Ottawa, Canada (LifeNews.com) -- A Canadian pregnancy center that came under attack from Planned Parenthood after the wives of the Ottawa Senators hockey team designated it as a charity recipient has settled a lawsuit it filed against the abortion business. The suit came after Planned Parenthood attacked First Place Pregnancy Centre.
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The release says First Place and Planned Parenthood met together for discussion “in a spirit of mutual respect" and that Planned Parenthood “did not intend any harm to First Place.”
Ha! Yeah right.
“Each of them acknowledge that the other represents an organization acting in good faith in accordance with its own mission to provide support services for people facing unintended pregnancies," the release says.
It describes First Place as “a respected community organization" but does not describe Planned Parenthood in such terms.
So Planned Parenthood Ottawa believes that First Place Pregnancy Centre is a "respected community organization".
Interesting.
First Place should use that for publicity purposes.
Don Hutchinson, the vice president of the Centre for Faith and Public Life and legal counsel for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, commented on the settlement in a recent editorial and says he thinks the language of the press release makes it appear First Place got the better end of the settlement.
"Mutual respect is not how one would generally characterize the history of Planned Parenthood’s dealings in regard to crisis pregnancy centers. These words alone are a giveaway that whatever was determined in the settlement discussions was strongly in favor of First Place," he says.
Yeah, judging by the language, PPO went away with its tail between its legs.
The wording, "is as close to 'we were wrong' as most legal settlements ever get," Hutchinson added.
"It is unheard of that Planned Parenthood, or any self-described pro-choice organization, would describe a pro-life crisis pregnancy center as acting in good faith in its provision of support for pregnant women," Hutchinson continued.
Indeed.
"The wording of the press release, taken as an entirety, tells me that Planned Parenthood is no longer permitted to criticize the work of First Place as being anti-choice or otherwise inappropriate so long as First Place is conducting itself in accordance with its current stated mission."
Interesting.
I wonder if First Place Pregnancy Centre would sue anyone else that defamed them.
Good for them. It's high time we fought back.
