, the existence of these student organizations and their activities are living examples that LMU embraces its mission, commitments, and the complexities of free and honest discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News asked LMU if the school is at odds with Pope Francis who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/10\/14\/pope-francis-doubles-down-abortion-is-murder\/\">asserted<\/a>, \u201cAbortion is murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LMU responded:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"33.356548069644\">\n<p>LMU remains committed to its Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount heritage, values, and intellectual traditions, taking its fundamental inspiration from the founding orders that enliven its&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmu.edu\/mission\">threefold mission<\/a>. The freedom of expression, inquiry, and speech enables an integration of knowledge in which \u201cfaith and reason bear witness to the unity of all truth.\u201d (Ex Corde Ecclesiae, 1990, #17) LMU\u2019s core principles, reflected in its decisions, are consistent with Pope Francis\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2014\/february\/documents\/papa-francesco_20140213_congregazione-educazione-cattolica.html\">guidance<\/a> that \u201cCatholic academic institutions cannot isolate themselves from the world\u2014they must know how to enter bravely into the current culture and open dialogue, conscious of the gift they can offer to everyone.\u201d (Plenary Session of the Congregation for Catholic Education, February 2014)<\/p>\n<p>As a foundation for co-curricular learning, the university encourages students to establish and participate in student organizations, which enrich our educational environment and foster dialogue that often invites varying or opposing viewpoints. The university registers approximately 200 independently-operating student organizations that host activities, communicate with community members, or engage in advocacy. The events, actions, or positions of student organizations, including Women in Politics, are not endorsed by the university.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A column in September in the school\u2019s student newspaper, the <em>Los Angeles Loyolan<\/em>, written by \u201csocial justice intern\u201d Anish Mohanty, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laloyolan.com\/social_justice\/lmus-women-in-politics-argues-texas-abortion-ban-jeopardizes-reproductive-rights\/article_1aae04a2-331c-50b8-a0c1-2d6ed7ef57ed.html\">featured<\/a> members of the LMU Women in Politics organization. They condemned the Texas Heartbeat Act, stating the law \u201cjeopardizes reproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LMU Women in Politics President Claire Davis, a junior political science and journalism double major, said her experience of watching the enactment of the Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/01\/texas-becomes-first-state-to-ban-abortion-once-heartbeat-detected\/\">ban<\/a> on abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected is \u201clike watching a plane crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA plane that also has a part of your body in it,\u201d she added. \u201cIt is terrifying and it feels like there is nothing you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4568345323741\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats in the Illinois legislature voted late last week to repeal the state\u2019s final restriction on abortion, which required parental notification for minors seeking to end the life of their fetus.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Po0xPC9YHv\">https:\/\/t.co\/Po0xPC9YHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1455209362226663428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI feel disheartened by these new laws,\u201d LMU Women in Politics Executive Director for Events Caroline Baker said. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that the government has any right to infringe on my personal health decisions and for laws like this to continuously be passed at the state level is concerning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe new Texas laws about abortion are even more disconcerting because they take things one step further and [incentivize] regular citizens to take action against [people] in need of abortions,\u201d she added, referring to the Texas Heartbeat Act\u2019s unique enforcement mechanism whereby any private citizen may file a civil lawsuit against an abortion provider or any other individual who \u201caids or abets\u201d a \u201ccriminal abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis puts already vulnerable [people] in even more compromising positions as it allows the government to further target them as criminals,\u201d Baker reportedly said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2995391705069\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A UK court ruled against a woman with Down syndrome who challenged a law allowing the abortion of children with her condition up to birth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TuDpAVWd1T\">https:\/\/t.co\/TuDpAVWd1T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1441961437400756228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Breitbart News reported in July 2020, unsealed video clips of the testimony of officials from Planned Parenthood and others in the abortion industry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/01\/planned-parenthood-officials-admit-under-oath-infants-left-to-die-in-abortion\/\">revealed<\/a> disturbing details of infants surviving abortion and either being left to die or having their organs harvested.<\/p>\n<p>The unsealed deposition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerformedicalprogress.org\/fetal-trafficking-under-oath\/\">testimony<\/a>, released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), whose undercover journalists exposed the fetal tissue trafficking activities of Planned Parenthood and others in the abortion industry, contained testimony from Perrin Larton, the procurement manager of biomedical company Advanced Bioscience Resources Inc, which has sold the organs of aborted babies to researchers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In the deposition video, Larton testified about aborted babies, \u201cThey just, sometimes, they fall out\u201d of the mother, \u201conce every couple of months,\u201d when a woman delivers an entirely intact fetus.<\/p>\n<p>Larton also testified that the fetus is still intact when she receives it in her lab and nothing is \u201cdone to the fetus\u201d by the abortion clinic before handing it over to ABR.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the intact fetuses that \u201cfall out\u201d of the woman have a heartbeat, Larton testified, \u201cIt would depend. I can see hearts that are not in an intact P.O.C. [product of conception, the term the abortion industry uses for fetus or baby] that are beating independently\u201d after they are removed from the fetus.<\/p>\n<p>The same video featured the sworn testimony of Jon Dunn, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Orange &amp; San Bernardino Counties, who testified he was aware of at least one situation at his Planned Parenthood facility in which a fetus had been born alive during an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know they kept it warm and comfortable for the very brief period that it was alive,\u201d Dunn said.&nbsp;\u201cI don\u2019t think there was even time to call 911.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LMU\u2019s Davis, however, said she sees laws such as the Texas Heartbeat Act as a sign of \u201cinequality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am lucky enough to live in a blue state, but inequality spreads like wildfire, and I\u2019m afraid of what happens next,\u201d she told the <em>Loyolan<\/em>. \u201cUntil all [people] are given the rights to their own bodies, gender equality is nonexistent. In one moment, a room full of male politicians could claim a part of who I am\u2026 it\u2019s disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loyola Marymount University (LMU) will host a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood on Friday, November 5. 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