Melanie Israel is a research associate for the DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
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The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood’s former research arm) on Tuesday released a new report on U.S. abortion data. Encouragingly, the abortion rate fell by… Read More
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Americans are reacting in disgust at the discovery of more than 2,000 fetal remains uncovered at the home of a deceased abortion doctor. Late last… Read More
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Planned Parenthood is making good on its threat to choose abortion over Title X funds. Title X is a federal program that focuses on providing… Read More
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After less than a year at the helm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, President Leana Wen has been abruptly ousted by the organization’s board of… Read More
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a provision of Indiana law that requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains, while declining to review… Read More
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The Senate is set to vote Monday on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would provide desperately needed protections for babies who… Read More
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Planned Parenthood quietly released its long-expected annual report covering 2017-2018 over the holiday weekend. The document affirms the assertion of new President Leana Wen that… Read More
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The Supreme Court on Monday missed an opportunity to bring clarity to an area of the law about which the lower courts are divided: Whether… Read More
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The Department of Health and Human Services is considering the future of federally funded research using fetal tissue derived from elective abortions, amid continuing controversy… Read More
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Those who cherish religious liberty can celebrate a major victory this week. On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services published final rules that… Read More
