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Abortion
The most obvious place to start
is with manufacturers of abortifacients and
abortion-related products. It is not our intent to screen
out companies that manufacture rubber gloves just because
one would likely find rubber gloves in an abortion
clinic. The screen is imposed against manufacturers of
abortion-specific pharmaceuticals (frequently marketed as
"contraceptives") and devices that are
produced specifically for use in the abortion industry.
We do not take a blanket approach to the contraceptive
or pharmaceutical industries. Not all members of these
industries qualify as manufacturers of abortifacients,
according to our definition of abortifacients:
An
abortifacient is a chemical compound which terminates a
pregnancy.
We also screen for
regular contributors to Planned Parenthood. Regardless of its image, Planned Parenthood is the
largest provider of abortions in the world.
For a company to be removed from our
screen list it must cease corporate sponsorship
of Planned Parenthood. Companies which do so are
monitored for a period of three years, and if no further
contributions are made during this period, they are
considered "neutral" on the abortion issue. A
company will be removed immediately if it recants past
support and pledges (in
writing on company letterhead) to refrain from further support.
Companies covering elective abortions, either
through health maintenance organizations (HMOs) or
through health insurance policies are also screened out.
Companies doing so in order to comply with national local or state
statues are not screened out.
Finally, hospital companies performing elective abortions in their
facilities are screened out.
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Example
Companies |
Aphton Corporation (APHT)
is a pharmaceutical company that, along with the
World Health Organization, develops an
anti-human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG)
immunocontraceptive as a long-acting (six or
twelve months) injectable contraceptive. The
lifetime of the anti-hCG anti-body inside the
woman's body is several days, which means a
woman can take a shot of the anti-body as a
protection against pregnancy before starting a
sexual relationship or romantic vacation. It can
also be used as an "emergency" contraceptive
after unprotected sex within seven days of
intercourse.
Coventry Health
Care (CVH)
is an insurance company that markets hospital
and medical service plans or HMO’s that cover
elective abortions when not mandated by
national, state or local statute.
Healthsouth
Corporation (HLSH.PK)
is a company in the health sector industry that
provides outpatient surgery, outpatient
diagnostic and rehabilitative healthcare
services in the United States. One of the
services this company provides is elective
abortions when not mandated by national, state
or local statute.
J.P. Morgan Chase &
Company (JPM)
has a long history of Corporate Philanthropy to
Planned Parenthood, America’s single largest
provider of elective abortions.
Merck & Company (MRK)
is a company that conducts human embryo
experimentation and/or destruction. They are one
of the few companies in America that perform
Fetal Tissue Research. |
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