In a move that could affect thousands of low-income women, Texas health officials delivered a final legal notice to defund the organization from the Medicaid program through which it provides family planning and women’s health services to the poor
“There’s a lot of things that they don’t want to be known. Planned Parenthood and my lawyer are in cahoots to shut me up. They don’t want the truth out,” said Dear during one of his interruptions.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Robert Lewis Dear, the suspect in the Nov. 27 attack at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, yelled in court on Wednesday that he is guilty. “I am guilty there will be no trial. I am a warrior for the babies,” he said in an
The shooter described his “heroes” members of the Army of God, a loosely organized group of anti-abortion extremists.
As investigators scramble to make sense of last week’s tragic mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, new details have emerged about the possible motivations of the alleged gunman: namely, that his actions may have been inspired not only by politics, but also a warped understanding of the Christian
Pro-life conservatives blasted the spectacle on Twitter. The editors of several prominent anti-abortion publications said the questioners were unprepared, incompetent and embarrassing.
On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards appeared before the House Oversight Committee. The committee is investigating Planned Parenthood in connection with a series of sting videos that allege the group illegally sold fetal body parts. (That allegation is
“Women shouldn’t have to ‘plan ahead’ for sexual assault, or be punished for not ‘prepping’ after being raped,” wrote petitioners seeking to get the bill struck down.
In December, the Michigan State Legislature approved a measure that would require women to purchase additional insurance for a health
There is a 50-50 chance the unborn fetus is female, Hughes said. “I’m speaking on her behalf. That is my freedom to believe.”
Anti-abortion activists and conservative lawmakers persist in attempts to restrict abortion rights and even repeal Roe v. Wade. Although the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that women have the right to have an abortion, those opposed to the practice -- namely
The Kansas Supreme Court found that Phill Kline committed ethics violations while investigating Planned Parenthood and the murdered Dr. George Tiller.
In a 154-page decision last week, the Kansas Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of former state Attorney General Phill Kline for professional misconduct while investigating abortion clinics from 2003 to 2008.
The court found that Kline committed at least 
