The state’s largest pro-life group issued a statement Tuesday urging citizens to reconsider support for the Girl Scouts. In a news release, the group even took on the purchase of Girl Scout cookies.

The group said the scouting organization collaborates with numerous organizations that promote abortion for women and girls.

Missouri Right to Life has concerns with the sale of Girl Scout cookies, saying Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) makes millions of dollars every year from the licensing fees derived from the production of the cookies to further fund their efforts.

MRL asserts that promotes policies and behaviors that are “clearly contradictory to the goals and purposes of Missouri Right to Life.”

“GSUSA is the largest member organization of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), making up a quarter of its 10 million girl members worldwide and paying over 1 million dollars annually to WAGGGS based on the number of registered GSUSA members. Through its resources, participation in international seminars and conferences, and non-formal education programs, WAGGGS actively advocates for and funds campaigns to expand reproductive/abortion rights.”

The statement continued:

“Both GSUSA and WAGGGS delegates regularly participate in various UN conferences, and, as representatives of WAGGGS, advocate specifically on behalf of their 10 million girl members for the inclusion of abortion rights on the global stage. The International Planned Parenthood Federation claims a close partnership with WAGGGS. In the United States, regional Girl Scout councils (though not required) are permitted to partner with local Planned Parenthood affiliates. GSUSA is also a member organization of The Coalition for Adolescent Girls, whose international and national agenda specifically supports abortion related care for adolescent girls. ”

MRL took on GSUSA’s Journey series as well, saying the curriculum recommends and promotes many well-known abortion-rights advocates like Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Geraldine Ferraro, and Dolores Huerta, and organizations such as Amnesty International, the Population Council, and the ACLU.

They found problems with Girl Scouts USA’s official blog as well, saying it frequently includes live links to publications that consistently promote sexual and reproductive/abortion rights and explicit sexual content such as The Huffington Post, Marie Claire magazine, iVillage, and Jezebel.

Until the Girl Scouts renounces its support for and promotion of all those organizations referenced above and their pro-abortion advocacy positions, Missouri Right to Life is urging citizens to carefully consider whether to participate in or support the Girl Scouts.