American Life League’s STOPP International completed an investigation of the Girl Scout councils connections with Planned Parenthood after Kathy Cloninger, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. CEO, told NBC News, “We have relationships…with Planned Parenthood organizations across the country, to bring information-based sex education programs to girls.”

“We are astonished to find that of the councils that responded to our questions, 26% have relationships with Planned Parenthood,” said Jim Sedlak, executive director of STOPP International, “but what is even more surprising is that 79% of Girl Scout councils have not disclosed their position on Planned Parenthood by failing to answer a simple question: Do you have any relationship with Planned Parenthood?”

STOPP has posted a web site (www.all.org/stopp/scouts) that lists every council by state and shows the results of the investigation. Of the 315 councils in the U.S., 17 councils reported having a relationship with Planned Parenthood, and 49 reported they do not. The remaining 249 failed to disclose their relationship. Parents should look into whether or not their local Girl Scout councils are supporting Planned Parenthood events or providing Planned Parenthood materials to their daughters.

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