Maria Gallagher of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation says Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania will no longer provide birth control to a disabled woman because of her clothing choices – shirts with slogans like "make women female again" and "Original Female: 100% Natural Woman."
"Here we have an organization that claims to be pro-woman, and yet they are refusing service to a woman," Gallagher summarizes. "This is outrageous, and it just shows that Planned Parenthood is not for women at all. They are for abortion, and that's it."
In the past, Planned Parenthood Action has stated its belief that "advocating for abortion goes hand-in-hand with advocating for gender-affirming care."
The pro-lifer goes on to note the hypocrisy that the organization would not respect the free speech rights of a woman whose tax dollars it enjoys.
In this case, the longtime patient was not given any warning, and no attempts were made to accommodate her beliefs before her dismissal. An upcoming appointment she had has already been cancelled, and she is barred from making any other appointments online.
"They do receive federal funding," Gallagher relays. "They receive untold millions of taxpayer dollars each year, and for them to violate the free speech rights of a woman is simply outrageous."
The now ex-patient, using the pseudonym "Jane Lane," says clinic staff members were allowed to wear pro-trans t-shirts and jewelry, such as a "smash the gender binary" pin and "they/them" earrings, which suggests the abortion conglomerate was afraid its likeminded clients would be offended and turned away by the woman's shirts.
Planned Parenthood currently offers gender manipulation services to adults and has voiced its goal of being able to offer them to younger and younger minors in the future.
Lane is reportedly seeking legal advice.
