Melanie Israel is a research associate for the DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
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It’s been a turbulent last two years at Planned Parenthood, with a leadership shake-up involving the ouster of Dr. Leana Wen as president, and the… Read More
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It might surprise you, but it’s true: Today, more women than men consider themselves to be pro-life. According to the 2019 Gallup poll on values… Read More
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Three different federal judges recently blocked the Trump administration from implementing a regulation that would give the Department of Health and Human Services additional resources… Read More
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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
