On an episode of The Dr. Oz Show airing today, Donald Trump directly contradicted the GOP’s draconian 2016 platform by expressing that women should be able to get birth control without a prescription, continuing what appears to be a somewhat frantic last-minute attempt to improve his poor standing with women.
Upon return from their very (very, very, very) lengthy summer break, Senate Democrats blocked a $1.1 billion Zika funding bill, which has failed yet again. This time, Democrats objected because of language that would prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving contraception funding (the virus can be sexually…
In a vanishingly rare bit of good news this week, a federal judge has permanently blocked portions of an anti-abortion law in Florida designed to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. The money funds health screenings and a dropout prevention program. It doesn’t fund abortions. At all. Ever. As usual.
A judge has ruled Robert Lewis Dear, who killed three people and wounded nine at a Planned Parenthood in November 2015, incompetent to stand trial for the second time. Judge Gilbert Martinez first deemed Dear incompetent in May; at the time, Dear responded by calling the judge a “filthy animal.”
Amid aggressive attempts to cut Planned Parenthood funding nationwide, there’s a bright spot in Texas, where low-income women will soon have access to free IUDs and STD testing after a recent $2 million donation.
A Texas judge has dropped the last charge against David Daleiden, the creator of debunked sting videos which claimed to catch Planned Parenthood selling fetal remains.
How do you communicate with the youths about the importance of condom usage? You meet them on their level, of course: On your phone, blindly marching through Central Park or the Holocaust Museum.
Days after the historic Supreme Court ruling that struck down Texas’s unconstitutional abortion laws, federal judges halt the implementation of similarly obstructive laws in Florida.
Federal Judge Tanya Walton Pratt has temporarily blocked Indiana’s latest abortion restriction from going into effect. House Bill 1337, signed by Governor Mike Pence in March, bans women from seeking abortions based on race, gender or fetal anomaly; it also mandates that women be required to bury or cremate the fetus…
Today the Supreme Court delivered a ruling of monumental significance to reproductive rights and women’s health. Texas, and every other state attempting to limit abortion access, will be required to revise their laws so that those seeking to terminate pregnancies can safely do so. However, the ruling does not…
A Texas judge has dismissed a misdemeanor charge against David Daleiden, the creator of a series of bogus undercover sting videos targeting Planned Parenthood. Daleiden still faces a felony charge, but in his customary fashion, he went ahead and issued a statement declaring victory over Planned Parenthood.
On Wednesday a judge in Colorado ruled that Robert Lewis Dear, Jr., the man charged with killing three during an attack on a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, is not mentally competent to stand trial.
Earlier this month, state senators in Missouri tried to hold the CEO of the state Planned Parenthood affiliate in contempt of court, and threatened her with jail time for refusing to turn over confidential medical information on patients. The Senate announced Thursday they won’t do that, probably because the action…
At a hearing Wednesday morning, House Republicans busily “investigating” abortion clinics claimed to have a smoking gun—finally—at last, indisputable proof that fetal tissue is being sold for profit in these here United States. House Democrats, meanwhile, said that “evidence” was absolute bullshit, with one Democratic…
Renowned painter Marilyn Minter has been fundraising for Planned Parenthood for the past several years and has recently released a collaboration with Miley Cyrus and Marc Jacobs to benefit the organization. In a new interview with Artsy, the always fascinating Minter sat down to discuss her thoughts on reproductive…
Court documents are telling us more about Robert Lewis Dear Jr., the man charged with the murders of three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in November. He looked up to a minister-murderer, thought President Obama was the “antichrist,” and spoke of “aborted fetuses” waiting for him at the “gates of…
State senators in Missouri are trying to hold St. Louis-area Planned Parenthood president Mary Kogut in contempt of court, with the threat of jail time, for refusing to turn over private medical documents, many of which include information protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The Florida Senate approved a bill today that both defunds Planned Parenthood and places new restrictions on abortion procedures, because that is the current, hideous trend sweeping the nation. The bill, SB 1722, is now headed to Governor Rick Scott’s desk, where it will almost certainly be signed into law.
A Planned Parenthood in Columbus, Ohio, was vandalized Sunday night, with red paint splashed on the door and graffiti calling the facility a “Satan den of babykillers.” It also featured a Bible verse suggesting its employees deserve to be cast into the sea with millstones around their necks.
The investigation over Planned Parenthood supplying fetal tissue for medical research is officially in full swing—and Democrats are already crying “witch hunt” over measures introduced at the March 2 committee hearing.
