That's pretty fucked up. But I'm more shocked by the fact that somebody apparently thought "The Senators" was a good name for a hockey team.

The Senators suck anyway. They started that huge brawl with Buffalo and I don't think they should have been allowed in the playoffs because of it. Go Sabres!

There's a little typo in the heading. :)

This makes a person afraid to donate to groups like this. There are so many foundations named after this person or that group and I guess you have to be very careful about where the money is actually going.

I'm a Sen's fan, but certainly not a fan of this charity!
Won't be donating to that.
I wonder what sort of a fuss this is going to cause once some fans find out where their money has been going.
...Well, if they make a fuss at all.

Jeez, I am fucking off today! Thanks, D'apostrophe, for letting me know.

Ugh. I live in Ottawa and everyone I know are Sens fans (not a hockey person myself). Pretty embarrassing.

It's so deceitful these euphemistically named organizations: "First Place Pregnancy Centre" fuck off.

Liza, I'm a Sabres fan too (I just recently moved from Buffalo to Duluth, MN)!

Anyway. Glad this story is getting some light shed on it. I guess we'll all just have to donate to Feministing instead! ;)

Credit should go to mah Canucklehead homegrrl fern hill @ Birth Pangs, who helped initially uncovered the story here--BEFORE the wonderful Ms. Mallick weighed in.

It's so deceitful these euphemistically named organizations: "First Place Pregnancy Centre" fuck off.

Seriously. Why do they have to be deceitful in their advertising? It seems like a legitmate organization wouldn't have to do that.
I lived in southeastern Ohio up until a few months ago, and on the main traffic route, there was a sign for a fake pregnancy center that said, "Pregnant? Call someone who cares!", which I always found a little humorous because it sounds pretty sarcastic.

Dedicated Leafs fan, so anything Senator related just irks me.
But on a lesser note I do think people should look into what they are donating to a bit more. See where the money actually goes to instead of just throwing money at something charitable to make yourself feel better.

Dedicated Leafs fan, so anything Senator related just irks me.
But on a lesser note I do think people should look into what they are donating to a bit more. See where the money actually goes to instead of just throwing money at something charitable to make yourself feel better. BTW they're called the senators because their the capital team, so senators= governement lmao

I heart Heather Mallick. She is the greatest.

Just thought I'd throw that in.

"the better halves"?? their name is enough to irritate me...

Leafs fan here too... I just wanted to say I heart Heather Mallik too. I recall she wrote an article about my bank (I was so mad, thinking I'd have to change banks!) making the same mistake a couple of years ago, and due to her article they ceased funding an anti-abortion "charity".

This was a story relayed to me from one of the social workers I work with who worked with a 14 year old whose mother took her to one of these pregnancy crisis centers on accident. They convinced her that they "talked about abortion ." When the girl and her mother got there they gave the girl a pregnancy test...the at-home kind you pee on...and told them it would take an hour. When the mother and daughter told them they were considering abortion, the "counselors" gave the girl a doll and some scissors and told her to cut up the doll. Apparently that is what happens when you abort. The girl ran out screaming and refused to have an abortion until she was taken to a real social worker at 14 weeks. By then the procedure was considerably more risky and more expensive. Although this is a story I heard through someone else, I believe it is somewhat common practice for these places. It makes me throw up in my mouth a little when I think about people thinking this is okay. As if unwanted pregnancy weren't hard enough. I really hope some hockey fans hear about this and throw a fit. If it was my team I certainly would.

That's horrid! Has anyone contacted the Better Halves group to tell ask them if they are aware of the true intent of this "charity"??

It's awful that these women have taken advantage of the generosity of some sports fans who likely have NO idea that this is going on.

Gah. And here I thought moving to Ottawa from Alberta would lower the Conservative inanity I deal with on a daily basis. Well, nuts to that. *headdesk*

Wow, you moved EAST? I didn't think anyone did that. ;)

Ugh, did anybody read the comments following Mallick's commentary? I see Canada has their share of wingnuts too.

Oh, and Red Wings rule : )

We definitely do have plenty of wingnuts here; I work at an abortion clinic, so I meet a lot of them. :P

Ugh!I'm doing my final paper for a journalism class on CPCs. Those people are nuts. The CPC I'm doing my paper on tells men on their website that women are too hormonal when theyre pregnant to make informed decisions. I hate CPCs.

I sent an email to Mr. Ready (the Foundation president) yesterday.

I asked if the Better Halves would be reallocating the money to a more deserving and less politically motivated charity now that they have been made aware of the situation.

I'll post on here again if/when I hear back from him.