Nonprofit Planned Parenthood Pays Its California Executives Generously, But Turns Women Away Due to Budget Crunch

The individual solo abortionist is often underinsured or even uninsured, but the corporate Planned Parenthood abortion empire in California appears to be flush. The salaries paid at nine California affiliates of Planned Parenthood suggest deep pockets if an abortion negligence or battery case ever gets to a California civil jury.

CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC DAILY

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California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates pay executives top dollar, with generous benefit packages

(Editor’s note: This is the first in an ongoing series about the finances of the nine Planned Parenthood affiliates in California. Unless otherwise noted, the information comes from IRS Form 990, an annual report required by the IRS for tax-exempt non-profits. Check back each week for a new installment in the series.)

Planned Parenthood affiliates in California pay their top executives well and provide many of them with generous benefit packages, even though Planned Parenthood has pleaded with the state legislature in recent years that it was turning away as many as 10,000 patients a month for lack of sufficient funding.

Here is a list of the compensation paid to the five top Planned Parenthood executives at each California affiliate, from highest paid to lowest paid. Unless otherwise noted, the information comes from Form 990s for 2007 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, San Jose

Linda Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $294,091
Benefits: $31,391
Total Compensation: $325,482

D. Ferguson, Medical Director
Salary: $214,498
Benefits: $18,589
Total Compensation: $233,087

A. Cabebe, Family Practice
Salary: $186,624
Benefits: $19,061
Total Compensation: $205,685

J. Gambruno, Chief Financial Officer, Vice-president of Finance and Administration
Salary: $182,875
Benefits: $22,494
Total Compensation: $205,369

E. Love, Vice-president People Support and Development
Salary: $156,882
Benefits: $23,552
Total Compensation: $180,434

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 162

Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, San Francisco
(Note: Planned Parenthood Golden Gate executives enjoy a 35-hour work week.)

Dian Harrison, President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $274,438
Benefits: $18,976
Expense Account: $11,340
Total Compensation: $304,754

Johnetta Stevens, Chief Development Officer
Salary: $174,182
Benefits: $40,064
Total Compensation: $214,256

Jennifer Winter, Vice-president, Medical Services
Salary: $164,000
Benefits: $37,720
Total Compensation: $201,720

Therese Wilson, Executive Vice-president
Salary: $163,490
Benefits: $37,602
Total Compensation: $201,092

T. Marx, Chief Financial Officer
Salary: $134,534
Benefits: $41,590
Total Compensation: $176,124

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 69

Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties

John A. Dunn, President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $270,019
Benefits: $21,185
Total Compensation: $291,204

Nancy Dudley, Senior Vice-president for Strategic Development
Salary: $151,518
Benefits: $11,178
Total Compensation: $162,696

Stephanie Kight, Senior Vice-president for Community Affairs
Salary: $129,908
Benefits: $11,613
Total Compensation: $141,521

Scott M. Marshall, Senior Vice-president
Salary: $111,885
Benefits: $10,448
Total Compensation: $122,333

Christine J. Chai, Vice-President for Clinical Practice and Medial Director
(*Note: Christine Chai works 20 hours per week for Planned Parenthood.)
Salary: $99,922
Benefits: $7,973
Total Compensation: $107,895

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 61

Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties
(Calendar year ending Dec. 31, 2007)

Darrah Johnson, Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $253,269
Benefits: $14,467
Total Compensation: $267,736

Nancy Sasaki, Executive Vice President
Salary: $171,037
Benefits: $10,077
Total Compensation: $181,114

Angela Reed, Senior Vice-president
Salary: $154,385
Benefits: $8779
Total Compensation: $163,164

Leonard Dodson, Chief Financial Officer
Salary: $157,307
Benefits: $398
Total Compensation: $157,705

Katherine Sheehan, Medical Director
Salary: $131,906
Benefits: $4715
Total Compensation: $136,621

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 89

Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles

Mary Jane Wagle, President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $225,692
Benefits: $63
Total Compensation: $225,755

Bobby Lee, President, Board of Directors
Salary: $156,184
Benefits: $4,749
Total Compensation: $160,933

Benjamin Tysch, Chief Administrative Officer
Salary: $149,423
Benefits: $2,838
Total Compensation: $152,261

Sally Blowitz, Vice-president for Development
Salary: $137,741
Benefits: $3,320
Total Compensation: $141,061

Adrianne Black, Vice-president for Client Services
Salary: $128,261
Benefits: $10,675
Total Compensation: $138,936

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 67

Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties
(No benefit amounts were listed on this affiliate’s Form 990.)

Cheryl Rollings, President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $189,805

Laura Ferris (no title)
Salary: $124,717

Christine Lyon, Vice-president for Public Affairs
Salary: $114,500

Patricia Fajardo, Vice-president for Clinical Services
Salary: $105,568

Kelly Genovese, Clinician
Salary: $99,614

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 1

Planned Parenthood of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley

Sherri Bonner, President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $139,970
Benefits: $21,600
Expense Account: $6,000
Total Compensation: $167,570

Anna Rutherford, Lead Clinician
Salary: $112,538
Benefits: $8,867
Total Compensation: $121,405

Henrietta Crite-Wilson, Clinician
Salary: $96,090
Benefits: $8,188
Total Compensation: $104,278

Buff Megaw, Director of Development
Salary: $86,726
Benefits: $7,537
Total Compensation: $94,263

Michelle Matyi, Vice-president for Patient Services
Salary: $72,961
Benefits: $6,962
Total Compensation: $79,923

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: 3

Planned Parenthood Six Rivers, Eureka
(Information for this report was not available from an IRS Form 990. It was instead collected from the website Charity Navigator, the “largest and most utilized evaluator of charities.” The data comes from Planned Parenthood Six Rivers’ 2007-2008 annual report, according to Charity Navigator. No benefits information was provided. Six Rivers is the smallest of California’s nine Planned Parenthood affiliates.)

K. Albright, Lead Clinician -- $70,734
D. Hatch, Clinician -- $64,153
M. Amir, Clinician -- $58,083
Denise Vanden Bos, Chief Executive Officer -- $55,740

Total number of other employees earning more than $50,000 per year: Not available

© California Catholic Daily 2010.

Midwestern Congressman Calls for Defunding of Planned Parenthood Federation

It is unlikely that Congressman Mike Pence's proposal to stop underwriting America's number one abortion provider with tax money will go anywhere. It's not the first time it's been proposed, and it has never passed before, even at the Republican Revolution's high tide in the mid-90's. Far more likely is that the Reid/Pelosi/Obama government will enact, by sly piecemeal amendments to budget measures and other unrelated legislation, the Freedom of Choice Act.

However, Pence's press release is worth reproducing below because it lays out the pro-lifers' case for defunding Planned Parenthood, and we may see it again if the current Democratic/RINO vice grip begins to shudder and slip. The URL for a one-page background paper provided by the Congressman's staff is provided at the bottom of this page.

PENCE SEEKS TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
"The Time Has Come To Deny Any And All Federal Funding To Planned Parenthood"

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence gave the following speech from the floor of the U.S. House, announcing that he had filed an amendment to deny federal funding through Title X Family Planning to Planned Parenthood:

Remarks As Prepared For Delivery:

"The time has come to deny any and all federal funding to Planned Parenthood of America. The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funds under Title X.

"Today I filed an amendment to block any funds under Title X in the Labor-HHS Appropriations Act from going to Planned Parenthood. This same amendment was supported by 189 bipartisan Members in 2007. I am confident it will be widely supported again this Congress and urge the Members of the Rules Committee to make the Pence Amendment in order.

"The Pence Amendment would simply prevent any funds under Title X from going to Planned Parenthood. It would not reduce the total amount of funds available for family planning. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to providing comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services. There are a number of federally funded clinics across the nation that offer beneficial services including patient counseling, breast cancer screenings, HIV prevention education, and many more. According to their last annual report, Title X funds helped over 4.7 million women prevent pregnancy by a variety of ethical methods such as abstinence education and birth control. There are many clinics funded by Title X that offer ethical family planning services - without providing abortions.

"Last year alone, according to Planned Parenthood's own annual report, it received nearly $350 million in revenue from government grants and contracts. This same annual report acknowledged that Planned Parenthood also performed more than 305,000 abortions - a 5.3% increase from the previous year. The nation's leading abortion provider is also currently under investigation in multiple states including Indiana, California, Alabama, and Tennessee for allegations of fraudulent use of Title X funding. Additionally, many Planned Parenthood centers have been caught violating state sexual assault and child abuse reporting laws, and even encouraging young girls to lie about their ages to circumvent state reporting laws.

"When Title X money goes to organizations that provide both abortions and family planning services, even though the money cannot directly fund abortions, it can be used to offset operational costs, freeing up money to promote and provide abortions. Again I say, the time has come to deny any and all federal funding to Planned Parenthood of America. The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funds under Title X. It's time to pass the Pence Amendment to keep taxpayer money out of the hands of Planned Parenthood."

SEE ONE-PAGE "BACKGROUNDER" AT:
http://www.mikepence.house.gov/images/stories/pence_amendment_one-pager.pdf

Abortion Industry Files Suit Against Conscience Protection Regulations

Excerpt from the Hippocratic Oath

I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.

I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion.

But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.

In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves.

All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.

If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot.

A lot has changed in the medical industry since ancient Greek physicians vowed to do no intentional harm. Here is Jason Ramsey's post on Top News about lawsuits filed Thursday against the regulations, which would protect the "right of conscience" of medical professionals who do not wish to participate in abortions or to dispense abortifacient drugs, scheduled to take effect today.

Seven states and two abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U. S. government to invalidate a federal regulation that would protect health care workers who refuse to perform abortions or other medical procedures because of religious or moral reasons.

Attorneys general of the seven states of Connecticut, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, and Rhode Island filed lawsuits on behalf of the states to the rule set by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood of Connecticut and American Civil Liberties Union, which was acting on behalf of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, filed separate lawsuits in the U. S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. In a statement Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said, "We filed this lawsuit today on behalf of the millions of women whose health care has been put in jeopardy by the Bush administration's parting shot at women's health."

This regulation was set last month and would allow the federal government to withhold federal funds for state and local governments, health plans and health care facilities that do not follow existing federal laws that ban discrimination against doctors and other health workers who refuse to participate in procedures such as sterilizations or abortions or to make referrals for such procedures.

In a statement issued at the time, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said, "Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience. This rule protects the right of medical providers to care for their patients in accord with their conscience."

Those who oppose the rule say it is an attempt to deny legal abortion and contraception to women. In a joint statement Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood of Connecticut said, "The midnight regulation, issued by the outgoing Bush administration, poses a serious threat to women's health care by limiting the rights of patients to receive complete and accurate health information and services."

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said, "On its way out, the Bush administration has left a ticking legal time bomb set to explode literally the day of the inaugural and blow apart vital constitutional rights and women's health care. Women's health may be endangered -- needlessly and unlawfully -- if this rule is allowed to stand." Blumenthal added that the regulation encouraged individuals to "deny virtually all forms of contraception's, even emergency contraception to rape victims."

In an e-mail department spokeswoman Rebecca Ayers said, "We have not had an opportunity to review the lawsuits and we will respond to the court on any pending litigation. The department followed appropriate procedures to put the regulation in place and the regulation is fully supported by law."

California Planned Parenthood defies FDA, prescribes deadly RU-486 (a.k.a. mifeprestone) doses for home use

The University of Michigan has studied the deaths of eight women who died of bacterial infections caused by improper administration of a French abortifacient drug, in violation of FDA protocols. The Family Research Council email below suggests that the deadly abortionists operate with impunity because of Planned Parenthood's bodyguard of Congressional Democrats.

RU-486 Deaths at Planned Parenthood - A study from the University of Michigan traces the deaths of eight women who died from bacterial infection due to the improper administration of RU-486 by professional abortion providers.

Four fatalities occurred as a result of California Planned Parenthood clinics that failed to follow FDA protocol for dispensing the deadly drug. PP continues to urge patients to take one pill in the abortion regimen at home despite FDA warnings that it "should be done in a medical office to monitor women for complications."

Despite a plethora of irregularities at PP clinics, including the intentional targeting of minorities for abortion, the cover-up of underage abortions, statutory rapes and incest, the falsification of records and blatant disregard for the law, human safety, and life, Congressional Democrats push for increased taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.

Is a New Day Dawning in Abortion Litigation?

Bill Saunders has posted an optimistic proposition on the Family Research Council's blog: that "a new day is dawning" in abortion litigation. For decades, abortion negligence and abortion battery plaintiffs have come up against what Constitutional litigator Jay Sekulow calls "the abortion distortion" - a recurring bias in favor of the abortionist at every stage of the proceedings.

It is testimony to the low expectations of anti-abortion activists that Saunders is so elated at the procedural ruling in the South Dakota case that divests a federal district judge there of authority to indefinitely postpone enforcement of a properly enacted state law that requires full disclosure by the abortionist, informed consent by the woman. The Family Research Council was not a party to the lawsuit, but filed an amicus curiae brief.

I would have thought that "a new day dawning" would entail leveling the playing field in malpractice, negligence and battery actions against abortionists, not just upholding modest, unburdensome state regulation of the abortion industry. Here is the text of Saunders' post on the Family Research Council's blog.

A new day is dawning in abortion litigation

Remember Gonzales v. Carhart? That's the Supreme Court decision from last year that upheld the Congressional ban on partial birth abortion. Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion, and lawyers tied themselves up in knots trying to interpret it. Most agree it was a narrow victory for the pro-life cause, but it was a victory. That can be seen in last Friday's decision by the 8th Circuit to allow a South Dakota abortion law to go into effect, a case in which FRC filed a friend of the court brief.

Prior to Gonzales v. Carhart, such laws were routinely struck down before they ever came into binding, legal force. Kennedy specifically noted, however, that this approach (another of the distortions abortion causes to the law) would no longer be followed. If someone wanted to challenge a law as it was applied to them, they could, and the court would decide whether specific provisions of that law, rather than the entire law, violated the Constitution. The 8th Circuit applied that logic to a challenge to South Dakota's law, and allowed the law to go into effect.

The law merely provides that women seeking an abortion should be given complete information about the risks involved, etc, but Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry wanted to stop it at any cost, as usual, regardless of the fact women deserve to receive such information. However, the 8th Circuit rejected their old "business as ususal" approach to litigation concerning abortion and replaced it with some common sense.

A new day is dawning in abortion litigation.

En banc, 8th Circuit says new South Dakota disclosure law is enforceable

U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier's injunction against enforcing a South Dakota abortion-related full disclosure law has been overturned, according an Associated Press wire story, clearing the way for implementation pending a determination by the same (overruled) judge as to the constitutional merits of the state law.

Court overturns injunction on S.D. abortion law
By CHET BROKAW

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled that South Dakota can begin enforcing a law requiring doctors to tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life.

The 7-4 decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis sends the case back to U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier of Rapid City for proceedings that will result in a decision on whether the law passed by the 2005 South Dakota Legislature is constitutional.

Schreier had temporarily prevented the law from taking effect while she decides the case. She had ruled that opponents had a fair chance of succeeding in their claim that the law violates doctors' free-speech rights by forcing them to tell women things the doctors might not believe.

A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit had agreed with Schreier, but the full court threw out her order. It said Friday that Planned Parenthood, which operates South Dakota's only abortion clinic in Sioux Falls, has not provided enough evidence that it is likely to prevail.

"The bottom line is if the state Legislature orders a professional to tell the truth, that's not a violation of the First Amendment," said South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long, who is defending the law in court.

Mimi Liu, a lawyer for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said such rulings generally take about three weeks to take effect. Long said it could take less time.

The 2005 law would make doctors tell women "that the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being." Women also would have to be told they have a right to continue a pregnancy and that abortion may cause women psychological harm, including thoughts of suicide.

Planned Parenthood has failed to show that the information to be given to women seeking abortions is untruthful, misleading or irrelevant to the woman's decision, the appeals court majority said. Taking into account definitions in the law, the information required to be given is biological in nature, so Planned Parenthood has not shown the information is ideological, the decision said.

Harold Cassidy, a lawyer representing two pregnancy counseling centers that support the abortion law, hailed the ruling.

"We think it's a big victory for the woman obviously to be given accurate information in order to make a decision not only for the child, but also for herself," Cassidy said.

Sarah Stoesz, president of Planned Parenthood in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, said the law would force doctors to read ideological language to women seeking abortions.

"They are imposing compelled speech on doctors. It is not about providing information to women. It is about intruding in the doctor-patient relationship. It is unprecedented and extremely outrageous," Stoesz said.

Planned Parenthood's lawsuit contends the law not only violates doctors' free-speech rights, but also is an undue burden on a woman's right to an abortion.

South Dakota voters in 2006 rejected a ballot measure to ban nearly all abortions. A measure on this year's ballot also would ban abortions but would allow exceptions in cases involving rape, incest and a threat to a woman's life and health.

"With Trepidation," Missouri Circuit Judge Rules Abortion-Related Law is Constitutional, Yet Stays Enforcement Again

Jackson County Circuit Judge Charles Atwell has ruled that SB1 - a state law allowing civil litigation against anyone who intentionally assists a minor in obtaining an abortion without parental or judicial consent — is constitutional, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report Wednesday.

However, Atwell said the law is only constitutional with judicial limitations that protect free speech, and he issued an injunction stopping enforcement of the law until a higher court rules on the case.

Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (PPKMM) filed a lawsuit last month to challenge the law, complaining that it could financially cripple some Planned Parenthood affiliates.

PPKMM attorney Eve Gartner argued that counselors who discuss abortion with pregnant girls, whether or not the girls undergo abortion, could be considered to have violated the law. Atwell issued a preliminary injunction in November blocking the state from implementing the provision while he considered the issues of the case.

Atwell said the law is unconstitutional, as it infringes on the right to free speech and due process for people who provide information and counseling to girls, and said providing information on reproductive rights would be protected. However, he said the law would be constitutional if it were interpreted with his judicial restraints.

Atwell’s said that a lawsuit only could be brought against someone if they were familiar with the law and if they knew the girl being counseled was under 18 and also was trying to circumvent the consent requirement.

“[T]he court, with substantial trepidation, finds that(the law) is constitutional” with those restrictions in place, Atwell wrote. In his ruling, Atwell also questioned if his interpretation is “a legitimate act of judicial interpretation or does it constitute a rewriting (of the law) infringing upon the powers clearly invested in the legislative branch?”.

A Planned Parenthood spokesperson said the group will appeal Atwell’s ruling.

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Planned Parenthood's Potential Problem with African-American Jurors

The Family Research Council (FRC) reported this week on a sub rosa investigation by a UCLA student showing that Planned Parenthood chapters in all seven surveyed states were amenable to accepting donations earmarked for the abortion of Black babies.

Some of the audio is already on Youtube.com, and the FRC is posting transcripts and an audio montage at http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LK08B57&f=WA08B46.

The implications for defendants who work at Planned Parenthood clinics are ominous. Unless pro-abortion forces can stanch the public dissemination of the UCLA evidence, Black jurors and Black-sympathetic jurors may be more sympathetic to plaintiffs in future litigation against Planned Parenthood-affiliated abortionists, and this sentiment could bleed over to litigation against unaffiliated abortionists.

Here is the FRC's brief article:

Racism Alive and Well at Planned Parenthood

A shocking set of recordings was released this week that could prove disastrous for Planned Parenthood's ties with the African-American community. Lila Rose, a pro-life student and reporter at UCLA, launched an undercover investigation aimed at exposing the racism of the nation's largest abortion merchant. With the help of an actor, she contacted Planned Parenthood clinics in seven states, inquiring if they would be willing to accept a donation earmarked for the abortion of black babies. The results were jaw-dropping.

Rose was appalled to discover that every last clinic agreed. Not one employee objected or questioned the request, even when the actor insisted that the purpose was to "lower the number of black people" in America. When the caller phoned an Ohio branch, he was told that Planned Parenthood "will accept the money for whatever reason."

Actor: ...I really faced trouble with affirmative action, and I don't want my kids to be disadvantaged against black kids.
Planned Parenthood: Yes, absolutely.
Actor: And we don't, you know, we just think the less black kids out there the better.
Planned Parenthood: (Laughs) Understandable, understandable... This is the first time I've had a donor call and make this kind of request, so I'm excited and want to make sure I don't leave anything out.

Students at UCLA are so infuriated by the investigation that they are petitioning the university to cut all affiliation with Planned Parenthood.

What few people realize is that the organization has a history of racism that has been ingrained since Planned Parenthood's earliest days, when founder Margaret Sanger advocated negative eugenics and spoke to a woman's branch of the KKK (Margaret Sanger, An Autobiography, 1938, p. 336-367).

However, as is customary for Planned Parenthood, the organization has managed for decades to cover its tracks--and the facts. That task has just been made monumentally more difficult.

Abortion has taken the innocent lives of over 14 million black children--a national tragedy that has begun uniting and mobilizing African-Americans across party, state, and financial lines.

Today, FRC hosted a press conference to kick off the National Black Pro-Life Gathering in Washington, D.C. which drew pastors, parents, leaders, and activists from across America to commemorate Black History Month by calling on abortion merchants like Planned Parenthood to stop preying on their community.

As these abortion clinics continue to demonstrate that blood money is not colorblind, we call on Congress to de-fund and disavow Planned Parenthood. Taxpayers should not be forced to spend over $300 million on an organization whose scruples are for sale, even to those who seek racial genocide.