To the dismay of many sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice workers in the U.S., many movement organizations had to be pushed to call for a ceasefire in Gaza or otherwise voice support for Palestinians who are being murdered en masse by the Israeli military. This includes Israel’s recent assault on Rafah, a supposed “safe zone” that was shelled by Israeli forces, killing dozens of people who were sheltering in a displacement camp.

While some recent demands from pro-Palestine protestors may seem to have nothing to do with the repro movement—namely the call for institutions to divest from arms manufacturers that aid the ongoing genocide in Gaza—Prism exclusively reports that connections to weapons companies do exist in the repro field. In fact, the nation’s leading provider of sexual and reproductive health care contracts directly with one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers.

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    TLDR: They need robust security because of right wing nuts. Security company provides security.

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      Exactly, no one does security like defensive contractors. If wing nuts got a hold of this data. Lots and lots of people would be attacked, fire bombed, or kill.

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    “According to a 2019 tax return that extends through the organization’s fiscal year ending in June 2020, Planned Parenthood Federation of America paid more than $3.3 million to Raytheon Foreground Security for “IT Services.” Raytheon Foreground Security is a subsidiary of RTX, one of the world’s largest defense companies. According to Crunchbase, Raytheon Foreground Security provides cyber security services, including security engineering, assessment, customized security training, and advanced incident response and forensics services.”

    Granted that industry is mostly grift, but it doesn’t sound directly military.

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    Prism Reports has no mention on Media Bias Fact Check and Ground News has no idea how to rate them.

    Think I’ll wait for a better source.

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    In other news cellphone users are dismayed that Samsung runs a chemical plant

    While Space exploration advocates are saddened to learn that the James Web space telescope had Ball Aerospace and Northrup Grumman as contractors.

    Not trying to defend Raytheon, but folks every day there are compromises. Even in your personal life.