Planned Parenthood Pulls
Names of Corporate Donors
After Coca-Cola, Ford and
Xerox Object
Representatives from Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co.
and Xerox say they’ve asked Planned Parenthood
to remove their names as corporate donors to the embattled organization.
The move follows a Daily Signal report revealing
the names of 41 companies that Planned
Parenthood listed as donors. That list, which
was featured on Planned Parenthood’s website,
has since been removed.
This latest development comes in the wake of two undercover videos that showed Planned Parenthood executives talking about the sale of fetal body parts. Planned Parenthood is facing both federal and state investigations—and the possibility of losing taxpayer funding.
Earlier this week, The
Daily Signal used information from 2nd Vote to
publish the names of 41 companies listed by
Planned Parenthood as contributors. Shortly after
the story was published, representatives from
Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co. and Xerox contacted
The Daily Signal to say they were erroneously
listed and requested that Planned Parenthood
take them off its website.
The companies were cited by Planned Parenthood
as employers who match charitable contributions.
Planned Parenthood is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that
Planned Parenthood is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that
is exempt from paying federal income taxes.
A representative from Coca-Cola confirmed for
The Daily Signal the company does not contribute
to Planned Parenthood, nor does it match employee contributions to the organization.
When told that its named appeared on Planned Parenthood’s website, the Coca-Cola representative
said, “We’ll ask them to correct the information.”
Other companies voiced similar concerns about
Planned Parenthood’s donor list.
“We are making sure that Ford Motor Company is
not listed as a Planned Parenthood contributor on
their website,” a representative from Ford told
The Daily Signal.
“In addition, we do not offer an employee match
for charitable contributions,” the Ford representative
said. It has been at least 10 years since Ford
stopped matching employee gift contributions,
the representative added.
Similarly, Xerox was listed on the Planned
Parenthood website and has said it also does
not donate in any way.
“We checked our files for the last 20 years and
have no record of Xerox Corp. contributing to
Planned Parenthood,” a representative from
Xerox told The Daily Signal.
By Wednesday afternoon, Planned Parenthood
had removed Xerox from its list of companies
that match gifts to the organization. By Thursday
morning, Planned Parenthood removed every
company name listed as a donor.
Instead of listing companies by name, the site
simply says, “Does your employer match charitable contributions? If so, please contact your Human Resources Department for more information about
how your gift may be matched.”
Planned Parenthood did not return The Daily
Signal’s request for comment.
This comes less than two weeks after an
undercover video describing Planned Parenthood’s
sale of fetal body parts was released.
Daily Signal reporters Melissa Quinn and Kate
Scanlon contributed to this story.
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