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Arizona Senate Close to Passing a Bill that Would Defund Planned Parenthood
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Arizona’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood: The Arizona Senate Committee on Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform approved HB 2800 which strips state funding from any group (like Planned Parenthood) that performs abortion even though existing state law and the fucking Hyde Amendment already…
New Hampshire Going the Way of Texas — Defunding Planned Parenthood
Today, the New Hampshire Senate Health and Human Services Committee debated HB 228 — pithily named the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priorities Act — which bans taxpayer dollars from going to any group (like Planned Parenthood) that performs abortions even though existing state law and the Hyde Amendment already prohibit…
Suspect in Wisconsin terrorist attack arrested
A suspect has been arrested in the Wisconsin terrorism case involving a bomb set off in a Planned Parenthood case. Francis Grady is facing federal charges. A couple of things that are important to keep in mind about this case and this suspect. 1) Profiles in terrorism. Because there’s an…
Planned Parenthood arsonist: They’re killing babies there
The 50-year-old man accused of setting off a bomb at a Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin said he attacked the clinic because “they’re killing babies there,” according to Fox 11 News. Outside the U.S. District Court in Green Bay on Wednesday, Francis Grady told reporters that he started the fire at…
Reporter Laura Bassett: Nothing less pro-life than bombing health clinic
Laura Bassett, political reporter for The Huffington Post, said Monday that an attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Wisconsin on Sunday night was “absolutely” domestic terrorism. “These people are calling themselves pro-life, and I can’t think of anything less pro-life than putting a bomb outside of a health clinic,”…
President Obama Stands with Planned Parenthood
On the one hand, we have people like Mitt Romney, who wants to “get rid of” Planned Parenthood. On the other hand, we have this lovely gentleman: President Obama believes that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Mitt Romney doesn’t. Any questions? ***visit Team Uterati…
Mitt Romney: ‘Planned Parenthood — We’re Gonna Get Rid of That’
***In light of ABLC’s move to The Raw Story, I am reposting this for new readers. Democrats are hitting back hard against the growing threat that Romney poses to women’s health: I get it, Mitt. You’re pandering to the wingnuts who think that Planned Parenthood is out there aborting babies eight…
Bombs Over Planned Parenthood
Police in Grand Chute, Wisconsin are investigating a homemade explosive device that blew up at Planned Parenthood last night. Luckily, the clinic was empty and no one was hurt: The clinic, one of very few in the the state that provides abortions, has been a constant target of anti-choice activists,…
Homemade bomb detonates at Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinic
A homemade explosive device detonated outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute, Wisconsin on Sunday night. Police are still looking for whoever left the device, which exploded around 7:30 p.m. and caused little damage to the building. Nobody was injured. The attack is one of a string across the…
New York readers: Ticket giveaway for a Planned Parenthood rock concert
First, the press release: New York, NY – This April 16th, 2012, at a time when our right to basic health care is under attack, New York dream pop band, Asobi Seksu, along with special guests North Highlands and Little,Big, will play the fifth annual Roe on the Rocks benefit…
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