Operation Rescue says it's broke, may shut down

[armyowalgreens]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112861013
"Operation Rescue, one of the nation's highest-profile groups in the anti-abortion movement, has told its supporters it is facing a "major financial crisis" and is very close to shutting down unless emergency help arrives soon.

The group's president, Troy Newman, blamed the economic downturn for its money woes in a desperate plea e-mailed Monday night to donors. But the Wichita-based organization has also been under attack from both fringe anti-abortion militants and abortion rights supporters since the May 31 shooting death of Dr. George Tiller.

"We're now so broke (as the saying goes), we can't even pay attention," Newman wrote.

Newman told The Associated Press in an interview after the mailing that the group has only four paid employees left, compared to nine a year ago. The group typically has an annual budget of $600,000, but donations this year have been down 30 to 40 percent. Newman, who earns $60,000 annually, said he hasn't been paid in two months."

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Good riddens

[Ian David]

1. Keep this quiet. Don't tell anyone until it's too late to save them. That's why I'll un-rec. n/t

[armyowalgreens]

2. I want to dance on their grave as soon as possible.

[rrneck]

3. Good news. I guess stupid doesn't pay like it used to. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. AWWWWWWWWWWWW...

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[Generic Brad]

5. Why, those ungrateful non-aborted babies

This is how they repay them!

[TxRider]

12. ROFL

Thanks, I needed to snort on my keyboard...

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks.... :sarcasm:

[hobbit709]

6. Too bad

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[kenny blankenship]

7. Lord, send them Bernie Madoff

[tularetom]

8. Ever consider it might be a ploy to get more funding out of the dumshits?

I don't believe a fucking word these liars utter.

[madeline_con]

15. Good point. Bucks are probably already rolling in. n/t

[aquart]

18. Of course it is, but they already gave their money to Joe Wilson.

[la la]

9. bummer..... n/t

[abbeyco]

10. B-o-o H-o-o

I hope they go under sooner rather than later! Then we'll just have to worry about them as a covert underground terrorist operation.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. ASSUMING it is ot a ploy to get more mullah in

it could not happen to a better group of people.

Oh and yes, the extreme right has done this in the past... the most famous

The Lord will take me if we do not get money for Liberty University... scary... they got funds.

[Ilsa]

13. Newman will probably do an Oral Roberts money appeal next: "If we don't

raise $1 million by Thursday, Gawd is going to call me home." Lovely. Terrorism at it's finest.

[madeline_con]

14. Who will force rape and incest victims to carry to term?!

The horror!

[Archbishop]

16. Oh Noes!

Now who will attempt to take away reproductive rights from women so their babies can grow up in less-than-ideal conditions. The churches will be pissed since the whole Christian faith revolves around abortion. If abortions were illegal I think the Catholic church may seize to exist.

[Hugabear]

17. Great. So now we'll have thousands of "lone wolf" terrorists

Even if Operation Rescue does go belly-up, their members are still going to hold on to their belief that abortion must be stopped by any means necessary.

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. good