By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A leading pro-life group is demanding that the producers of American Idol reveal that tonight’s “Idol Gives Back” fundraising campaign will benefit international organizations that promote abortion.
Life Decisions International (LDI) issued a press release today warning viewers that tonight’s show will feature several celebrities who will urge Americans to make donations to Save the Children and the United Nations Foundation, both of which promote international abortion.
Idol star Simon Cowell is the chief executive officer of International Save the Children, an organization that has a working relationship with what it calls “prominent international organizations.” Several of these groups are actively pro-abortion, including Better World Fund, Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Population Action International, and the U.S. Committee for UNICEF.
According to Save the Children, “family planning” has been a “critical component” of its work for nearly 20 years. The group quoted a UNICEF document which stated that “family planning could bring more benefits to more people at less cost than any other single technology now available to the human race.” Save the Children noted that the report identified “access to family planning” as a “key factor contributing to maternal and child survival and well-being.”
Several divisions of the United Nations have donated funds to Planned Parenthood and the body has wholeheartedly embraced its abortion and population control agenda.
“It is laudable that the people involved with American Idol want to help the poor,” said LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. “But it is tragic that they would choose to do so through groups like the Save the Children and the United Nations Foundation. These groups have far too much deadly baggage.”
American Idol should stop using the contestants to raise money for groups when they are keeping the activities of these charities a secret, Scott said. “American Idol should practice full disclosure and give those contestants who may wish to decline participation in ‘Idol Gives Back’ the opportunity to do so without repercussions.”
“If you believe the plight of preborn children is as important as the plight of the poor, do not participate in ‘Idol Gives Back,'” Scott urged. “We are caring people who want to do our part to help those less fortunate, but we will do so through organizations that do not view the killing of human beings as a ‘solution’ to poverty and other adult-created problems.”
LDI also notes that American Idol recently supported a fund-raising campaign by Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles.
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