Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Warren Buffett has given $1.2 billion to abortion groups



Warren Buffett has given $1.2 billion to abortion groups
By Dan Gainor
Published May 13, 2014
 
May 13, 2014, marks one year since Philadelphia abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted of first-degree murder “in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, ‘house of horrors’ clinic,” according to the Associated Press. Gosnell instantly became the face of abortion in the prolife community.

But there’s another, more recognizable face pushing abortion in the U.S. – liberal billionaire Warren Buffett. The so-called “Oracle of Omaha” has donated more than $1.2 billion to abortion organizations from 2001 to 2012.

That’s equal to the cost of roughly 2.7 million first-trimester abortions – more than twice the number of abortions that occur in an entire year in the United States. Unlike Gosnell, however, everything Buffett has done has been entirely legal. But Buffett does share something else in common with the abortionist. Both their stories have been largely unreported.

Imagine the equivalent of the lives of 2.7 million children snuffed out to serve the whims of the third richest man in the world. Most people would say that’s a story, most likely several.

Imagine the equivalent of the lives of 2.7 million children snuffed out to serve the whims of the third richest man in the world. Most people would say that’s a story, most likely several.

Oh no, supporters will cry. Planned Parenthood, NARAL and other similar groups do more than just abortions. And Buffett does more than fund the abortion industry. But that is the core of his agenda, just as it is theirs.

Buffett’s own charity, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, is named after his first wife who was an abortion supporter. Its domestic operation is led by pro-abortion activist Tracy Weitz, Ph.D., MPA. Weitz has worked at Planned Parenthood, The Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and once defined abortion as “a moral action undertaken by moral agents.”

None of that is obvious from the charity’s website. It includes information on college scholarships and the “Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher Award.” Neither that award, for “Outstanding Omaha Public School Teachers (K –12),” nor the scholarships even hint at the darker direction of the massive charity.

The site itself seems deliberately insular. Copyrights on the pages read “2008” and the charity makes it clear: “The Buffett Foundation responds to questions about College Scholarships and the Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher Award only. We will not respond to any other inquiries.”

No wonder. They wouldn’t want to damage Warren Buffett’s incredible media profile by telling the nearly half of America that is prolife how he spends some of his billions. Lord knows the American media would never do that.

Since 2001, there has only been one tangential mention of Buffett’s support for abortion on the broadcast TV network morning and evening news shows. It wasn’t even really about Buffett. It was the NBC “Nightly News” obituary for his wife and it included her support for Planned Parenthood. That’s out of at least 545 appearances or mentions of the Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO.

Nowhere did the media explain how Buffett has given $289,811,421 to Planned Parenthood since 2001. Buffett was never mentioned as a top donor when Live Action embarrassed Planned Parenthood with two videos of staffers assisting a Live Action actor with a possible sex selection abortion. 

That wasn’t the only embarrassment for the abortion provider. In early 2011, Live Action’s Lila Rose trained investigators to pose as a pimp and a prostitute running a sex ring composed of 14- and 15-year-olds. Planned Parenthood workers were quite willing to help provide underage abortions.

No mention of Buffett’s billions then either.

Instead we get grandfatherly Buffett, tax-hiking Buffett, investor Buffett. As a reliable liberal businessman, journalists turn to him as a source for almost any commentary.

It’s easy to understand. If you give $1,000 to a ballot initiative to defend traditional marriage, that’s controversial. If you give $1.25 billion to promote abortion, journalists, who are wildly pro-abortion, don’t dare see any controversy.

But now the information is out there. Watch as the supposedly “neutral” news media does its best to hide it.

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Susan A. Buffett is the chair for the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the ONE Campaign, and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.

Note: Howard G. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign, and Warren E. Buffett’s son.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Tom Brokaw is an overseer for the International Rescue Committee, and was an anchor for the NBC Nightly News.
Harold E. Ford Jr. is an overseer for the International Rescue Committee, a political commentator at MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Karen Finney is a frequent commentator for MSNBC, and a board member for the NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Urban Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Urban Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), Media Matters, and People for the American Way.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a contributor for MoveOn.org, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the American Constitution Society, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Warren E. Buffett is Susan A. Buffett & Howard G. Buffett’s father, a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), a trustee & major donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the chairman for the Turner Foundation, and a member of Kappa Sigma.
Cecile Richards was a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, and is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Harold J. Daub Jr. is a member of Kappa Sigma, and was the mayor of Omaha (NE).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Ilyse Hogue is a senior adviser at Media Matters, the president of the NARAL Pro-Choice America, and was a director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org.
Caroline Fredrickson is the president of the American Constitution Society, was the Washington legislative director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the general counsel for the NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the American Constitution Society, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Margery Tabankin is the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a director at People for the American Way.
America Votes is a national partner with People for the American Way.
Cecile Richards was the founder & president for America Votes, and is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Alec Baldwin is director at People for the American Way, and was the host of Up Late With Alec Baldwin.
Up Late With Alec Baldwin was an MSNBC program.
Karen Finney is a frequent commentator for MSNBC, and a board member for the NARAL Pro-Choice America.










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