Planned Parenthood book fair billboard rejected

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Planned Parenthood chapter complains that a billboard company said it didn’t believe in the organization’s mission and rejected an ad for the group’s annual book fair.

Karen Meade, director of development for Planned Parenthood in Dayton, says the sign would have promoted only this weekend’s fundraiser, not sex education or abortion. She says local outdoor advertising company Key-Ads Inc. refused to sell her group space on a digital billboard along U.S. Route 35.

Longtime chapter volunteer Marilyn Bissett says the episode shows that when some people hear “Planned Parenthood,” they think only of abortion.