March 2020 – Article 1:
March madness is more than about basketball.
It also marks the beginning of the annual March of Dimes (MOD) fund raising campaign—deceptively claiming “every baby deserves the best possible start.”
What’s wrong with that statement? While MOD does many beneficial things, claiming it works to protect every baby is misleading. The organization has innocent blood on its hands.
MOD has a history of supporting Planned Parenthood—the nation’s largest abortion provider—as well as research organizations that use body parts from aborted babies.
In defense of contributions to Planned Parenthood by some of its chapters, MOD claims its funds do not directly support abortion. However, the abortion giant is expert in mixing revenue streams, making it impossible to verify how funds are used.
The truth about MOD surfaced in 1972 when a boycott was launched to protest its promotion of the use of “amniocentesis” to diagnose babies in the womb with potential disabilities and anomalies.
When a pre-born child may have a so-called problem, 90 to 95 percent of those children are aborted. For example, Henry Foster, a former member of MOD’s Advisory Committee, has admitted to performing nearly 700 abortions following an amniocentesis test.
In 1995 MOD sent records of all the grants it made for research in the previous two years to Rev. Robert Fleischmann, national director of WELS Lutherans for Life, in an effort to lift the boycott.
The review showed that several projects used fetal tissue from aborted babies. As a result, Rev. Fleischmann asked MOD to adopt a policy refusing to issue grants for projects that use fetal tissue. MOD refused.
MOD is also involved with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).
Before human embryos are implanted into a womb using in-vitro fertilization, they are first screened for genetic “imperfections” and diseases. In most cases, embryos (pre-born children) that don’t meet the desired criteria are killed.
Because of its anti-Personhood practices, pro-life supporters are strongly encouraged not to finically support MOD.
There is an alternative. The Michael Fund is dedicated to supporting ethical scientific research for the prevention of genetic defects. Their website is http:www.michaelfund.org/. There you can access more information about what they do to help children in and outside the womb.
Source: liveaction.org; christianliferecources.com; marchofdimes.org.
By Wayne DuBois
Georgia Right to Life
Media Relations Advisor