When Will We Abort The D?

Every 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation must receive fund­ing somehow. This includes The Dartmouth Review. Just like The Dartmouth, we also accept do­nations and have occasional ad­vertisements, like Stinson’s, for example.

Recently, however, The Dart­mouth seems to have received a new advertising contract. It hap­pens to be with the Planned Par­enthood Action Fund. When you go to The D’s website, you will find perhaps the largest and most space-occupying banner you have ever seen on a screen in your entire life. The first ad across the top of the screen reads: “WE’LL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR YOUR HEALTH CARE.” Again on the homepage, and scattered throughout every single article, is a second style of advertisement that reads: “I’M FOR BIRTH CONTROL[,] STI TESTING[,] SEX EDUCATION[,] GEN­DER-AFFIRMING CARE[,] PLANNED PARENTHOOD.” The banner forgot to mention that “I’m for giving money to po­litical candidates who promote promiscuity, deny accountability, and support abortion.”

When you click on the link, it redirects you to plannedpar­enthoodaction.org. The website is seeking donations and mem­bers to get involved in its move­ment. The political messaging is clear: “Millions of patients rely on Planned Parenthood, but public officials hostile to sexu­al and reproductive health care want to ‘defund’ Planned Par­enthood health centers and shut them down — taking away vital, affordable health care from mil­lions of people across the coun­try.” In other words, the duty of the organization is to elect Dem­ocrats. It continues: “Planned Parenthood has never backed down from a fight, and we won’t start now.” I agree; however, it is rather easy to say this when your victims have not yet made it out of the womb. Of course, it would be bad enough if The D were merely advertising the Planned Parenthood Federation of Amer­ica, the “health care”-provid­ing organization. However, the newspaper has decided to adver­tise Planned Parenthood’s politi­cal action committee. Assuming The D is taking money for these preposterously large and polit­ically unneutral banners, there does not appear to be any legal concerns for them. I can only imagine what took place behind the scenes to get this advertising deal, however. But we must be fair to The Dartmouth. After all, sometimes you need to sell your soul to live in this cruel world, whether it be to Democrats or to abortion providers. Clearly The D does not mind prostituting it­self to whoever is willing to give it funding. With this being said, The Dartmouth Review would like to express its interest in be­ing the next primary advertiser of The D. We will be in contact soon!