Actress Makes Mother's Day Sales Pitch -- for Planned Parenthood

Here's a celebrity fundraiser that didn't make headlines. Actress Cynthia Nixon, best known for her role as the red-headed Miranda on the smutty HBO series Sex and the City, made an odd fundraising pitch timed for Mother's Day. It was an e-mail for Abortion Incorporated: the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She boldly claimed that motherhood and Planned Parenthood were an obvious match:

I am Cynthia Nixon. I am an actor, an activist, a mom, a daughter. But today, I am writing to you about motherhood, on behalf of Planned Parenthood and the many people they serve.

The truth is, in my book, there is no organization that supports motherhood more than Planned Parenthood..That's why I'm honoring the moms I know with a gift to Planned Parenthood today.

It's not easy to be a mother these days. Believe me, I know I'm lucky — I've had help and support — including the amazing, strong woman who blazed her own path to raise me as an independent, bold woman.

That's what Planned Parenthood is all about, too — providing the reproductive health care, education, and advocacy that help women everywhere to be healthy and to thrive. And right now — with more and more women seeking care from Planned Parenthood affiliate health centers — we need to do all we can to support them.

To me, it just makes sense: honor the courageous mothers who are raising kids, often in difficult situations these days, with a gift to the courageous organization that helps so many women.

As Mother's Day approaches, I am so grateful for the opportunity to make a difference and hope you'll join me.

This Mother's Day, you can make your gift in honor of someone you love. And the fine folks at Planned Parenthood will send that special person a special card saying you've chosen to make a gift to Planned Parenthood Federation of America in her or his name.

You'll be making a gift to millions of mothers — and to a generation of daughters and sons. What a profound way to mark this day.

The pitch says nothing about the millions of daughters and sons who have been liquidated in Planned Parenthood facilities.