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Pa. Looks to Defund Planned Parenthood

Polly Davis Doig — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:31:05 CDT

Add Pennsylvania to the list of states moving to yank Planned Parenthood's funding: Republican state Rep . Daryl Metcalfe is today bringing legislation, co-written by two pro-life groups, that would knock organizations that offer abortions to the bottom of the pile of those seeking state funding. Metcalfe insists that the Whole...

Arizona Bans Funding to Planned Parenthood

Sat, 05 May 2012 05:26:37 CDT

Gov. Jan Brewer yesterday signed into law a bill to cut off Planned Parenthood's access to taxpayer money funneled through the state for non-abortion services. Arizona already bars use of public money for abortions except to save the life of the mother. But anti-abortion legislators and other supporters of the...

Judge: No Blocking Funds for Planned Parenthood

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:05:00 CDT

A federal judge today stopped Texas from preventing a health organization affiliated with abortion providers from receiving state funds. The state immediately appealed. US District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin ruled there is sufficient evidence that a law banning Planned Parenthood from the state's Women's Health Program is unconstitutional. He...

Komen Cash Pours Back into Planned Parenthood

Matt Cantor — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:08:30 CDT

As the dust settles on this year's Planned Parenthood funding controversy, Susan G. Komen Foundation dollars are making their way back into the organization's coffers. Komen will fund at least 17 Planned Parenthood affiliates this year, approximately matching last year's figure. While some funding applications were rejected due to limited...

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:38:15 CDT

Planned Parenthood sued Texas today for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women. The group contends in its lawsuit that a new state law banning organizations affiliated with abortion providers from participating in the Women's Health Program amounts to unconstitutional discrimination by...

Anti-Abortion Grandpa Sued for Blocking Clinic

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:23:28 CDT

The US Justice Department is suing an "aggressive," persistent 80-year-old grandpa for "yelling at" and blocking women from getting abortions during his regular protests at a DC Planned Parenthood clinic, according to court documents. Dick Retta, who boasts he has convinced 400 pregnant women to leave the clinic and others,...

Planned Parenthood Rejects Comic's $500K

Matt Cantor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:43:42 CDT

The guy who wrote the bestseller I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell offered Planned Parenthood $500,000, enough to have a location named after him—but the organization has turned the money down. The humorist has been called a misogynist for some choice tweets, the Huffington Post notes. One...

Bomb Rattles Wisconsin Planned Parenthood

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:21:10 CDT

A bomb went off outside a Planned Parenthood location in Wisconsin last night, causing a fire that slightly damaged an exam room. No one was harmed in the blast, the New York Daily News reports. The homemade device, consisting of chemicals in a plastic bottle, was located on an outside...

Time to Forgive Susan G. Komen for the Cure

John Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:56:16 CDT

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is by all accounts still reeling from the backlash over its bid to cut Planned Parenthood funding. And while the breast cancer charity deserved all the scorn it got, writes Amy Tennery at the JaneDough blog , it might just be time for...