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    Will GOP Keep Its Promise to Defund Planned Parenthood?
    A number of promises were made to pro-life voters in 2016, not the least of which was that if given control of Congress, Republicans would defund the country’s largest abortion provided, Planned Parenthood. But the only way for the GOP to keep that pledge is by passing the reconciliation bill to repeal Obamacare. The longer…
    Genevieve Wood
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    Conservatives Offer Solution to Repeal Obamacare, Defund Planned Parenthood: Pass 2015 Bill Again
    Two prominent House conservatives are calling on Republican leadership to bring a 2015 bill repealing major parts of Obamacare before members for a vote “as soon as possible.” In a statement Thursday, Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mark Meadows of North Carolina pushed GOP leaders to bring the legislation unwinding major provisions of the…
    Melissa Quinn
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    The Question the Left Won’t Answer on Abortion
    If there weren’t, well, lives at stake, Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s dodging of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s questions about whether abortion was the taking of a human life would be comical. Just check out how often Swalwell (who is, of course, from California) dodged it in an appearance Tuesday night (transcript omits some cross chatter):…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Now Is the Time to Defund Planned Parenthood
    “Life is winning in America,” declared Vice President Mike Pence last week as he spoke to the countless thousands of Americans assembled on the National Mall for the annual March for Life. Pence’s presence at the rally was itself evidence of the momentum behind the pro-life movement in America. Last week marked the March for…
    Sen. Mike Lee
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    A Dad’s Thoughts on Abortion as a Human Rights Issue
    Last Saturday, individuals across our country and in cities like London, Nairobi, Paris, Mexico City, and Sydney coordinated to highlight a spectrum of issues under the banner of human rights. At the Women’s March, advocates for women, immigrants, and education rights coalesced around the idea that advancing their position means making their voices heard by…
    Doug Collins
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    Majority of Americans Want Some Abortion Restrictions, Object to Taxpayer Funding, Poll Says
    A majority of Americans are in favor of stopping taxpayer funding of abortions and banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to a new Marist poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus. “There is a consensus in America in favor of significant abortion restrictions, and this common ground exists across party lines, and even…
    Caleb Ecarma
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    Trump Reinstates Policy Protecting Taxpayer Dollars From International Abortion Activity
    In one of his first official actions, President Donald Trump reinstated the life-affirming Mexico City policy, ensuring that American taxpayers do not fund international organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas. The news comes just after the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion on demand across the country. Pro-life Americans are undoubtedly…
    Melanie Israel
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    Trump’s Opening Shot on Trade, Abortion, Federal Employees
    President Donald Trump took executive actions Monday on trade, federal workers, and international abortion policy. Trump reinstated the Mexico City policy, which specifies that federal funds for family planning go only to foreign nongovernmental organizations that agree not to perform or promote abortions as a method of family planning in other countries. “He has been very…
    Fred Lucas
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    Ryan: Reconciliation Bill Will Block Planned Parenthood Funding
    Stopping the stream of federal funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, will be part of the upcoming budget reconciliation package, House Speaker Paul Ryan said during a press briefing Friday. This important announcement maintains the strong policy stance Congress took in the 2015 reconciliation bill that would have repealed Obamacare and stopped…
    Melanie Israel
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    6 Alarming Findings in House Panel’s Planned Parenthood Probe
    Planned Parenthood affiliates profited by transferring parts of aborted babies to outside organizations in violation of the law, a special House panel has concluded after a yearlong investigation. In a 418-page report released Wednesday, the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives also found that other organizations involved in the transfer of fetal tissue broke…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Obama’s Last Gift to Planned Parenthood
    President Barack Obama has given Planned Parenthood a parting gift in the final weeks of his administration. As reported by The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that would prohibit states from blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Title X family planning services grant money for reasons “unrelated”…
    Melanie Israel
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    Congress Isn’t Finished Investigating Planned Parenthood, Others in 2015 Videos
    Congress took significant steps forward last week in its continued efforts to hold Planned Parenthood and fetal tissue procurement companies accountable for the sale and trafficking of aborted fetal tissue. The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives has recommended a criminal investigation of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast for potentially violating Texas and…
    Anna Higgins
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    What a Trump Court Would Mean for Abortion
    The pro-life movement in America is stronger, more sophisticated, and younger than anywhere else on the planet. We know how to write legislation and how to get it passed at every level of government. We can bury Capitol Hill in post cards and shut down phone lines. We have learned how to find pro-life candidates,…
    Cathy Ruse
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    Planned Parenthood Entities Spend Over $38 Million to Elect Democrats
    In the past three election cycles, Planned Parenthood’s advocacy and political arms, employees, and their families have spent over $38 million to elect or defeat candidates for federal office who decide how much taxpayers subsidize the nation’s largest abortion provider. “If PP wants to provide Zika services, they are awash in cash. They don’t need…
    Leah Jessen
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    15 States Have Moved to Defund Planned Parenthood Since Undercover Videos Were Released
    In the wake of a series of undercover videos that hit the abortion industry last year, 15 states have attempted to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. After the Center for Medical Progress released undercover video footage that raised questions about whether Planned Parenthood was making a profit from selling aborted baby body parts (Planned Parenthood…
    Leah Jessen
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    3 Ways to Expose the Truth About Planned Parenthood
    Usually the century mark for a person, place, or thing is a momentous and joyous occasion. Not so this time. On Sunday, Planned Parenthood turned 100. Both pro-lifers and pro-choicers are marking the organization’s birthday in hashtags: #100YearsOfAbuse and #100YearsStrong, respectively. But the statistics that have emerged from that 100-year reign are staggering. The award…
    Beverly Hallberg
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    What One Woman Is Doing to Take Down Planned Parenthood
    While Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, is celebrating its 100th anniversary Sunday, one organization is working tirelessly to put Planned Parenthood out of business. CEO Brandi Swindell founded Stanton Healthcare in 2006. According to the Stanton Project’s website, it has branched out from a room in a doctor’s office to an international affiliate…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Planned Parenthood’s 100th (Un)Birthday Is No Cause to Celebrate
    As this month marks Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary, we should pause and consider its destructive legacy. Founded by eugenicist Margaret Sanger in 1916, what is now known as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America began as a small birth control clinic in New York City. Sanger was motivated by her belief that artificial birth control…
    Melanie Israel
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    Margaret Sanger Would Be Proud of What Planned Parenthood Has Become
    Planned Parenthood is about to celebrate its 100th birthday. It’s an odd, and frankly grotesque, commemoration for an organization that is responsible itself for ensuring over 7 million babies will never have the opportunity to celebrate even one birthday. Planned Parenthood was founded on Oct. 16, 1916, by population control advocate Margaret Sanger. Though the…
    Genevieve Wood
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    Pro-Life Groups Fight Obama Administration’s ‘Parting Gift’ to Planned Parenthood
    Pro-life groups are taking action against what they call the Obama administration’s “parting gift” to Planned Parenthood. “This is a political judgment, a parting gift,” Chuck Donovan, president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, said of the new rule that could make it more difficult for states to defund Planned Parenthood clinics. “It’s part of the…
    Kelsey Bolar
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