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    Creator of Planned Parenthood Videos: It Is ‘Unconscionable’ to Continue Taxpayer Funding
    During a speech Friday at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress, alleged Planned Parenthood is engaged in the “criminal sale of aborted baby parts.” “I started the Center for Medical Progress to do citizen journalism that would shine a strong and clarifying spotlight on…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Why Show Votes on Planned Parenthood Aren’t Fooling Anybody
    It’s hard to keep up with all the “voting” taking place on Capitol Hill led by Republicans to “show” how committed they are to furthering pro-life issues. Whether through standalone bills to defund Planned Parenthood, continuing resolutions that fund the rest of the government but redirect Planned Parenthood dollars to other qualified clinics providing women’s health…
    Genevieve Wood
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    Appeals Court Rules in Favor of National Abortion Federation Over Pro-Life Group That Created Planned Parenthood Videos
    This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) in a discovery dispute with the National Abortion Federation. CMP is the group of citizen journalists responsible for producing the undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s practice of selling baby parts. This decision may end up being a costly one…
    Hans von Spakovsky | Elizabeth Slattery
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    Ted Cruz: GOP Leadership Won’t Fight to End Planned Parenthood’s Federal Funding
    Sen. Ted Cruz delivered a blistering critique of Republican leadership Thursday, just hours before lawmakers held what he described as a “show vote” attempting to end Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding. The Texas Republican summoned a handful of reporters, including The Daily Signal, to his Senate office to blast his own party for surrendering on the…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Senators Block Spending Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood for One Year
    A government spending bill that prohibited Planned Parenthood from receiving federal dollars for one year and kept the government operating failed in the Senate today. The continuing resolution, introduced earlier this week by Senate Republican leaders, fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance in the upper chamber after senators blocked the measure, 47-52. Republican…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Rand Paul: ‘We Need to Be Talking About Planned Parenthood’
    Sen. Rand Paul says it’s time to put the Democratic Party on the defensive when it comes to the fight over abortion and defunding Planned Parenthood. “The abortion issue—for years and years, Republicans have kind of said, ‘Well, we’re kind of squeamish, we’re not going to get too involved in this.’ These videos have brought…
    David Brody
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    West Virginia House Speaker Wants to Make Sure Planned Parenthood Isn’t Receiving State Funds
    This post has been updated to include a response from a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, who returned our request for comment after this article was published. The Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates has asked the state’s Department of Health and Human Resources to provide lawmakers with information about any payments…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Senate Republican Leaders Introduce Government Spending Bill Withholding Planned Parenthood Funding for One Year
    Senate Republican leaders unveiled a continuing resolution today that would fund the government for just under three months and prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding for one year. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill Thursday, which funds the government at a rate of $1.017 trillion annually until Dec. 11 and places…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Conservatives Have Unlikely Ally In Arguing Reconciliation Cannot Be Used to Defund Planned Parenthood
    Republican leaders have been considering using a budget tool known as reconciliation to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding. Reconciliation is a tactic that allows legislation to pass with just 51 votes. However, the plan has earned the ire of conservatives, who argue the procedure should be used to roll back Obamacare. Now, a…
    Melissa Quinn
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    This Pro-Life Group Wants You to Try to Schedule a Mammogram at Planned Parenthood
    A pro-life organization has planned “Schedule Your Mammogram Day” on Sept. 21, a national campaign to have participants call Planned Parenthood to schedule a mammogram, a service it does not provide. FactCheck.org has verified that “Planned Parenthood health centers do not offer mammography,” but supporters of the organization often claim that women will lose access…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Over 70 Pro-Life Leaders Oppose Any Bill Funding Planned Parenthood
    More than 70 pro-life leaders signed a memo by the Conservative Action Project to oppose any government spending bill that provides taxpayer funding to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. “The American culture respects human life,” states the memo, whose signatories include conservative leaders such as Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly and Focus on the Family founder James…
    Leah Jessen
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    Report: Planned Parenthood’s Annual Excess Revenue in Millions
    A report released on Sept. 15 by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the Susan B. Anthony list, indicates that Planned Parenthood has reported excess revenues by the millions over the past 10 years. In an investigative report by PolitiFact, the question of whether “excess revenue over expenses” is actually considered “profit” was…
    Sara Jones
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    House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Two Bills That Could Defund Planned Parenthood
    The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on Thursday regarding legislation authored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., vice chairman of the committee, and Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., that would end taxpayer funding for abortion providers who violate the law. Blackburn’s bill would strengthen the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002, and Ellmers’ bill…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Conservatives Face Uphill Battle to Use Government Funding Bill to Punish Planned Parenthood
    House conservatives hoping to make what they believe is the strongest play to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding face an unsettling reality: Many in their conference don’t want to risk even the prospect of a government shutdown. At a closed-door meeting of House lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday, GOP leaders showed lawmakers an…
    Josh Siegel
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    There Is Only One Way to End Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood. Here’s Why.
    Why, oh why, is it so hard for Republicans to do the right thing and put up a good fight to end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood? On this issue, and others before it, it seems the GOP leadership has decided that principles and campaign promises must succumb to the “what we believe is politically…
    Genevieve Wood
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    Republican Who Attacked Senate Leadership on Planned Parenthood Draws a Line in Defunding Debate
    The lead Republican sponsor of a House bill to temporarily halt federal funding to Planned Parenthood attacked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday for his failure to fight on the issue. “You don’t put up a white flag until you’ve fought the battle,” Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., told talk-radio host Dana Loesch. “We haven’t…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Why Conservatives Object to Leadership’s Latest Tactic for Ending Planned Parenthood’s Federal Funding
    Conservatives are pushing back against a Republican leader’s plan to use a budget tool known as reconciliation to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding. Instead, they argue that the tactic should be used to repeal Obamacare as lawmakers originally promised. In an interview with CQ Roll Call, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said he would advocate…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Why Reconciliation Can’t Be Used to Defund Planned Parenthood
    Last May, Congress passed the first concurrent budget resolution in six years. The resolution produced a path to balance by fiscal year 2024 in large part because of an assumption that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s coverage expansion would be repealed, reducing spending and the deficit by almost $2 trillion over the next 10 years….
    Paul Winfree
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    Creator of Undercover Videos Says They Reveal ‘Three Basic Revelations’ About Planned Parenthood
    During a webcast Tuesday evening called “Stop Baby Parts Trafficking,” David Daleiden, the director of the Center for Medical Progress, said that the organization’s videos have exposed “three basic revelations” about Planned Parenthood. First, he said, “Planned Parenthood sells the body parts of the fetuses they abort” and they make money from those sales. Second, Planned…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Pro-Life Groups Launch Website to Help Patients Find Alternatives to Planned Parenthood
    A group of pro-life organizations have launched a website to help patients seeking health care find alternatives to Planned Parenthood. The Daily Signal previously reported that Alliance Defending Freedom and Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the Susan B. Anthony List, compiled a map of alternative health centers across the United States. Now, that…
    Kate Scanlon
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