When I got one from planned parenthood when I was pregnant with my girls it had the letter head (which has all the clinic info) and then it has a little paragraph with fill in the blanks for you are _____ (pos. About. Prescott was listed as treasurer on a letterhead for Planned Parenthood, a successor organization to the Birth Control League, which had closed up shop in 1942. His late grandfather, U.S. Sen. Prescott Bush — the patriarch of a political dynasty and patron saint of the GOP in Connecticut — was deeply involved in the formation of the women’s health care organization.“This means the ‘coming of age’ of our organization — made possible by the loyal interest and support of friends like you,” Sanger wrote in the letter, which became ammunition for Prescott Bush’s foes at the dawn of his political career.Bevan, who is from Greenwich, said Bush’s position on family planning is radical.Nothing quite burnishes the pro-life credentials of Jeb Bush and his Republican rivals for president like promising to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood.“We hope that he’ll be true to that record and not be captured by the consultants,” Wolfgang said. The “smoking gun” for that rumor was a 1947 letter sent by Planned Parenthood honorary chairman Margaret Sanger which listed Prescott as the treasurer of that organization in the letterhead. They were not selling baby parts, as they do today,” said Edward Dadakis, a Republican State Central committee member for Greenwich and parts of Stamford and New Canaan.Since 1978, Prescott Bush’s name has graced the annual fundraising dinner of the Connecticut GOP.“We’re not interested in empty symbolism,” Wolfgang said. “We know the history.”Jeb Bush’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the early role played in Planned Parenthood by his grandfather.The New Haven-based Southern New England chapter of Planned Parenthood did not respond to a request for comment.A top Republican from the Bush provenance of Greenwich said the family’s evolution on Planned Parenthood reflects the group’s transformation.But pro-life groups weren’t shy when it comes to the reputation of Prescott Bush. Step 1 – Start by downloading the form in the format you prefer (Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word (.docx), Open Document Text (.odt)).. That doesn’t mean he didn’t do good things for the state of Connecticut and the Republican Party.”Wolfgang, a leading social conservative in the state, said he would not hold Jeb Bush’s lineage against him. But on the Sunday before the election, the muckraking columnist Drew Pearson asserted on his radio show that Prescott was treasurer of the Birth Control League.
“It’s horribly inconsistent with reality. "Two Supervisor-level employees, who have since been terminated, made poor decisions including displaying a sign that they created. "This material may not be reproduced without permission.Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.comThe year was 1950, and the future president’s father, Prescott Bush, was in a neck-and-neck U.S. Senate race in Connecticut.