Parental consent not good enough for religious right

Just how far will the religious extremists of the Republican Party go when it comes to trying to impose their wishes onto other people's doctor appointments? Pretty far. Read on:

An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend to one of Indiana's Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a "crisis pregnancy center" run by an anti-abortion group.

The group took down the girl's confidential personal information and told her to come back for her appointment, which they said would be in their "other office" (the real Planned Parenthood office nearby).

When she arrived for her appointment, not only did the Planned Parenthood staff have no record of her, but the police were there — the "crisis pregnancy center" had called them, claiming that a minor was being forced to have an abortion against her will.

The "crisis pregnancy center" staff then proceeded to wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment over the following days, showing up at the girl's home and calling her father's workplace. They even went to her school and urged classmates to pressure her not to have an abortion.

If this were the other way around and Planned Parenthood was setting up fake clinics, the religious right would be burning down the buildings. Since it's the other way around, these groups are receiving tax dollars to do their 'work.'

These attempts by anti-abortion groups to pretend they are Planned Parenthood is nothing short of outrageous, but likely a future state tax dollar supported item if Rep. Mark Green gets elected here.