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    Exaggerated Claims About Girl Scout Cookies

    by Saranac Hale Spencer Feb 25, 2019 3 minutes
    Quick Take

    A viral meme claims that Girl Scout cookies support Planned Parenthood, but the organization says it has no “relationship or partnership with Planned Parenthood.”

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    The first few months of the year bring Girl Scout cookies, and the internet brings overstated claims linking them to abortion.

    One popular meme circulating on social media claims: “Before you buy Girl Scout cookies, be aware that they support Planned Parenthood, which now endorses full term abortions.”

    Some version of that claim has been going around for years. It dates to at least 2004 — the same year that — when John Pisciotta, an anti-abortion activist in Waco, Texas, bought ads on a local Christian radio station calling for a of Girl Scout cookies.

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