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The Hotline links might not still be active
Sept. 9, but the idea is to help meat addicts protect themselves, other
animals, and the planet. –Dick
Defeat the Meat Hotline: Between Memorial Day
and Labor Day, Americans eat an average of 818 hot dogs per second.
That's a huge amount of meat that's responsible for enormous amounts of
habitat loss, greenhouse gas emissions and other threats to wildlife.
With one of the meatiest days of the year -- Labor Day -- still to come, the
Center is creating a hotline to help barbecue-goers "defeat the
meat" temptation when faced with a smoking hot grill. Watch our Facebook page before
Labor Day for the number to call when you're in the midst of a near-meat
experience over the holiday weekend.
From the Center for Biological diversity
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OMNI
VEGETARIAN ACTION NEWSLETTER #21, September 9, 2015.
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice,
and Ecology.
(#4 Feb. 12, 2014; #5 March 12, 2014; #6
April 9, 2014; #7 May 14, 2014; #8, June 11, 2014; #9 July 9, 2014; #10, August
11, 2014; #11 September 10, 2014; #12 October 8, 2014; #13, November 12, 2014;
#14, December 10, 2014; #15, January 14, 2015; #16, Feb. 11, 2015; #17, March
11, 2015; #18, April 8, 2015; #19, June 10, 2015; #20, August 12, 2015). Thank you Marc.
Veggie Potluck
Wed SEPTEMBER 9 - 6:00 pm @ OMNI
Food-friendly faces with delicious dishes who want to meet you,
and a place and time where you can talk with others not only about nutrition and
health, but about the meat industry monopoly, care for other species, and for
the environment. You don't have to be a
vegetarian to enjoy this potluck, but you do have to want to learn more about
its personal and social power. If you care
about yourself and the well-being of animals and the planet, you are already on
your way to being a vegetarian. Hope
to see you!
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Contents #20 at end
Contents Vegetarian Action #21, November 2015
Economics of Meat Industry
Leonard,
The Meat Racket
Nutrition, Health
NRDC,
Tell Subway to Stop the Antibiotics
Vegetarian
Resource Group and Vegetarian Journal
PBS,
Frontline, “The Trouble with
Chicken,” August 25
Genoways,
The Chain Never Slows, Hormel and the Dangerous Meatpacking
Industry
Industry
Animal Rights, Protection
of Sentient Creatures
Human
Rights: CNN, Ziva Branstetter, Execution
of Humans Not Humane,
Cannot Be
Cannot Be
Geiling: Meat
Eating (and Population) Chief Cause
of Species
Extinction
Extinction
Eisnitz,
Slaughterhouse
Tyson
Cruelty Exposed, Tyson Scapegoats Contractor
Climate Change, Eat No
Meat and Stop Population Increasing
Cowspiracy Film against Meat Consumption
Planned
Parenthood
Center
for Biological Diversity
Population Out of Control
Lorax and Earth Overshoot
Labor Day and Meat Hotline
Food, Sex, and Action
ECONOMICS OF MEAT INDUSTRY
Christopher Leonard, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of
America's Food Business, February 18, 2014 by Christopher
Leonard
The biggest
takeover in American business that you’ve never heard of
The American supermarket seems to represent the best in America: abundance, freedom, choice. But that turns out to be an illusion. The rotisserie chicken, the pepperoni, the cordon bleu, the frozen pot pie, and the bacon virtually all come from four companies.
In The Meat Racket, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard delivers the first-ever account of how a handful of companies have seized the nation’s meat supply. He shows how they built a system that puts farmers on the edge of bankruptcy, charges high prices to consumers, and returns the industry to the shape it had in the 1900s before the meat monopolists were broken up. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the greatest capitalist country in the world has an oligarchy controlling much of the food we eat and a high-tech sharecropping system to make that possible.
Forty years ago, more than thirty-six companies produced half of all the chicken Americans ate. Now there are only three that make that amount, and they control every aspect of the process, from the egg to the chicken to the chicken nugget. These companies are even able to raise meat prices for consumers while pushing down the price they pay to farmers. And tragically, big business and politics have derailed efforts to change the system.
We know that it takes big companies to bring meat to the American table. What The Meat Racket shows is that this industrial system is rigged against all of us. In that sense, Leonard has exposed our heartland’s biggest scandal.
The American supermarket seems to represent the best in America: abundance, freedom, choice. But that turns out to be an illusion. The rotisserie chicken, the pepperoni, the cordon bleu, the frozen pot pie, and the bacon virtually all come from four companies.
In The Meat Racket, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard delivers the first-ever account of how a handful of companies have seized the nation’s meat supply. He shows how they built a system that puts farmers on the edge of bankruptcy, charges high prices to consumers, and returns the industry to the shape it had in the 1900s before the meat monopolists were broken up. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the greatest capitalist country in the world has an oligarchy controlling much of the food we eat and a high-tech sharecropping system to make that possible.
Forty years ago, more than thirty-six companies produced half of all the chicken Americans ate. Now there are only three that make that amount, and they control every aspect of the process, from the egg to the chicken to the chicken nugget. These companies are even able to raise meat prices for consumers while pushing down the price they pay to farmers. And tragically, big business and politics have derailed efforts to change the system.
We know that it takes big companies to bring meat to the American table. What The Meat Racket shows is that this industrial system is rigged against all of us. In that sense, Leonard has exposed our heartland’s biggest scandal.
www.christopherleonard.biz/blog.html
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antibiotics”? --Dick
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VRG and its magazine cover a wide range of
vegetarianism and veganism as food lifestyles, apparently with little direct
discussion of animal rights and the warming planet (I have not yet inspected
the magazine). But any effort to reduce
meat-eating helps protect animals from suffering and slaughter and the planet
from climate change catastrophe. –Dick
“THE TROUBLE WITH CHICKEN” Was Shown August 25.
Here are an essay and a preview.
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Ted
Genoways. The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the
Fate of Our Food. October 14,
2014
A powerful and important work of investigative
journalism that explores the runaway
growth of the American meatpacking industry and its dangerous consequences.
On the production line in American
packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Every year, the chain conveyors that set the
pace of slaughter have continually
accelerated to keep up with America’s growing appetite for processed meat.
Acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and soaring recession-era demand for its most famous
product, Spam, to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, including the
expansion of agribusiness and the effects of immigrant labor on Middle America.
Genoways interviewed scores of industry line
workers, union leaders, hog farmers, and local politicians and activists. He
reveals an industry pushed to its breaking point and exposes alarming new
trends: sick or permanently disabled workers, abused animals, water and soil
pollution, and mounting conflict between small towns and immigrant workers.
The narrative moves across the heartland, from Minnesota, to witness the cut-and-kill
operation; to Iowa, to observe breeding and farrowing in massive hog barns; to
Nebraska, to see the tense town hall meetings and broken windows caused by the
arrival of Hispanic workers; and back to Minnesota, where political refugees
from Burma give the workforce the power it needs to fight back.
A work of brilliant reporting, The
Chain is a mesmerizing story and an urgent warning about the hidden cost of the food we eat.
Animal Rights, Protection, and Human Rights
CNN,
August 2015: Execution of Humans Not
Humane, Cannot Be
Death Row Stories explores cases that pose hard questions about
the U.S. capital punishment system.
Throughout the history of capital punishment in America,
states have reviewed and revised execution methods in the interest of finding a
more "humane" option.
Thanks
Dick … Here’s a link to some clips from that show.
Here’s the clip with my interview in it:
Meat-Eaters Are The
Number One Cause Of Worldwide Species Extinction, New Study Warns
A meat-inclusive diet often comes with a side of environmental caveats, including livestock’s
contribution to global warming, its
contribution to deforestation, and the stress it places on a bevy of
increasingly precious resources, from water to land. Now, a group of
researchers want to add another concern to the meat-eater’s plate: worldwide species extinction.
According to a recent study published
in Science of the Total Environment by researchers at
Florida International University in Miami, livestock
production’s impact on land use is “likely the leading cause of modern species
extinctions” — a problem the researchers think will only get worse as population growth increases the
global demand for meat.
The study is particularly interesting to scientists because
research linking livestock’s relationship to biodiversity loss has been
lacking, Gidon Eshel, a geophysicist at Bard College who was not involved in
the study, told Science.
“Now we can say, only slightly fancifully: You eat a steak, you
kill a lemur in Madagascar. You eat a chicken, you kill an Amazonian parrot,”
Eshel said.
To understand livestock production’s impact on biodiversity,
researchers at Florida International University mapped areas that have
exceptionally high percentages of native plants and animal species — known as
biodiversity hotspots.
The researchers then mapped areas where livestock production is
expected to increase in the future, and determined how much land would be lost
as a result of expanding meat operations, using data from the Food and
Agriculture Organization and other studies about historic livestock production
and land use conversion in those areas. Then, they compared the biodiversity
hotspots with the expected expansion of meat production.
They found that of the areas expected to have the greatest
conversion of land use for agriculture — from forest to land dedicated to
livestock production — 15 were in “megadiverse” countries that have the
greatest diversity of species. The study concludes that in the 15 “megadiverse
countries,” land used for livestock production will likely increase by 30 to 50
percent — some 3,000,000 square kilometers (about 741 million acres).
“These changes will have major, negative impacts on biodiversity,”
Brian Machovina, the study’s lead author, told Science. “Many, many species
will be lost.”
Several studies have suggested that the Earth is currently in the midst of the sixth mass extinction,
caused largely by human activities. Animals are hunted and sold for trade,
climate change is disrupting migration and mating patterns, extreme weather is
threatening animal populations, and deforestation is fragmenting crucial
habitat. But all of those causes, Machovina and his colleagues claim, pale in comparison
to the threat of habitat loss driven by demand for meat, which the study claims
“will cause more extinctions than any other factor.”
And though meat consumption in the United States has fallen steadily since
peaking in the 1970s, meat consumption worldwide continues to rise, driven by
technological advancements, liberalized trade, and growing economies. Livestock
production is also an incredibly important source of economic security for
millions of the world’s poor, providing stable income for 987 million around the world.
Machovina and his colleagues do suggest some mitigation efforts
that could curb the loss of biodiversity from meat production — namely, eat
less meat. The study says that in order to limit the worst biodiversity losses,
the average diet should get no more than 10 percent of its calories from meat,
and that pork, chicken, and fish are
less resource-intensive options for meat eaters.
But while meat production can have a negative impact on species
biodiversity and climate change, it’d be unwise to quit meat production
altogether, Clayton Marlow, a grassland ecologist at Montana State University,
Bozeman, told Science. He
argues that the real issue facing biodiversity loss isn’t the expansion of meat
production, but the expansion of urban sprawl, which takes away land that could
potentially be used for agricultural production.
Gail
A. Eisnitz. Slaughterhouse: The Shocking
Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry. November 1, 2006.
Slaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the
impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last
twenty-five years — particularly industry
consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation — have had on
workers, animals, and consumers. It is also the first time ever that workers
have spoken publicly about what’s really taking place behind the closed doors
of America’s slaughterhouses.
In this new paperback edition, author Gail A. Eisnitz brings the story up to date since the book’s original publication. She describes the ongoing efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry, media exposés that have prompted reforms resulting in multimillion dollar appropriations by Congress to try to enforce federal inspection laws, and a favorable decision by the Supreme Court to block construction of what was slated to be one of the largest hog factory farms in the country.
Nonetheless, Eisnitz makes it clear that abuses continue and much work still needs to be done.
In this new paperback edition, author Gail A. Eisnitz brings the story up to date since the book’s original publication. She describes the ongoing efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry, media exposés that have prompted reforms resulting in multimillion dollar appropriations by Congress to try to enforce federal inspection laws, and a favorable decision by the Supreme Court to block construction of what was slated to be one of the largest hog factory farms in the country.
Nonetheless, Eisnitz makes it clear that abuses continue and much work still needs to be done.
“TYSON ENDS CONTRACT OVER MALTREATMENT”
Claire Williams, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (August 28, 2015)
One of Tyson Foods’ contractors in Tennessee
was filmed by Mercy for Animals showing hideous cruelty to the chickens--from
stepping on their heads to break their necks, to growing them “so fast they
became crippled under their own weight,” to cramming hundreds of thousands of
birds “into filthy, windowless sheds forced to live for weeks in their own
waste,” according to MfA. Tyson Foods
spokesman Worth Sparkman replied: “Animal well-being is a priority at our
company and we will not tolerate the unacceptable animal treatment shown in
this video.” Tyson ended its contract
with that contractor.
CLIMATE
CHANGE
Reducing meat consumption and reducing
population growth are two parts of one necessity--to reduce C02 in order to reduce
and stop temperature rising, in order to reduce the severest consequences of
weather extremes. Vegetarianism is a major campaign for those
goals. Dick
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
COWSPIRACY FILM
STOP Climate
Change, Eat No Meat
About the Film
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length
environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he
uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and
investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid
to talk about it.
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water
consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the
transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction,
species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and
virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely
unchallenged.
As Andersen approaches leaders in the environmental movement, he
increasingly uncovers what appears to be an intentional refusal to discuss the
issue of animal agriculture, while industry whistleblowers and watchdogs warn
him of the risks to his freedom and even his life if he dares to persist.
As eye-opening
as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth,
this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating
environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers
a path to global sustainability for a growing population.
Kip Andersen
Keegan Kuhn
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Kip Andersen’s environmental awakening came as a result of An
Inconvenient Truth. After seeing the film, he began to recycle religiously,
turn off lights constantly, shower infrequently, and ride a bike instead of
driving. Andersen believed he was doing everything he could to help the planet
by following the guidelines of national and international environmental
organizations, but his life took a different direction when he found out animal
agriculture is the leading cause of environmental destruction. He is the
founder of AUM Films and Media, a 501c3 non-profit focused on creating films
and media that promote thrivability, compassion, and harmony for all life. He
is also an entrepreneur, as well as a certified Jivamukti and Kundalini yoga
teacher. He is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo school of business and
has called San Francisco home for more than a decade.
Keegan Kuhn is a videographer, award-winning
documentary filmmaker, and professional musician living in the east bay of San
Francisco. He has worked with nonprofit organizations and been involved in
social justice movements for virtually his entire life. As a filmmaker, he
helps organizations reach an ever-greater community of supporters with the
highest possible quality films and videos. His film career has taken him as far
as the remote interior of Alaska to document modern homesteaders, to the high
deserts of the American west filming the nation’s remaining wild horses, to
rural agricultural communities and dirty urban streets. He is motivated by a
deep desire to shed light on untold stories of the most downtrodden in our
society, and to raise to awareness through greater visibility of social justice
issues.
FEATURING THE EXPERTISE OF
Dr. Richard Oppenlander
Author of the groundbreaking book Food Choice and Sustainability, Dr. Oppenlander is a consultant and researcher whose award-winning book Comfortably Unaware, has been endorsed as a “must read” by Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Dr. Neal Barnard, among many others. Dr. Oppenlander is a much sought-after lecturer, has been a keynote speaker for several conferences and events, and has presented lectures and workshops at numerous universities and corporations. Dr. Oppenlander also serves as an advisor to municipalities in the U.S. and to world hunger projects that are designing programs from his model of multidimensional sustainability.
Author of the groundbreaking book Food Choice and Sustainability, Dr. Oppenlander is a consultant and researcher whose award-winning book Comfortably Unaware, has been endorsed as a “must read” by Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Dr. Neal Barnard, among many others. Dr. Oppenlander is a much sought-after lecturer, has been a keynote speaker for several conferences and events, and has presented lectures and workshops at numerous universities and corporations. Dr. Oppenlander also serves as an advisor to municipalities in the U.S. and to world hunger projects that are designing programs from his model of multidimensional sustainability.
Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is the author of four New York Times bestsellers (Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World). The Omnivore’s Dilemma was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Pollan was named to the 2010 Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2009 Newsweek named him one of the top 10 “New Thought Leaders.”
Michael Pollan is the author of four New York Times bestsellers (Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World). The Omnivore’s Dilemma was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Pollan was named to the 2010 Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2009 Newsweek named him one of the top 10 “New Thought Leaders.”
Dr. Will Tuttle
Dr. Will Tuttle is an award-winning speaker, educator, author, musician, and author of The World Peace Diet, called one of the most important books of the 21st century. Dr. Tuttle presents about 150 events yearly at conferences, retreats, and progressive churches and centers throughout North America. In his lectures, workshops, and trainings based on The World Peace Diet, he addresses veganism, spirituality, effective activism, and personal development. A former Zen monk, Dr. Tuttle has a master’s in humanities and a PhD in philosophy of education.
Dr. Will Tuttle is an award-winning speaker, educator, author, musician, and author of The World Peace Diet, called one of the most important books of the 21st century. Dr. Tuttle presents about 150 events yearly at conferences, retreats, and progressive churches and centers throughout North America. In his lectures, workshops, and trainings based on The World Peace Diet, he addresses veganism, spirituality, effective activism, and personal development. A former Zen monk, Dr. Tuttle has a master’s in humanities and a PhD in philosophy of education.
Howard Lyman
A former Montana cattle rancher, Howard Lyman is a world-renowned public speaker, author, and animal advocate. Best known for being sued by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association for speaking about “mad cow” disease on the Oprah Winfrey Show, he is the founder of Voice for a Viable Future and the subject of two documentary films, Mad Cowboyand Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home.
A former Montana cattle rancher, Howard Lyman is a world-renowned public speaker, author, and animal advocate. Best known for being sued by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association for speaking about “mad cow” disease on the Oprah Winfrey Show, he is the founder of Voice for a Viable Future and the subject of two documentary films, Mad Cowboyand Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home.
Will Potter
Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist and TED Fellow based in Washington, D.C. who focuses on the animal rights and environmental movements, and civil liberties post-9/11. His reporting and commentary have been featured in the world’s top media outlets, including the Washington Post, NPR, Rolling Stone, El Pais, and Le Monde. He has testified before the U.S. Congress about his reporting, as the only witness opposing the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. He is the author of Green Is the New Red, an exposé of the FBI’s use of fear and intimidation to silence dissent in the animal and environmental movements.
Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist and TED Fellow based in Washington, D.C. who focuses on the animal rights and environmental movements, and civil liberties post-9/11. His reporting and commentary have been featured in the world’s top media outlets, including the Washington Post, NPR, Rolling Stone, El Pais, and Le Monde. He has testified before the U.S. Congress about his reporting, as the only witness opposing the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. He is the author of Green Is the New Red, an exposé of the FBI’s use of fear and intimidation to silence dissent in the animal and environmental movements.
Will Anderson
In 1978, Will Anderson founded Greenpeace Alaska in Anchorage, and shortly thereafter, was appointed to the national board of directors of Greenpeace USA. Since then, he has had a long career in campaign management in both the environmental and animal welfare sectors for a number of organizations including Earth Island Institute and the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. He has worked with state and federal agencies, scientists, political representatives and NGOs, and continues to consult for numerous national organizations to protect marine animals and wildlife, and defend the land and oceans against industrial destruction.
In 1978, Will Anderson founded Greenpeace Alaska in Anchorage, and shortly thereafter, was appointed to the national board of directors of Greenpeace USA. Since then, he has had a long career in campaign management in both the environmental and animal welfare sectors for a number of organizations including Earth Island Institute and the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. He has worked with state and federal agencies, scientists, political representatives and NGOs, and continues to consult for numerous national organizations to protect marine animals and wildlife, and defend the land and oceans against industrial destruction.
WITH
APPEARANCES BY
Michael Besancon
A 41-year veteran of the natural foods industry, Michael Besancon is the former senior global vice president of purchasing, distribution and communications for Whole Foods Market.
A 41-year veteran of the natural foods industry, Michael Besancon is the former senior global vice president of purchasing, distribution and communications for Whole Foods Market.
Michael Klaper, MD
Dr. Michael Klaper has more than 40 years of clinical experience, and practices preventative and nutrition-based medicine. He is the director of the non-profit Institute of Nutrition Education and Research and a member of the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Student Association.
Dr. Michael Klaper has more than 40 years of clinical experience, and practices preventative and nutrition-based medicine. He is the director of the non-profit Institute of Nutrition Education and Research and a member of the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Student Association.
David Robinson Simon
David Robinson Simon is an attorney, advocate for sustainable consumption, and author of the book Meatonomics about the economics of animal agriculture.
David Robinson Simon is an attorney, advocate for sustainable consumption, and author of the book Meatonomics about the economics of animal agriculture.
Dr. Kirk R.
Smith
Dr. Kirk R. Smith is a professor in the School of Public Health at University of California, Berkeley, where he is the director of the university’s Global Health and Environment Program.
Dr. Kirk R. Smith is a professor in the School of Public Health at University of California, Berkeley, where he is the director of the university’s Global Health and Environment Program.
I
know we all feel the importance of our Vegetarian Potluck and Veg.
Action.
See you next month. Dick
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The New England Journal of Medicine, n engl j med nejm.org 1
Planned Parenthood at Risk
George P. Topulos, M.D., Michael F.
Greene, M.D., and Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.
Planned Parenthood is under attack —
again. This time, a campaign of misinformation about the retrieval of fetal
tissue used in research and therapy is the excuse. When women have made the
decision to terminate a pregnancy, Planned Parenthood allows them the
opportunity to have the fetal tissue that would otherwise be discarded be used
by qualified researchers to help answer important medical questions. The
organization does so carefully, following all applicable laws and ethical
guidelines. In a Perspective article now published in the Journal, Charo
presents compelling arguments defending these uses of fetal tissue.1 Planned Parenthood, its physicians, and the
researchers who do this work should be praised, not damned. The research is not
easy to do, but as Charo explains, it has benefited millions of people
worldwide. If the antichoice forces were allowed to rule the day, these
advances would never have been made. We strongly support Planned Parenthood not
only for its efforts to channel fetal tissue into important medical research
but also for its other work as one of the country’s largest providers of health
care for women, especially poor women. In 2013, the most recent year for which
data are available, Planned Parenthood provided services to 2.7 million women,
men, and young people during 4.6 million health center visits. At least 60% of
these patients benefited from public health coverage programs such as the
nation’s family-planning program (Title X) and Medicaid. At least 78% of these
patients lived with incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level.
Planned Parenthood’s services included nearly 400,000 Pap tests, nearly 500,000
breast examinations, nearly 4.5 million tests for sexually transmitted
illnesses (including HIV), and treatments.2,3 The contraception services that Planned Parenthood delivers may be the
single greatest effort to prevent the unwanted pregnancies that result in
abortions. It is shameful that a radical antichoice group whose goal is the
destruction of Planned Parenthood continues to twist the facts to achieve its
ends. We thank the women who made the choice to help improve the human
condition through their tissue donation; we applaud the people who make this
work possible and those who use these materials to advance human health. We are
outraged by those who debase these women, this work, and Planned Parenthood by
distorting the facts for political ends. Dr. Topulos reports serving as a
volunteer member of the medical committees of both Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Disclosure forms
provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at
NEJM.org. From the Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, and the
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital (G.P.T.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Massachusetts General Hospital (M.F.G.) — all in Boston. This article was
published on August 12, 2015, at NEJM.org. 1. Charo RA. Fetal tissue fallout. N
Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/ NEJMp1510279. 2. Planned Parenthood Federation of
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Contents Vegetarian Action #20, August 12, 2015
“By the Pinch and the Pound” by Laura Miller
and Emilie Hardman, in Protest on the
Page. Tracks the evolution of vegetarian and
vegan cookbooks and catalogues the
arguments for not eating meat or using animal products. See Bill Lueders, “A Slogan in Every Pot:
Cookbooks as Protest Literature.” The Progressive (July-August 2015).
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