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You wouldn’t normally see actress Scarlett Johansson in Klu Klux Klan robes. Except, of course, after pro-life satirists posted their spoof of her recent commercial supporting Planned Parenthood.
The movie star appeared in the commercial “Stand with Planned Parenthood” in response to the House’s recent decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. Johansson urges viewers to sign a petition against a new bill and speak up to members of Congress.
“For many people, especially those with low incomes, Planned Parenthood is their only source of health care,” Johannson said in the commercial. “Let your members of Congress know where you stand.”
The House passed their decision, after some heated discussion, with a 240-185 vote.
“The time has come to respect the wishes of the majority of Americans who adamantly oppose using taxpayer dollars for abortions,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., told Politico.
A group of pro-life supporters reacted to the ad in an unconventional way. They posted the same commercial, only they dressed Johansson in KKK robes and changed the title to “Stand with Klanned Parenthood.” The group claims that Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, supported the racist group and spoke at their rallies.
“Sadly, [Johansson] did not mention the racist, extremist, bigoted roots of [Planned Parenthood],” Kaitlin Martinez said in the video. “We want to stress that this video is political satire, and we do not believe that Scarlett Johansson is a KKK member or supporter, just that she’s on the wrong side of history.”
The organization “Defund Klanned Parenthood” encourages lawmakers to cut funding to “an extremist organization founded on racist principles,” according to a recent news release.
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, added his voice to the group’s KKK-based claims.
“It is tragic that Planned Parenthood still venerates Margaret Sanger and has not disassociated themselves from her teachings,” said Mahoney. “We will continue to work diligently to see that not one more taxpayer penny is given to this extremist organization.”
Sanger’s writings on the subject of eugenics outline her support for a Population Congress that would “keep the doors of immigration closed” to the “feeble-minded, idiots, morons, insane, syphilitic, epileptic,” and criminal. She also encouraged a “stern and rigid policy of sterilization, and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.”
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