How can we explain the breathtaking COVID hypocrisy of the world’s leaders? Pepsi, though, remains the biggest and most obvious target. Wouldn't hurt you to speak to law enforcement and a lawyer either, because here's the thing. Well, one thing that may not be safe is Pepsi’s stock. The only way to stop this atrocity is if you and I make enough noise. The organization, Planned Parenthood, is the largest provider of abortions in the United States with their reports indicating over 300,000 abortions per year or 30.6% of the nation’s abortions. by Steve Byas The letter signed by Attorney Brian Pitko of the SEC Office of Chief Counsel was sent in response to a 36-page document submitted by PepsiCo attorneys in January, 2012. Starbucks 35. Multiple comments from one person under a story are discouraged (suggested maximum of three). While the executive staff may have been distraught, I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t a single Trump supporter in a company of 263,000. Sounds dangerous and unreliable. Westen: 2020 voter fraud cases are still making their way through the courts, When academics propose ideas, they’re laying the groundwork. At a New York Times event last Tuesday, Noovi’s emotions were obviously raw from the defeat of Pepsi’s choice for the next generation: Hillary Clinton. From time to time people contact our office, asking which companies support Planned Parenthood financially. That is 1 of every 8 patients seen by PP gets an abortion and they do 160 abortions for every 1 adoption referral. 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And given this overheated post-election climate, I’ll reiterate something I say often, but apparently not often enough: If your business isn’t politics, keep politics out of your business.” Indri Noovi would be wise to listen. Pepsi Funds Planned Parenthood, Now Its CEO is Trashing Trump’s Election: “Our Employees Were Crying”. Planned Parenthood is an organization under federal investigation by the FBI. In that filing, PepsiCo pleaded with the SEC to reject the Shareholder’s Resolution filed in October 2011 that the company “adopt a corporate policy that recognizes human rights and employs ethical standards which do not involve using the remains of aborted human beings in both private and collaborative research and development agreements.”. Here’s what I need you to do. These cells, which were cloned, originally came from healthy, electively aborted human embryos. In the wake of two videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal body parts, Republicans in Congress are working to ensure that Planned Parenthood … James Martin, New Great Reset video admits to public backlash, but proceeds to treat…, New Great Reset video admits to public backlash, but proceeds to treat you like a 6-year-old. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit under EIN 13-1644147. A little more on those taste receptors from cogforlife.org, which originally made the connection between PepsiCo, Senomyx, and aborted cells: These… taste receptors… produce a chemical signal that lets Senomyx researchers know they have achieved the exact flavor they are trying to develop. 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No Pepsi products containing Senonymx flavor enhancers should be expected until 2013. They hate you, Satanist group commissions 40 foot ‘Abortion Saves Lives’ billboard in Texas, Spanish Freemasons praise Pope Francis, laud ‘International Fraternity…, Spanish Freemasons praise Pope Francis, laud ‘International Fraternity Day’. Claim: The undercover videos show Planned Parenthood trafficking in fetal tissue for profit in violation of federal law. But: Aborted cells are used in the development of artificial flavor enhancers by biotech company Senomyx, with which PepsiCo signed a four-year, $30 million agreement in 2010 for research and development. When you’re buying Pepsi, a portion of those dollars is already being wired to the bank account of the largest abortion provider in America. How dare you talk about women that way?” she fumed. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide. Depending on where you live, you may qualify for reduced rates at public clinics, so don't just assume, call the closest Planned Parenthood or gynocologist and ask. sentences or comments will be removed (Internet shouting). It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $35 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began some 15 years ago. Viganò: Abolition of anti-Modernist Oath is ‘a desertion, a…, Abp. Frito Lay’s parent company, Pepsi, is a direct supporter of Planned Parenthood. Pfizer 33. PepsiCo 32. Along with matching gifts to Planned Parenthood, the company also famously donated to the Center for Reproductive Rights, League of Latin American Citizens, and the Human Rights Campaign. Through its matching grant program, the PepsiCo Foundation matches contributions made by employees to eligible nonprofit organizations and projects. Macy's joins with ATT, Coke, Ford, and Xerox in cutting financial support to abortion-provider Planned Parenthood. Now, we can add anti-American, anti-conservative rhetoric to the list. • Pepsi Beverages Boycott ended 2012: Forced Senomyx to not use any aborted fetal cells in PEPSICO research & development. Several other pro-life boycott targets were also included, such as Whole … United Way 39. Those companies include Wells Fargo, Clorox, ExxonMobil, Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, Pepsi, Starbucks, Verizon and others. Planned Parenthood’s hand in this nauseating maltreatment of human beings represents only the tip of the iceberg and has been the source of tremendous benefit for one company purchasing PP’s baby parts and then selling them off to biomedical researchers for profit. Products that DO CONTAIN Aborted Fetal Cells, Components, Proteins, DNA: Neocutis Anti-Aging Skin Creams Contain cells from a 14 week gestation aborted male baby. As of yesterday his shares were in a freefall — nine percent down and counting. Click “like” if you want to end abortion! Case in…, When academics propose ideas, they’re laying the groundwork. And as last week’s election should have demonstrated, there’s a strong and powerful movement in this nation who are tired of being harassed, marginalized, and threatened for what are clearly mainstream values. Or, in the case of Planned Parenthood's “invasion” of South San Francisco — as Catholic Radio put it — plan to not offer termination of pregnancies and suffer the preposterous parade regardless.. Wells Fargo 41. Capitalized Maloney’s stock dropped four points overnight after his epic “these views have no place at Grubhub” missive. Pepsi Summergram. Click here for the link that will tell you what they are. Pepsi — and its Tostitos, Lays, Doritos, Gatorade, and Lipton brands — were already at odds with pro-lifers over its support of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) is the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood, fighting to advance and expand access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights. A week after Donald Trump’s election, the comments by Pepsi’s CEO have been tough for a lot of voters to swallow. Although Macy's has joined the likes of Coca-Cola and Xerox, there are still many major companies that continue to directly fund Planned Parenthood. Let others know by leaving a comment on the company’s Facebook page. The recently released 2011 list names 110 companies, including Pepsi. This kind of liberal elitism may fly in the board rooms of America, but not in its family rooms. PepsiCo VP of Global Public Policy, Paul Boykas, stated that, “We took the matter very seriously…We have an official Statement on Responsible Research and we intend to live by that policy.” For many pro-lifers, this marks the end of a boycott of PepsiCo products. Tostitos 37. Pinocchio President. Verizon 40. Will COVID vaccines really bring us back to normal? remove comments. hostile or propagandistic comments, and streams not related to the storyline, will be removed. Can I donate by phone? Support Planned Parenthood From their website: We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. LifeNews Note: Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council. Tell them why you’re boycotting their products. Planned Parenthood engages in the “illegal sale of aborted baby parts.”[1] Planned Parenthood engages in “selling baby parts.”[2] Facts: The videos include no credible evidence that Planned Parenthood profits from its fetal tissue donation program. Click here to sign up for pro-life news alerts from LifeNews.com, “I had to answer a lot of questions from my daughters, from our employees. MTN DEW Kickstart. 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The group 2nd Vote has put together a list of corporate sponsors based on Planned Parenthood’s own documents as well as other sources.. Below is a list of companies that support Planned Parenthood as of January of 2019. “If we don’t nip this in the bud it is going to be a lethal force in society.”. LSN commenting is not for frequent personal blogging, on-going debates or theological or other disputes Bill Gates is now the biggest owner of farmland in the US, WESTEN: Alfie Evans all over again as UK hospital starves Polish Catholic man. LifeSiteNews welcomes thoughtful, respectful comments that add useful information or insights. We could go into the weeds at this point, but Wikipedia offers an easy explanation: Senomyx develops patented flavor enhancers by using “proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems.” These receptors are made from HEK293. LifeSiteNews gives priority to pro-life, pro-family commenters and reserves the right to edit or Planned Parenthood sells aborted baby parts to companies that use them in food chemical research PepsiCo's lack of response is particularly curious, as the junk food giant was embroiled in controversy several years ago following the revelation that it was using aborted human fetal tissue in the testing of flavor enhancement chemicals added to its soft drink beverage products. In a sit-down with the paper’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, she was asked how she was feeling about the results. But the boycott starts with Pepsi. If the average elementary class room is 23 students, Planned Parenthood eliminated 14,467 elementary classrooms in 2018 alone. Fogo de Chao. Post comments on your own Facebook and Twitter pages. What part of “partisan political backlash” don’t these businesses understand? Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable under the law. Snopes, in a post last updated on March 18, basically comes to a similar conclusion as the aforementioned, calling the claim that “Pepsi uses material from aborted fetuses in its products” a “mixture” of “false” and “undetermined.”. Together, we must put PepsiCo under the spotlight and expose their willingness to make money off the bodies of aborted babies. HEK stands for Human Embryonic Kidney cells. Susan G. Komen 36. 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Unfortunately, PepsiCo has an extensive record of liberal activism to include direct contributions to Planned Parenthood and other organizations that support Planned Parenthood. They were all in mourning.” In what was no doubt an exaggeration, she claimed “Our employees were all crying.”. Steve Tobak, one of the many who could only shake his head at Maloney’s prejudice, thinks corporate America is at a crossroads for liberal activism. (Natural marriage, after all, still has the majority’s support in this country!) Planned Parenthood is America’s leading performer of abortions. There are about 10 Planned Parenthood and related clinics in the Bay Area, but most are in the East Bay. Well, she’s certainly thinking about it now that #BoycottPepsi is picking up steam. America's #1 Smelling Ball. Following is the list of the creams: According to a January 2017 Guttmacher Institute report, 926,200 abortions were committed by Planned Parenthood in 2014.From 2011-2015, Planned Parenthood committed over 1.6 million abortions (1,641,130). Snopes states it is “false” to claim Pepsi products contain aborted baby cells, but it is “undetermined” whether Senomyx uses aborted cells in R&D, basically because Senonymx won’t answer the question. I cannot sort out whether this is valid or not. But Snopes goes into great detail, citing articles by CBS News, Forbes, and Miami New Times, to corroborate that Senomyx indeed does. Pepsi Global. Nevertheless, she went on, “And the question that they’re asking, especially those who are not white, ‘Are we safe?’ Women are asking, ‘Are we safe?’ LGBT people are asking, ‘Are we safe?’ I never thought I would have to answer those questions.” Noovi’s message to the country was simple: “We should mourn.” Next, she insisted, “We have to… assure everyone living in the United States that they are safe.”. “It’s shockingly myopic, if not downright incompetent, for the CEO of a consumer-facing company to risk insulting half his stakeholders that way… I think the board has some work to do. #MessagesThatStick. Highland Park. (Daily Signal) The Daily Signal published a list of companies that donate or have donated directly to Planned Parenthood, either through grants or through matching employee gifts, according to 2nd Vote, a money-tracking website and app that looks at consumers and political causes. Unless Noovi and company see the light, maybe it’s time to take the real Pepsi challenge and start drinking something new. MTN DEW x Game of Thrones. Comments under LifeSiteNews stories do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews. Neither the Tostitos brand, Frito-Lay, PepsiCo nor the PepsiCo Foundation is a corporate sponsor of Planned Parenthood or its related agencies. Like Grubhub founder Matt Maloney, who’s on the hot seat after an employee email showing Trump supporters the door, Indri Noovi must not have been thinking about … Fortunately, there are a few alternatives to Frito-Lay. From Brad Mattes of Life Issues Institute: PepsiCo will continue their efforts to keep the controversy quiet, but the pro-life community’s boycott of Pepsi products and exposing the outrage isn’t going to lose its fizz anytime soon. In 2018, Planned Parenthood reported it performed 332,757 abortions. Planned Parenthood. That’s why the pro-life group Life Decisions International has compiled another updated list of companies that donate to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Like Grubhub founder Matt Maloney, who’s on the hot seat after an employee email showing Trump supporters the door, Indri Noovi must not have been thinking about her bottom line when the soft drink mogul bashed the new president-elect. We are too, to be honest. The group has been successful in getting pro-life Americans to boycott companies that back the nation’s leading abortion company and getting corporations to end the relationship. All of which fund and advocate against traditional values. Senomyx’s disputed cell line is HEK-293, derived from the kidney cells of an aborted baby. 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There is actually no question on that point, so Snopes should change “undetermined” to “true.”, Plot thickens with help by Obama administration. LifeSiteNews.com reported on March 5 that shareholders shall remain in the dark, thanks to the SEC: In a decision delivered Feb 28th, President Obama’s Security and Exchange Commission ruled that PepsiCo’s use of cells derived from aborted fetal remains in their research and development agreement with Senomyx to produce flavor enhancers falls under “ordinary business operations.”. Have they learned nothing from Target, Lands’ End, J.C. Penney, and Angie’s List? Frito Lay Multipacks TV Commercial, 'Trade You' ‘Great Food Reset’? Contact PepsiCo directly by clicking here. 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Komen in the past, and is also a corporate sponsor of National Urban League. We applaud Pepsi for making the right decision. Senomyx’s disputed cell line is HEK-293, derived from the kidney cells of an aborted baby. an employee email showing Trump supporters the door, Natural marriage, after all, still has the majority’s support in this country. 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After Trump’s election, this is an emboldened group of “deplorables,” and companies who are trading in intolerance do so at their peril. No Pepsi products containing Senonymx flavor enhancers should be expected until 2013. All Rights Reserved. I have received a few requests from pro-lifers like Vicki: Can you provide some clarity to the Pepsi/cells from aborted babies controversy. Will other companies follow? Did French bishops just declare war on the traditional Mass? Apart from the more than half-billion dollar haul from U.S. taxpayers, Cecile Richards’s group is enjoying hefty financial backing from Pepsi (and these 37 other companies). | Legal Information | Privacy Policy. Reprinted with permission from JillStanek.com, All Content Copyright 1997-2021 LifeSiteNews.com. Senomyx has since removed the list of all its partners, but cogforlife.org got a screenshot. Bill Gates is now the biggest owner of farmland…, ‘Great Food Reset’? However, it's undeniable that Pfizer is one of the bigger companies that donate to Planned Parenthood on a regular basis. If the Capitol was burned to the ground, how come it’s still there? If Grubhub’s experience is any indication, Pepsi is in for a bumpy ride with Wall Street. Using information from the human genome sequence, Senomyx has identified hundreds of taste receptors and currently owns 113 patents on their discoveries. A new phase in Latin America’s pro-life movement? Unilever 38. BOYCOTT Pepsi products. Confused about the Pepsi/fetal cell issue? Does Pfizer vaccine increase risk of COVID infection? It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and a member association of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). “Is there a box of tissues here?” she said. Westen: Isn’t it time we focused on good news? Mark Goring on Biden, Catholicism, and abortion-tainted vaccines, Younger, conservative clergy enrage progressives like Fr. Those include Kraft and Nestle, future boycott targets according to c4l.