Planned Parenthood faces backlash for not addressing Palestinian casualties in their statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and accused of accusing a donor of supporting Hamas.
On December 5, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) released a statement that began by condemning reports of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against Israelis. But it didn’t mention the nearly 20,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in two months until the third paragraph.
The statement quickly drew impassioned backlash, especially from reproductive justice advocates and abortion funds, who accused PPFA of sidelining a humanitarian crisis that’s carried disproportionate harm for pregnant people and children. Shortly after this statement, one social media user (who works in public health) shared on Dec. 7 that when her friend called PPFA to cancel her monthly donation, they were accused of supporting Hamas: “The operator said ‘thank you for your support of hamas’ and hung up on them.” PPFA acknowledged the incident the next day in a new statement, saying the organization “directly apologized to the individual who made the phone cal
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