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Court rules Indiana Republicans can’t block Planned Parenthood funding
The 7th U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago has ruled that the state of Indiana cannot block funding to Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions. According to the Associated Press, the appellate court upheld the ruling of U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who said that Gov. Mitch Daniels…
Atlanta Archdiocese: Donations to Komen charity ‘constitute a direct cooperation with evil’
The Archdiocese of Atlanta has told Roman Catholic organizations in the region to cut off their support for the Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity because it provides grants to Planned Parenthood. “Until recently, donations to the greater Atlanta affiliate of the Komen fund did not constitute a direct cooperation…
Republican Rep. calls Planned Parenthood ‘racist’ baby murderers
A Republican Representative from Kansas on Friday told the Values Voter Summit that Planned Parenthood was a “racist organization” that targeted unborn minority children to be murdered. “The biggest war against our liberties is the war that is being waged against those that are not here today: the unborn,” Rep.…
Anti-abortion group demands Indiana Planned Parenthood produce surgical license to dispense drugs
Apparently acting under the mistaken belief that state law regulates medication abortions, Indiana Right to Life asked the state’s attorney general on Monday to investigate a Planned Parenthood clinic in Lafayette, accusing them of carrying out more than 100 illegal abortions. Indiana’s Department of Health licenses and inspects facilities where surgical…
Texas woman pokes holes in state-recommended alternatives to Planned Parenthood
Andrea Grimes, a pro-choice writer and activist, pokes holes in a state-sponsored database that supposedly offers hundreds of alternatives to Planned Parenthood in a video published at RH Reality Check on Friday. As background, the state has forgone $40 million in federal assistance due to its efforts to defund Planned…
Perrycare: Texas effort to ban Planned Parenthood also excludes pregnant women
The State of Texas plans to move forward with a wholly remade women’s health program on November 1 that excludes Planned Parenthood’s clinics from receiving state funds, prohibits doctors from discussing abortion with patients and refuses health services entirely if the patient happens to be pregnant. In doing so, Gov.…
Planned Parenthood warns Idaho lawmakers: Women are watching
Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest organized a flash mob in the capitol of Idaho on Saturday to warn against attacks on reproductive rights. About 40 women in pink shirts adorned with the phrase “women are watching” danced to the song “We’re not going to take it” by Twisted Sister. “Pillamina,” the…
Limbaugh calls Planned Parenthood clinics ‘death squads’
Republican talk shot host Rush Limbaugh doesn’t know how else to describe Planned Parenthood clinics other than to call them “death squads.” Or, at least that’s what he said on his show Wednesday afternoon. Limbaugh made the outrageous claim while trying to equate yesterday’s Huffington Post story about how wealthy…
NC lawmaker: Planned Parenthood ‘getting wealthy on murder for hire’
A North Carolina Republican responded to a Planned Parenthood email by calling it a “bloody, indecent, immoral organization,” that was “getting wealthy on murder for hire,” according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The healthcare organization “deals out nothing but deception, death, personal devastation, and moral degradation,” Rep. Larry Pittman (R-NC) wrote.…
Federal grant stops GOP shutdown of NC Planned Parenthood clinic
Republicans who stripped North Carolina Planned Parenthood have found their victory to be short-lived as the organization has successfully applied for federal funds, according to McClatchy Newspapers. Durham, North Carolina’s Planned Parenthood Clinic was facing a shutdown as a result of the budget cuts, but will now be receiving three…
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