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    Disney Threatened to Pull Out of Georgia Over Abortion Law, but Filmed in Region Where Chinese Uighurs Are Imprisoned
    Disney is facing criticism for filming where China’s Uighurs are allegedly being interned more than a year after CEO Bob Iger suggested the company might be forced to cut ties with Georgia after the state passed an anti-abortion law. In the credits for the live-action version of “Mulan,” Disney thanked a Chinese agency called Turpan Municipal Bureau…
    Chris White
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    Police Arrest Man for Pulling Gun on Pro-Life Activists Outside Planned Parenthood
    Police arrested a man for pulling a gun on pro-life protesters and making a “threatening statement” to the activists outside a Delaware Planned Parenthood last week. Officers from the Dover Police Department responded Friday morning to calls from a group of pro-life protesters outside the Planned Parenthood – Dover Health Center in Delaware, according to a…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Problematic Women: Planned Parenthood Ideology ‘Killing the Family,’ Ex-Volunteer Says
    Planned Parenthood is a business. Simply put, America’s largest abortion provider loses profit if young people are not having sex.  Monica Cline worked as a “comprehensive sex educator” and volunteer for Planned Parenthood for a decade before walking away to become a specialist in avoiding sexual risk and start an organization called It Takes a…
    Virginia Allen | Lauren Evans
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    2 Reports Buttress Trump Policies Banning Abortion Funding Abroad, Fetal Tissue Research at Home
    The government issued two reports Tuesday evaluating the Trump administration’s pro-life policies that curb taxpayer funding for abortion-related matters here and abroad.  The State Department issued a status report early Tuesday on the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, which requires foreign nongovernmental organizations getting U.S. taxpayer funding to agree not to perform or…
    Fred Lucas
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    Even With Removing Margaret Sanger’s Name, Planned Parenthood Is Still Influenced by Racist Founder
    One of Planned Parenthood’s largest abortion affiliates has finally disavowed Planned Parenthood’s founder for “her racist legacy” and her “connections to the eugenics movement.” However, this symbolic bowing to the far left’s “cancel culture” doesn’t change the fact that the organization is still influenced by her inhumane beliefs. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is…
    Kay C. James
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    States Seeking Bailouts Are Making Payouts to Planned Parenthood
    As Congress gears up to debate another round of COVID-19 economic relief, Democrats are expected to renew their calls for a federal bailout of struggling states. This is a fundamentally unfair request, as many state budgetary troubles are the result of poor fiscal choices rather than the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only that, but a look…
    Andrea Jones
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    With Highly Questionable Legal Reasoning, Roberts Gives Liberals a Win on Abortion
    In the much-anticipated case of June Medical Services v. Russo, a divided Supreme Court on Monday narrowly struck down a Louisiana law that would have required abortion providers to submit to the same types of supervision and requirements as other, similarly situated physicians. Once again, the court carved out special constitutional exemptions in the field…
    Amy Swearer
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    I’m an OB-GYN. Here’s Why I Support Requiring Hospital Admitting Privileges for Abortion Providers.
    A decision is expected any day now from the U.S. Supreme Court in June Medical Services v. Russo. The case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of a Louisiana law, Act 620, that was passed in 2014. I testified in favor of it before the Louisiana legislature, and later, as an expert witness, took the stand…
    Damon Cudihy
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    Planned Parenthood Fires Top Executive Over Allegations of Racism
    A top executive at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has been fired over allegations of racism. The organization’s board of directors announced Tuesday that it had “parted ways” Monday with Laura McQuade, who had served as chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York since 2017, The New York Times reported. The news came…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Missouri Planned Parenthood Prioritizes Agenda Over Women’s Health
    Protecting the health of women should be apolitical. Unfortunately, the nation’s largest abortion business is more interested in pursuing its own agenda than in protecting patients. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood sought, and just obtained, an administrative ruling to allow its abortion business in St. Louis, Missouri, which didn’t meet the state’s safety standards and violated state law, to…
    Jeanne Mancini
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    Twitter Official Overseeing Misinformation Efforts Is Anti-Trump Partisan Who Donated to Planned Parenthood
    The Twitter official overseeing the tech company’s efforts to combat misinformation is a left-wing partisan who in the past has derided President Donald Trump as a “wretched orange man” and said he donated to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of site security, is the man in charge of the…
    Peter Hasson
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    Legislators, Pro-Life Advocates Denounce Planned Parenthood Receiving $80 Million in Coronavirus Funding
    Lawmakers and pro-lifers slammed Planned Parenthood following a report from Fox News saying that the nation’s largest abortion provider applied for and received over $80 million in coronavirus funding. Fox News’ "Tucker Carlson Tonight" reported Tuesday evening that 37 Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for and received a total of $80 million in coronavirus funding loans from the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    I’m an ER Physician. Here’s Why Abortion Isn’t an ‘Essential Health Service.’
    Although we appear to be “flattening the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic, with governors slowly lifting stay-at-home orders and hospitals beginning to schedule surgeries again, infection spikes in certain regions remain a possibility. Throughout the coming months, we need to focus as a society on medical care that will not only help us survive but…
    Dr. Scott French
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    How Planned Parenthood Is Benefiting From COVID-19 Pandemic
    Staying home is supposed to keep people safe. But for unborn babies, even lockdowns have their risks. Any house can be an abortion clinic, Planned Parenthood wants people to know. You just have to call for pills. “It’s actually a silver lining in this pandemic,” acting Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill-Johnson insisted to Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman….
    Tony Perkins
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    EXCLUSIVE: Trump Denies COVID-19 Funds to Planned Parenthood
    The Trump administration has acted to ensure that no funds from the new Paycheck Protection Program, set up to assist small businesses battered by COVID-19, will go to Planned Parenthood.  “President Trump is committed to ensuring Paycheck Protection Program money is used for saving jobs at small businesses, not getting the government into the business…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Parental Consent Laws for Underage Girls Seeking Abortion Help Fight Against Human Trafficking
    It is welcome news that Florida is now set to become the sixth state to require both parental consent and notice before minor girls can get an abortion. A bill mandating this has passed both houses of the state Legislature, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to sign it. Ensuring that a child’s parents are involved before any medical or surgical procedure…
    Grazie Pozo Christie
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    World Abortion Leaders Exploit Virus to Push Abortion
    As part of its COVID-19 response, the World Health Organization has declared abortion as an essential service. The U.K. has now issued temporary approval for chemical abortions to be completely done at home. The U.S. abortion lobby continues to call for the Food and Drug Administration to lift restrictions (REMs) off the abortion pill (U.S. brand “Mifeprex”), making way for complete…
    Patrina Mosley
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    Federal Court Supports Texas’ Abortion Ban During Medical Crisis
    A federal appeals court backed Texas’ right to ban abortions during the coronavirus crisis. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the state’s right to temporarily prohibit abortions until April 21 during the coronavirus pandemic in a Tuesday ruling, Politico reported. The court threw out a previous ruling from a lower court blocking…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Twin Cities Politicians Celebrate Abortion Providers
    The City Council in St. Paul, Minnesota, has voted unanimously to designate March 10 as “Abortion Providers Appreciation Day.” The mayor of adjoining Minneapolis proclaimed the same. The City Council’s resolution commemorates the death of Dr. David Gunn, who was shot and killed by a protester outside his Florida abortion clinic on March 10, 1993. …
    Virginia Aabram
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    Pro-Lifers Should Get Same Access to Schools as Planned Parenthood Does
    Many of the political and cultural trends that are anathema to traditional values or free-market conservatism in society today can be traced back to a lack of education, poor education, or education rooted in progressive bias. One college group, Students for Life of America, is attempting to do its part in upending that cycle. Students…
    Nicole Russell
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