Indiana’s Planned Parenthood Offers Holiday Gift Certificates for Clinic Services

(CNSNews.com) – “Looking for an unusual, yet practical gift this holiday season? Planned Parenthood of Indiana is now offering gift certificates for services or the recipient’s choice of birth control.” That’s the pitch on Planned Parenthood of Indiana’s Web site, inviting visitors to purchase gift certificates in $25 increments for all services – including abortion – at its 35 clinics across the state.

“The gift certificates are intended for basic, preventive health care, such as annual exams,” a spokeswoman from Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) told CNSNews.com. “But it’s up to each patient how they use them.”

Planned Parenthood Federation of America said PPIN is one of a “handful” of its chapters around the country offering the gift certificates.

But critics said Planned Parenthood should not use Christmas as a marketing tool.