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    To Protect Taxpayers From Funding Abortion, the Hyde Amendment Must Be Permanent
    In our Declaration of Independence, the Founders declared that everyone is endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including and especially life. Science has revealed and affirmed the notion that an unborn child is human life with unique DNA. For more and more Americans, this fact of life is becoming more clear with each…
    Sen. James Lankford
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    A GOP Congress Should Not Give Planned Parenthood Another Dime of Taxpayer Money
    Planned Parenthood has once again proven it does two things exceedingly well—ending innocent human lives in the womb for a fee, and getting American taxpayers to subsidize its operations. How else to explain Congress making America’s No. 1 abortion provider eligible for new funding when it already gets over a half-billion dollars (yes, billion) in taxpayer…
    Roger Severino
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    Zika Funding Might Result in Raise for Planned Parenthood, Despite GOP-Controlled Congress
    Fears are mounting among some conservatives that under a Republican-controlled Congress, Planned Parenthood could soon be getting a raise. “I hope that pro-lifers will wake up and realize that we have major issues when it comes to the U.S. Senate, when we have our ‘friends’ put us in very tough positions,” Tom McClusky, vice president…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    The Numbers That Show Planned Parenthood About Abortion, Not Women’s Health
    As Planned Parenthood looks to spend a record $30 million this fall to influence the November elections and keep its taxpayer funding flowing, Live Action has released a new online tool pro-lifers can use to help counter the kind of propaganda $30 million can buy. Live Action’s new “3 Percent Abortion Myth” video dispels one of Planned…
    Lila Rose
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    Planned Parenthood Wants to Use California Bill to Silence Opposition
    At Planned Parenthood’s behest, the California Assembly has passed AB 1671 on to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. AB 1671 amends a state anti-eavesdropping law to add criminal penalties for disclosing the confidential communications of a health care provider. The bill is designed to silence “undercover journalists” who might have reason to suspect foul play within…
    David Rosenthal | John-Michael Seibler
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    Obama’s Parting Gift to Planned Parenthood
    What do you give to a cash-flush abortion business and political ally that has everything? More taxpayer dollars, of course. In his remaining few months in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama has found a new way to direct more taxpayer money to his friends at Planned Parenthood. The Department of Health and Human Services…
    Casey Mattox
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    3 Reasons This Bill to Protect Planned Parenthood Is Bad
    After David Daleiden secretly filmed Planned Parenthood employees discussing the dismemberment and sale of parts of aborted human babies, you may recall, a Texas grand jury indicted him, but not Planned Parenthood, for trafficking human organs. Daleiden is the head of the pro-life Center for Medical Progress, which last year released the series of hidden-camera…
    John-Michael Seibler
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    Do Democrats Support Using Public Funds for Abortion? We Ask.
    PHILADELPHIA—In 1976, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, a law that prohibits the use of taxpayer money for abortion, except in the case of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is at stake. For decades, the measure maintained bipartisan support when it came up in Congress. But recently, the status quo took a turn, when…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Planned Parenthood’s Virtual Reality Exhibit on Abortion Isn’t ‘Real,’ Pro-Life Groups Say
    Planned Parenthood’s virtual reality exhibit promoting access to abortion at the Democratic National Convention doesn’t depict reality, pro-life groups tell The Daily Signal. The nation’s largest abortion provider “is using technology and computer-generated imagery to perpetuate lies about the pro-life movement as a whole, and to advance its abortion brand,” pro-life advocate Arina Grossu said. Planned…
    Leah Jessen
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    Planned Parenthood Uses Virtual Reality to Promote Abortion at Democrat Convention
    PHILADELPHIA—Steps outside a women’s caucus meeting at the Democratic National Convention, Planned Parenthood’s lobbying arm got techy with attendees, using computer-generated imagery to give people a firsthand look at the protests some women face when walking into abortion clinics. “Planned Parenthood Action Fund is here sharing a virtual reality film called ‘Across the Line,’ which…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    White House Ducks Democrats’ Platform Demand for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
    Although Barack Obama has been staunchly pro-choice during his presidency, the White House this week cited a “longstanding view” that doesn’t support federal taxpayer funding of abortions—a change embraced at the Democratic National Convention as part of the party’s platform. “I don’t believe we have changed our position on the Hyde Amendment, but if we…
    Fred Lucas
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    Undercover Filmmaker Who Exposed Planned Parenthood Calls His Case a ‘Huge Win’ for Journalists
    Two undercover filmmakers whose videos exposed abortion provider Planned Parenthood won’t face criminal charges after all. Instead, they’re hailing the news as a First Amendment victory for citizen journalists. On Tuesday, the Harris County district attorney’s office dismissed all charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. The duo worked undercover to produce a series of…
    Leah Jessen
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    Only Miles From Democrat Convention, Kermit Gosnell’s Clinic Brings Abortion Industry Horrors to Forefront
    Three years after he was convicted of murder, Kermit Gosnell's shuttered abortion clinic still stands mere miles from Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, home to this week's Democratic National Convention. As Democrats gather in the city to anoint their presidential candidate, film director and citizen journalist David Altrogge is preparing the release of a new film, "3801 Lancaster: American…
    Terri Shepherd
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    The Difference Between Privacy Rights in Abortion and Same-Sex Locker Rooms Cases
    When most Americans consider the right to privacy they think about the privacy they enjoy in their homes and person. They don’t think about killing unborn children in the womb. But that is not true of liberal activists. To them, the right to privacy is all about abortion because seemingly everything is about abortion on…
    Jeremy Tedesco
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    The Supreme Court Abortion Safety Case, Explained
    The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas law governing abortion clinics, serving a major victory to pro-choice advocates who opposed higher health and safety standards. The Daily Signal breaks down the case, and what the 5-3 decision means moving forward.
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Pro-Lifers on Supreme Court Abortion Case: ‘We’re Coming Back in Full Force’
    Members of the pro-life movement standing outside the Supreme Court on Monday were visibly discouraged by the 5-3 decision striking down a Texas law that imposed health and safety regulations on abortion clinics. But those activists showed no signs that they intend to back down from the battle over abortion in the United States. “The…
    Leah Jessen | Kelsey Bolar
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    Supreme Court Puts Abortion Industry Profits Over Women’s Safety
    The Supreme Court has issued its decision in the first major abortion case in nearly a decade. On Monday, the court ruled 5-3 to reverse Texas’ law requiring abortion clinics meet commonsense safety standards regularly followed by facilities that perform invasive outpatient surgeries and requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a…
    Elizabeth Slattery | Roger Severino
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    United Way Affiliates Give $3 Million a Year to Planned Parenthood
    United Way affiliates provide almost $3 million a year to Planned Parenthood, according to a money-tracking website that examines consumer and political causes. 2nd Vote, a conservative, nonprofit watchdog that tracks corporate spending, conducted what it calls "exhaustive" research of United Way affiliates and their giving to Planned Parenthood.  “Last year, 2nd Vote compiled an exhaustive list of…
    Leah Jessen
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    Your Money Is Going to Planned Parenthood Whether You Like It or Not
    Whether you’re a painter, pastor, lawyer, or laborer (pro-life or pro-abortion), you work for Planned Parenthood. A portion of every paycheck goes to the world’s leading abortion business through the federal and state taxes allocated by your elected representatives and the unelected bureaucrats they empower. For the fiscal year ending in June 2015 (just before…
    Casey Mattox
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    Congressional Panel Issues More Subpoenas in Ongoing Planned Parenthood Investigation
    A House panel issued subpoenas to two organizations in an effort to access information related to the purchase and sale of aborted baby body parts. The House of Representatives Select Investigative Panel issued subpoenas on April 29 to Scinto Group, LLP and Five Star Bancorp to get accounting and bank records of StemExpress, a biomedical…
    Leah Jessen
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