A Kansas legislator is standing by a comment he made in a letter comparing Planned Parenthood with a Nazi concentration camp.
Republican state Senator Steve Fitzgerald of Leavenworth toldThe Kansas City Star on Monday that he considers Planned Parenthood worse than the Nazi regime in Germany.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards called Fitzgerald’s comments disturbing and said he should be ashamed.
Fitzgerald is a strong abortion opponent. He sent a letter to Planned Parenthood Great Plains last week after learning a donation had been made in his name.
He said in his letter on official Senate stationery that such a donation in his name was worse than “having one’s name associated with Dachau.”
Sen. Fitzgerald did NOT appreciate having a donation to @PPGreatPlains made in his honor. Just FYI. https://t.co/raCPC9b3nX#ksleg#heinouspic.twitter.com/D5AbOgRfLM
— PP Great Plains KS (@PPGreatPlainsKS) March 10, 2017
The Planned Parenthood chapter tweeted a photo of the letter.