A 2015 Planned Parenthood Affiliate Chief Executive Officers Report (prepared by STOPP International) lists 62 current or recent Planned Parenthood affiliate CEOs. Searching these CEOs on the FEC and Open Secrets websites will turn up thousands of dollars in donations to three favorites:
- Barack Obama
- Hillary Clinton
- The Democratic Party (both national and state)
Time and space in previous articles have already been spent detailing the dedication of Planned Parenthood to President Barack Obama. Those donations have ended, as Obama is term-limited and will no longer be campaigning for a political office.
This article will not be focusing on donations to candidates by Planned Parenthood’s political action committee or by its president, Cecile Richards. (The relation between the abortion giant at large and Hillary Clinton is explained in detail here.) Instead, this article will focus on personal donations by top Planned Parenthood staff throughout the nation, as well as late-term abortionists, to the Democratic party.
Warren Hern
Hern is a late-term abortionist who operates his facility in Boulder, CO. He is currently being sued for a botched abortion that left a 4-centimeter piece of the baby’s skull in the mother’s uterus. The complaint against Hern indicates he did not even bother to conduct an ultrasound following the late-term abortion to ensure all pieces of the baby had been removed. Hern has written a textbook on abortion procedures and describes that “the sensations of dismemberment flow through the forceps like an electric current.”
Hern has regularly donated to a number of Democratic politicians – including Hillary Clinton, CO Rep. Dianna DeGette, and former CO Senator Mark Udall. Additionally, he has donated thousands to the Democratic party, including:
- Four donations to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 1998 to 2006, totaling $3,499.
- 14 donations to the Democratic Party of Colorado from 2005 to 2010, totaling $13,750. His biggest donation year to date was 2007, with $8,250 going to the party that year.
George Tiller
Tiller was perhaps the most infamous late-term abortionist in the nation. He was known for performing partial-birth abortions, even on healthy, late-term babies. Prior to his shooting death in 2009, he was a giant donor to the Democratic Party – on the state and national levels. Tiller donated:
- $50,800 to the Kansas Democratic State Committee from 1989-2004.
- $24,874 to multiple state Democratic committees and/or Democratic victory/election committees in states including Ohio, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Colorado, Alaska, Wisconsin, Virginia.
- All of the $24,874 was donated in 2008, except for $5000 that was given in Missouri in 2004. The majority of Tiller’s, 2008 donations were made in October, just before the general election.
- On the national level, Tiller made six donations to the DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee from 1996-2008, totaling a whopping $69,000.
Planned Parenthood affiliates’ top staff
The following donations can be searched here. They total nearly $41,000 with over half coming from the Chief Medical Officer at one of the Planned Parenthood affiliates that is a chief suspect in the baby body parts scandal – PP Mar Monte, CA.
Dorothy Furgerson, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, PP Mar Monte, CA: TOTAL $16,674.50
Biggest Donation Year: 2014, with $10,000
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee:
$250 2004
$250 2012 - DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$250 1999
$250 1999
$250 2002
$250 2004
$250 2000
$500 2004
$500 2006
$500 2006
$500 2007
$250 2007
$250 2008
$500 2010
$500 2010
$10,000 2014 - California Democratic Party:
$237 1999
$475 2006
$237.50 2007
$475 2010
Sarah Stoesz, CEO PP MN, SD, & ND, St. Paul, MN: TOTAL $6,705
- DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$1,530 2012
$250 2012
$750 2012 - Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (the Democratic Party in MN):
$250 2012
$375 2013
$250 2013
$500 2014
$300 2015
$2,500 2015
Jill June, former CEO, PP of the Heartland, Des Moines, IA: TOTAL $2,000
- Iowa Democratic Party:
$500 2011
$500 2013
$500 2012
$500 2015
Carole Brite, CEO, PP Illinois, Chicago, IL: TOTAL $250
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee:
$250 2012
Heather Estes, CEO, PP Northern California, Concord, CA: TOTAL $500
- DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$500 2014
Laura Meyers, CEO, PP Metropolitan DC, Washington, DC: TOTAL $550
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee:
$300 2012
$250 2012
David Greenberg, CEO, PP Columbia Willamette, Portland, OR: TOTAL $1,350
- Democratic Party of Oregon:
$500 2010
$250 2011
$350 2011
$250 2011
Bryan Howard, CEO, PP Arizona, Phoenix, AZ: TOTAL $3,700
- Arizona State Democratic Central Executive Committee:
$1250 2003
$250 2004
$400 2010
$300 2012
$500 2014
$500 2015 - DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$500 2000
Barbara Zdravecky, CEO, PP SW & Central FL, Sarasota, FL: TOTAL $500
- DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$500 2010
Betty Cockrum, CEO, PP Indiana and Kentucky, Indianapolis, IN: TOTAL $1,000
- Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee:
$1,000 2012
Loreen Lamerand, CEO, PP Mid & S Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: TOTAL $2,500
- Michigan Democratic State Central Committee:
$2,500 2014
Peter Brownlie, CEO, PP KS & Mid-Missouri, Overland Park, KS: TOTAL $250
- Kansas Democratic Party:
$250 2011
Jeffrey Hons, CEO, PP South Texas, San Antonio, TX: TOTAL $500
- DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$500 2004
Jeff Teague, CEO,PP Middle and East TN, Nashville, TN: TOTAL $1000
- DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$1000 2004
Stacy James, CEO, PP Montana, Billings, MT: TOTAL $750
- DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee:
$200 2004 - Montana Democratic Party:
$250 2004
$300 2005
Karrie Galloway, CEO, PP Assoc Utah, Salt Lake City, UT: TOTAL $2,750
- Utah State Democratic Committee:
$1,000 2010
$500 2012
$250 2012
$1,000 2013
