What is more important – getting rapists and child abusers off the street or making sure that parents don’t know about significant events in the lives of their children? Normal people with even a scintilla of decency would pick the first option. Planned Parenthood picks the second – and boasts of it on their website.

The Web site for Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, the San Francisco chapter of Margaret Sanger's organization, features a section of "Shared Stories,", which it describes as "real stories" from its customers. Here is the top story listed in the section, exactly as it appears on the site [if that link doesn't work, the page is in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine]

It Keeps Us Safe I was raped at 11, by my 17 year old boyfriend. I chose not to tell my parents because I didn't think their involvement would help, that was the right choice for me. Planned Parethood helped me deal with the aftermath of the rape allowing me to deal and cope as best as I could in my own way. I was 14 when I decided to start having sex, the day I made that choice I made an appointment to get birth control pills. I'm 17 now, I've been with my current boyfriend for about two years. During that time i've been HIV and STD tested four times. Right now I'm
sitting in the waiting room while my boyfriend gets the results for his HIV test. We love each other so we're responsible and Planned Parenthood helps us to do that.

- name withheld -

"It Keeps Us Safe"? Safe from what? Safe from parents finding out their little girls were raped? It certainly doesn't keep children safe from rapists.

To recap: An 11-year-old girl walked into Planned Parenthood, saying she had been raped. Not just statutory rape, either; forcible rape.

Planned Parenthood assured the girl that it would not contact her parents, and it was true to its word. Likewise, it must not have contacted the authorities either, otherwise the parents would certainly have been notified.

Thanks to Planned Parenthood, the rapist remained at large, still free to attack other little girls.

Teachers, social service personnel, and medical professionals are required to report sexual abuse of minors. Either Planned Parenthood is operating in violation of California law or they go to great lengths to insulate their mandated reporters from coming in contact with or becoming aware of abuse details – a situation which certainly raises questions about the quality of their treatment and their concern for the young women. After all, just among the medical professionals the mandated reporters include the following.

Health care personnel who are mandated reporters include:

a physician and surgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist, dentist, resident, intern, podiatrist, chiropractor, licensed nurse, dental hygienist, optometrist, marriage,
family, and child counselor, licensed clinical social worker or any other person who is currently licensed under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of
the Business and Professions Code; any emergency medical technician I or II, paramedic, a person certified pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety Code; a psychological assistant registered pursuant to Section 2913 of the Business and Professions Code; a marriage,
family and child counselor trainee, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 4980.03 of the Business and Professions Code; and unlicensed marriage, family and child counselor intern registered under Section 4980.44 of the Business and Professions Code, a state or county public health employee who treats a minor for venereal disease or any other condition, a coroner, or a medical examiner, or any other person who performs autopsies (P.C. 11165.7).

Regardless, it is clear that PP is so concerned with the privacy of minors that they would prefer that rapists and abuser run free, despite at a minimum having a moral obligation to take action. Do you want such folks operating in your city or town?

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