An abortion! How thoughtful!

Planned Parenthood is under fire for handing out gift certificates for its services this holiday season.
Pro-life supporters say the scheme by Planned Parenthood of Indiana denigrates the holiday season.

The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is offering holiday vouchers for basic health care services "or the recipient's choice of birth control method."

Planned Parenthood's annual exams for women, which include Pap tests and breast exams, typically cost $58. The vouchers can be used for the exams, but also for insurance copays and for medication. The initiative was started to protect the almost one million uninsured Indiana women.

But opponents of abortion said Planned Parenthood was making a "mockery" of the holiday season.

Quote of hte story: "They deserve coal in their stocking, not money for lethal gift certificates," said Sister Diane Carollo, director of the Office for Pro-Life Ministry for the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis.