Abortion Policy News

Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced today it would no longer accept reimbursements for tissue donated to researchers from aborted babies. The policy change comes in wake of ongoing attacks against the organization that were triggered by a string of undercover videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress. Those videos have raised questions about…

(Correction: This article originally stated Sue Thayer quit. However, she was let go from Planned Parenthood, and the headline and lede have been corrected to reflect that.) After working at Planned Parenthood for more than 17 years, Sue Thayer was let go. Now she’s alleging that the nation’s largest abortion provider “is more concerned about…

Protests outside Planned Parenthood clinics took place across the nation on Saturday.   Spurred by the recent release of undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives, a coalition of pro-life groups led the #ProtestPP events. David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress, the organization behind the videos, spoke at the event in Orange, Calif….

A post-abortive woman testified before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Planned Parenthood Thursday that she regrets her abortions, and that she believes that the nation’s largest abortion provider should be defunded.   Luana Stoltenberg told the committee her life “has been devastated by abortion.” A teenager when she had her first abortion, she was…

Liberal comedian Kathy Griffin has decided to make the fight to defund Planned Parenthood funny. “I’m going to figure out a way to make the battle against Planned Parenthood funny,” Griffin stated to BroadwayWorld.com. “I don’t know how, but I learned that the way to communicate with people is always humor first.” At Carnegie Hall…

Sue Thayer, a former facility director for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, will testify against her former employer before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. In prepared remarks, Thayer alleges that the nation’s largest abortion provider “is more concerned about its bottom line than it is about the health and safety of women.” “No business,…

David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress, previewed previously unseen footage of a conversation with a Planned Parenthood abortionist during a recent interview on TheBlaze. In the video, Dr. Amna Dermish of Planned Parenthood’s Greater Texas affiliate describes how she performs abortions up to 24 weeks. Dermish described obtaining an intact calvarium,…

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have accused David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress, of engaging in “potentially illegal activities” during his undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood. Daleiden has maintained that the Center for Medical Progress obeyed all applicable laws during the course of the investigation. Democrats on the committee released…

Abby Johnson loves quitters. In fact, she is one. A former clinic director at Planned Parenthood, Johnson is now the founder and president of And Then There Were None, a ministry to help abortion workers quit the industry. “No abortion clinic workers, no abortion clinics, no abortions. It starts with the workers,” the organization states on…

The Center for Medical Progress has responded to Cecile Richards’ testimony at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday. Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, was questioned by lawmakers for several hours over the use of taxpayer funding by her organization. David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress and the project lead…

The fight over Planned Parenthood reached a boiling point Tuesday on Capitol Hill when Cecile Richards, president of the organization, testified before Congress about how the group uses taxpayer dollars. Richards fiercely defended Planned Parenthood from allegations made by House Republicans, which she called “outrageous, “offensive,” and “categorically untrue.” “The latest smear campaign is based…