This year’s nationwide boycott was triggered by the Girl Scout’s
glowing praise last year for two of the pro-life movement’s greatest foes: Texas state senator Wendy Davis and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The Girl Scouts called Davis as an “incredible” woman who deserved to be on a list of 2013 “Women of the Year,” only a few weeks after calling Kathleen Sebelius a woman of “courage” and “character.”
Davis rose to national fame for filibustering a Texas law banning late term abortions and requiring abortion facilities to adhere to safety standards, while wearing a pair of pink sneakers. Sebelius is responsible for implementing the pro-abortion provisions of Obamacare, including the infamous
HHS Mandate that forces employers to provide free abortion-inducing drugs in their health plans, regardless of any religious or moral objections.
Girl Scouts’ Ties to Planned Parenthood
League Flyer Helps YOU Join the CookieCott
As both a pro-life activist and the father of six girls, I haven’t bought Girl Scout cookies for years—despite my great love for Thin Mints. This year, I had planned to produce a flyer to pass out to the parents of Girl Scouts who come knocking on the door selling cookies. CookieCott 2014 offers an ideal opportunity to offer this resource.
The
flyer boldly states, “Our family will not be buying Girl Scout Cookies this year” and then explains:
In recent years, the Girl Scouts USA and many local Girl Scouts councils have been supporting and promoting pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain.
This pro-life family doesn’t want to have anything to do with such groups or those, like the Girl Scouts, who support them.
Several key links between the Girl Scouts and abortion advocates are listed, along with a website for more information.
Print out several copies of the flyer and carry them with you to hand out to parents or other adults accompanying Girl Scouts selling cookies door-to-door or at the mall or grocery store.
CookieCott Already Having An Impact
Only the day before the official announcement of the CookieCott, Girl Scouts USA
released an official statement apologizing to anyone who was offended by their social media messaging last year. However, they did not specifically apologize for praising Davis or Sebelius, nor did they promise to sever all ties with Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups.
Coming six weeks after the messages in praise of Davis and Sebelius, it’s clear that this half-hearted apology is in direct response to the boycott. And now that the boycott is officially underway and spreading like wildfire, it is hoped the Girl Scouts will finally take seriously the concerns of parents like me and completely renounce any involvement with the abortion industry and its advocates.
Resources
• CookieCott 2014—Online headquarters of the 2014 Girl Scout cookies boycott
• MyGirlScoutCouncil.com—details the links between specific Girl Scouts councils and pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood
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About the Author
LifeNews.com Note: Eric Scheidler is the executive director of the
Pro-Life Action League and the son of the famous pro-life activist Joe Scheidler. He has led efforts against Planned Parenthood’s new abortion business in Aurora, Illinois.
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