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NEWS ABOUT: Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood stories: 15 news summaries

 Abortion Activists Mobilize 
 Against Stupak-Pitts 

Aim is to kill bill in Senate, or back in House, at any cost

Nov 12, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Abortion rights activists are organizing a massive grassroots effort and targeting lawmakers to ensure the hated Stupak-Pitts Amendment never reaches the president’s desk. The coalition of groups is first meeting with senators and organizing a phone drive and petition to keep the House language out of the Senate's bill.... More »

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Congress • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • legislation • health care reform • NARAL • National Organization of Women • Stupak-Pitts

 Senate Health Bill 
 Runs Into Abortion Divide 

Both sides have vocal opponents, could halt bill without compromise

Nov 10, 09 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - With a last-second concession barring federal dollars from funding abortions, Nancy Pelosi largely skirted the full brunt of the issue, but Harry Reid may not be so lucky. The Senate majority leader likely won't get the 60 votes he needs without similar language— which a Planned Parenthood VP calls a... More »

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health care • abortion • health insurance • Senate • Harry Reid • Planned Parenthood • House of Representatives • health care reform • NARAL • public option • women's issues • abortion debate

 Anti-Abortion Activists 
 Target State Battlegrounds 

In Mississippi, only one clinic remains

Jun 8, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama in office, abortion is unlikely to become illegal under federal law anytime soon. So activists are taking their battle to the state level, pushing for complex rules and limits that make the procedure difficult to obtain, the Washington Post reports. "The states are the battlegrounds and... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • Mississippi • state governments • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

(Newser) - In this tough economy, requests for long-term contraceptives and abortions have spiked at family planning clinics, reports the Los Angeles Times. Planned Parenthood of LA County has seen its caseload jump 15% in just a year, and requests for IUDs nearly doubled in the first quarter compared to a year... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • contraception • Planned Parenthood • birth control • contraceptive • economy • family planning • intrauterine device • IUD

 Student's Planned 
 Parenthood 
 Sting Raises 
 Ire on YouTube 

Woman poses as 13-year-old in undercover exposé

Apr 26, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UCLA anti-abortion activist posing as a 13-year-old girl has been running an undercover campaign against Planned Parenthood and posting results on YouTube, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lila Rose, 20, visits branches posing as a minor impregnated by a 31-year-old man, and secretly videotapes what ensues. In several cases,... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • undercover video • anti-abortion activists • statutory rape • Lila Rose

Obama Will Undo Abortion 'Conscience' Provision

Rule helped workers avoid aiding abortions

Feb 27, 09 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama White House plans to overturn protections that President Bush extended to health workers who refuse to perform abortions or other procedures on moral grounds, the New York Times reports. Bush’s last-minute “conscience regulation” took effect on Obama’s first day in office, and now, after a... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • nurses • Planned Parenthood • George W. Bush • doctors • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama today overturned the “gag rule” prohibiting the US from funding groups that provide abortions or abortion counseling overseas, Reuters reports. The policy has been enforced and rescinded depending on the Oval Office occupant since it was instituted under President Reagan. Unlike yesterday's high-profile signing ceremony, today's executive... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • Planned Parenthood • funding • aid programs • humanitarian aid • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama • gag rule • family planning • Mexico City Policy • NGOs

Abortion Foes: Cut Funding for Flush Planned Parenthood

They seek to keep the nonprofit from getting public funds

Dec 10, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Abortion opponents’ newest strategy includes lobbying state and local governments to cut public funding for Planned Parenthood, the Wall Street Journal reports. Religious conservatives have taken to arguing that the organization is running a surplus and doesn’t need public dollars, which account for a third of the nonprofit's budget.... More »

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abortion • health insurance • Planned Parenthood • Family Research Council • cancer prevention • public funding

Planned Parenthood
Offers Gift Certificates

Patients can use money toward health exams—and abortion

Nov 26, 08 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Planned Parenthood of Indiana is making gift certificates available for the holiday season, infuriating right-to-life groups, WISH-TV reports. Though the certificates can be used for abortion, a Planned Parenthood representative said “they really are intended for preventative health care,” like breast exams and STD tests. The hope is... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • Planned Parenthood • Right to Life • Indiana • STD • holiday season • gift certificate

McCain Makes Pointed Pitch to Women; Dems Skeptical 

With Clinton gone, women's-rights group quick to line up behind Obama

Jun 12, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is fine-tuning his pitch to women, and while Democrats voice doubt the Republican can find a female following, they’re nevertheless gearing up to make sure it doesn’t happen, the Washington Post reports. McCain sees opportunity in disappointed Hillary Clinton backers, and top adviser Carly Fiorina today... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Roe v. Wade • Planned Parenthood • Carly Fiorina • the female vote • Emily's List • equal pay

Catholic Colleges Brace for Pope's Criticism

Free-thinking academics anticipate call to toe the line

Mar 14, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI’s April address to top Catholic educators is likely to be a call to observe church teachings more closely, reports the Washington Post. All but 20 of the 235 American Catholic colleges and universities are too freethinking to suit the Vatican, says one expert, and the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vagina Monologues • Catholic Church • Planned Parenthood • Vatican • Catholic education • Notre Dame • Georgetown University • Naral • Catholic University • St. Mary's University • Holy Cross

Price of Pill for Students Soars

Rule change eliminates discounts at college health centers

Nov 22, 07 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Female students at US colleges may be cutting back on reliable contraceptives because a quirk in a federal law has made birth-control pills up to four times more expensive, health officials warn. A recent change in Medicaid regulations means drug companies no longer offer big discounts to health centers where... More »

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contraception • women's health • Planned Parenthood • sexual health • Medicaid • birth control • college • condom • contraceptive patch • birth control pill • contraceptive • health centers • colleges and universities • Abstinence Clearinghouse • Deficit Reduction Act • college student

Ill. Abortion Clinic Fights
to Open

Planned Parenthood cites pressure in case of vanishing permit

Sep 17, 07 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge will hear a lawsuit today alleging a Planned Parenthood clinic lost its permit on the eve of its opening due to pressure from anti-abortion groups. Officials in Aurora, Ill., maintain the permit they approved last winter withheld the facility’s true nature, and many in town are... More »

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abortion • Planned Parenthood • judge • lawsuit • Illinois • permit

States Say No
to Abstinence Programs

Schools bail on sexless sex ed, even as more teens delay sex

Jul 18, 07 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - School sex education programs that concentrate on abstinence are under threat despite years of federal funding for organizations like Virginity Rules, the New York Times reports. Eleven states have rejected abstinence education in the last year and Congress cut program funding for the first time since 2001. A study of... More »

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Planned Parenthood • sex education • Virginity Rules • abstinence education • abstinence

Rudy Backed Planned Parenthood

Donations in '90s may spell trouble
for GOP candidate

May 8, 07 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani donated to Planned Parenthood, the country's leading abortion provider and a prominent abortion-rights advocate, at least six times in the 1990s, according to public tax returns. Giuliani has walked a thin line during his campaign for the Republican nomination, maintaining that he personally opposes abortion but supports a... More »

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Mitt Romney • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • Election 2008

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