Libido Redux: Planning for College?

Earlier I had blogged about Catholic collegiate connections with Planned Parenthood, and the good news is that seven Catholic colleges have responded by removing or editing website pages that indicated links between the colleges and Planned Parenthood.

However, more than three weeks after a report exposed scandalous associations with the nation’s largest abortion provider, most other colleges cited have taken no action to correct the problem.

Prompted by the recent videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s abhorrent practices, the Cardinal Newman Society’s report, A More Scandalous Relationship: Catholic Colleges and Planned Parenthood, identified 63 connections between 27 Catholic colleges and Planned Parenthood since May 2011. It was in 2011 that the Newman Society first reported 150 such connections, most of which were quickly resolved by the Catholic institutions.

The connections include recommending Planned Parenthood as a health resource to students, hiring faculty who currently or previously worked at Planned Parenthood centers, hosting events with representatives from the organization, and encouraging students to apply for internships and volunteer opportunities at various Planned Parenthood facilities.

Of the 63 connections identified last month, at least 14 have been changed or removed permanently from their respective websites. Let’s name names:

· DePaul University in Chicago, Ill.; the University of Dayton in Ohio; Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio; Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Saint Mary’s College of California; Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., and the University of San Diego (USD) have updated their websites to remove or change references to Planned Parenthood.

· Mount Mercy University, Stonehill College and the University of Dayton responded by letter, expressing regret for the Planned Parenthood connections and noting that some materials were a few years old but had not been removed from their websites.

· USD removed two of its incriminating links encouraging potential careers at Planned Parenthood for students, but two other ties connecting current faculty to the abortion provider remain active and unchanged.

· Additionally, it is unclear whether or not Regis University in Denver, Col., has cut ties with the organization. Access to a description for the Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, which originally suggested that students volunteer with organizations like Planned Parenthood, is now limited and can no longer be viewed by the public.

Some of the more egregious connections discovered in the report have been removed, including one connection summarized in a recent Crisis Magazine article. One example is Mount Mercy University in Iowa. A local government chart of “Sexual Health Resources” on the University website (with a URL indicating sponsorship by the student life office) that links to Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Cedar Rapids as a resource for “Pregnancy/STI Testing,” “HIV/AIDS Resources,” “Health Education,” “Women and Children’s Services,” “Sexual Health Advocacy” and “LGBT Resources.” There is nothing naïve about the referral; the chart itemizes services including “Birth control supplies and information; Pregnancy testing; Abortion pill; In-clinic abortion;…Emergency contraception (ECP’s/Plan B).” Planned Parenthood clinics are similarly listed in separate charts of “Counseling and Therapy Resources” (noting that clinic staff can “talk with individuals about their pregnancy options”) and “Family and Youth Resources.”

The links to “sexual health resource” files that referenced Planned Parenthood now direct to Mount Mercy’s Sexual Assault Information and Counseling Services. A University news article honoring a Mount Mercy alumna was also changed, and the piece no longer mentions her work at Planned Parenthood.

So, some Catholic colleges have ignored the scandal caused by these connections. The connections discovered at prominent Catholic colleges such as Boston College, Creighton University, Georgetown University, Santa Clara University and Seattle University still remain active. For truly Catholic colleges, click here.

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