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    Should Courts Be Able to Make Legislative Judgments on Abortion?
    Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, in a case very similar to another one pending before the Supreme Court, issued an opinion blocking the enforcement of a commonsense abortion regulation in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin law, which was passed in 2013, requires abortion providers to have “admitting privileges” at hospitals within 30…
    Tiffany Bates | Andrew Kloster
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    Pay No Attention to What Planned Parenthood Is Doing Behind the Curtain
    In an astonishing bit of legerdemain, a local grand jury in Harris County, Texas, has refused to indict Planned Parenthood for violating a Texas statute that prohibits the attempted sale of human organs, despite the video evidence to the contrary showing Planned Parenthood doctors and executives discussing organ sales. But the very same grand jury…
    Hans von Spakovsky | Andrew Kloster
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    Texas Grand Jury Indicts 2 Undercover Filmmakers Who Exposed Planned Parenthood
    A grand jury in Houston indicted two undercover filmmakers who exposed Planned Parenthood’s alleged sale of aborted baby body parts in a series of videos last summer. The news came late Monday in an investigation requested by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after the videos surfaced. BREAKING: Harris County grand jury clears Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast…
    Robert B. Bluey | Leah Jessen
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    Poll: Majority of Americans Want Restrictions on Abortion
    A new poll shows that the majority of Americans support restrictions on abortion, including those who describe themselves as pro-choice. A survey conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus found that 8 in 10 Americans, including 66 percent of pro-choice supporters polled, would restrict abortion to the…
    Mariana Barillas
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    Planned Parenthood Abuses the Law to Stop Dissent
    Last year, a number of academics penned a letter to the Obama administration demanding a criminal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) investigation into those who disagree with man-made global warming, following the lead of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. As we wrote at the time, this would be an abuse of the Racketeer Influenced…
    Andrew Kloster
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    Kansas Governor to End State Planned Parenthood Funding
    Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced he intends to terminate state Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Kansas will be joining seven other states that have taken action to prevent the nation’s largest abortion provider from receiving taxpayer dollars. “Ensuring the health and safety of Kansans means protecting all Kansans at every stage of life,” Brownback, a…
    Mariana Barillas
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    12 Key Numbers From Planned Parenthood’s New Annual Report
    Planned Parenthood’s financial profits are on the decline, according to the group’s latest annual report, which showed the group is seeing fewer patients seeking fewer services. While profits and private contributions are waning, government assistance rose by $25.3 million in the past year. “This was definitely a bad year for Planned Parenthood as a business,”…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Obamacare Repeal, Planned Parenthood Defunding Bill Will Go to Obama
    For the first time, Congress will send a bill that repeals Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood to President Barack Obama’s desk. Republicans used the budget reconciliation process—a fast-track method to avoid a filibuster from Senate Democrats—to pass the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act earlier this month. The GOP-controlled House will vote on the bill next week. “You can…
    Leah Jessen
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    Police Lift Ban on Christmas Caroling Outside Abortion Clinic
    Police lifted a ban on Christmas caroling after ordering a group of pro-life activists to stop singing “Silent Night” and other carols on a sidewalk outside an abortion clinic. The carolers planned to head back to the clinic before Christmas Eve, relieved they each no longer face a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500. “No…
    Leah Jessen
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    Ohio Attorney General Talks Allegations That Planned Parenthood Disposed of Aborted Babies in Landfills
    Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine discussed on Fox News Tuesday his office’s allegation that Planned Parenthood has disposed of aborted babies in landfills, which has prompted a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood. Asked to respond to Planned Parenthood’s statement that the allegations were “flat-out false,” DeWine said, “It’s rather strange, because Planned Parenthood’s own lawyers told…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Pro-Life Group Says It Educates College Students About Planned Parenthood’s ‘True Nature’
    Big, pink Planned Parenthood displays are popping up at college campuses across the nation. But it’s not what you think. The pro-life group Students for Life of America has organized a college tour where it puts up the displays to educate students about what it calls the “true nature” of the nation’s largest abortion provider. Students…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Why a Catholic Priest Called Planned Parenthood After the Colorado Springs Shootings
    A Catholic priest in Colorado Springs, Colo., says he is determined to show that the pro-life movement values all life—including the lives of those who work in abortion clinics. Father Bill Carmody is director of the Respect Life Office run by the Diocese of Colorado Springs. He has protested abortion outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Planned Parenthood Sues to Undo a State Ban on Webcam Abortions
    A Planned Parenthood affiliate has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn two Idaho laws that ban a practice known as webcam abortion. In the suit filed Tuesday, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands claims that the bans are unconstitutional. Idaho approved two laws forbidding webcam abortions earlier this year, Reuters reported. In a webcam abortion, a woman takes…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Planned Parenthood Turns Tragedy Into Censorship
    In the wake of a violent tragedy, Planned Parenthood has redoubled its efforts to silence its critics. The Colorado Springs shooter, who waged the terrible attack, appears to have no connection to society at large, much less to the pro-life movement. But Planned Parenthood is using him as a tool in its new censorship campaign, which…
    Matt Bowman
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    This Devout Christian Pastor and Police Officer Was One of the Planned Parenthood Shooting Victims
    Garrett Swasey, the 44-year-old police officer killed Friday in a shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, also was a devout Christian pastor who “believed in forgiveness” and “was there to save lives,” those who knew him say. “He might not be in alignment with [abortion], but he’d be willing to go in and lay…
    Madaline Donnelly
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    ‘We Are Heartbroken’: Pro-Life Groups Condemn Shootings at Colorado Planned Parenthood
    Pro-life leaders denounced the actions of the gunman who took the lives of three—a police officer and two civilians—and wounded nine others Friday in Colorado Springs, Colo. Police said Robert Dear, 57, gave up inside a Planned Parenthood clinic after a standoff that lasted hours. Here’s what leaders of pro-life organizations said in formal statements about Dear’s alleged…
    Kate Scanlon
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    This Pro-Life Group Targets Planned Parenthood’s Corporate Funding
    A pro-life group say it has convinced more than 300 companies to stop donating to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. The organization, Life Decisions International, tracks corporate sponsors of Planned Parenthood in an effort to encourage them to stop donating. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Doug Scott, president of Life Decisions International, said his…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Lawsuit: This Planned Parenthood Affiliate Should Return Taxpayer Money It Took for Body Parts of Aborted Babies
    A lawsuit filed in Colorado alleges that Planned Parenthood accepted taxpayer funds from Colorado State University in exchange for the body parts of aborted babies. Faith & Freedom Coalition of Colorado, the group behind the lawsuit, wants to force Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to return the money, Nick McIntyre, executive director, said in an interview with The…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Reuters Agrees to Correct Questionable Abortion Statistic
    A spokeswoman for Reuters told The Daily Signal that the news agency will issue a correction after distributing a misleading statistic on self-induced abortion in Texas. Reuters’ original report suggested that the rate of self-induced abortions has increased in Texas since the state passed a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. “We are issuing a correction on…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Planned Parenthood Loved This ‘Scandal’ Episode. They Shouldn’t Have.
    Planned Parenthood gave the winter finale of “Scandal,” a TV drama about politics, a big thumbs up for its portrayal Thursday of a character’s abortion. “We saw one of our favorite characters make the deeply personal decision that one in three women have made in their lifetime,” Planned Parenthood said in a statement, per Entertainment…
    Katrina Trinko
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