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    EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Watchdog Debunks Argument Defunding Planned Parenthood Hurts Taxpayers
    Pro-lifers continue to urge the Department of Government Efficiency to defund Planned Parenthood, but they aren't putting all their eggs in Elon Musk's basket. As pro-life groups fight for a provision in the budget reconciliation package to remove federal funding from Planned Parenthood, conservatives warn against allowing pro-abortion misinformation to derail efforts to defund the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Ernst Introduces Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation in the Senate Wednesday to prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood after the organization received COVID-19 relief funds. At least $120 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans were provided to affiliates of Planned Parenthood in 2020 and 2021 contrary to “applicable affiliation rules and…
    Harold Hutchison
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    Defunding Planned Parenthood Is a Matter of Life and Death for Black America
    The prospect that American taxpayers, who morally object to abortion, may no longer be forced to fund Planned Parenthood when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, feels promising this time around. And according to Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, the newly slated Department of Government Efficiency advisory committee just might lead the charge to…
    John Amanchukwu Sr.
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    Marketing Life: A Mother’s Journey From Planned Parenthood to Global Pro-Life Movement
    At age 18, Nelly Roach sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic with $246 to pay for an abortion.   “I found myself there, as many many people find themselves, in a place where they don't feel that they have any options,” Roach says.   Roach was born into a Catholic family on the small island nation of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Former Planned Parenthood Chief Needs Our Prayers, Not a Presidential Medal of Freedom
    In a private ceremony Wednesday, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood. Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, this honor is awarded by the president of the United States and is “the nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary…
    Mary Szoch
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    Meet the Detransitioner Suing Planned Parenthood
    Cristina Hineman grew up in a happy, healthy, loving home. She was homeschooled from kindergarten through the eighth grade and had close relationships with her parents and younger sister. Though Hineman knew by the age of 12 that she was attracted to other girls and experienced some confusion over this, she never experienced any discomfort…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris Sent Agents to Raid Pro-Life Journalist’s Home After She Met With Planned Parenthood, Emails Show
    In March 2016, top Planned Parenthood officials in California eagerly emailed one another about an upcoming meeting with the state’s then-attorney general, Kamala Harris. The meeting carried so much import that the Planned Parenthood officials met with Harris’ staff ahead of time “to discuss prep,” emails reviewed by The Daily Signal show. About two weeks…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Planned Parenthood Checklist: More Abortions, Less Actual Health Care, More Tax Dollars Than Ever
    Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 annual report is out. Unlike last year’s annual report, now we’re finally able to see how the 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade is affecting Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers and bottom line. Spoiler alert: Abortions and government funding are at all-time highs. Actual health care for things such as cancer screening…
    Melanie Israel
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    Missouri AG Predicts ‘Negative Findings’ in Probe of Planned Parenthood’s Transgender Business
    Planned Parenthood has refused to produce records that could prove it has irreversibly harmed children without parental consent as part of its booming transgender business, possibly in collusion with the Biden administration, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey revealed this week. Numerous transgender clinics in Missouri, including those affiliated with Planned Parenthood, have failed to comply…
    Ben Johnson
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    EXCLUSIVE: Rubio Calls for DOJ to Investigate Planned Parenthood’s Handling of Aborted Baby Tissue
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is calling for a federal investigation into reports that Planned Parenthood is providing aborted baby body parts to the University of California San Diego in exchange for “valuable consideration”—while also maintaining intellectual property rights over the fetal tissue. “If confirmed, this relationship represents a flagrant…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Videos Show Planned Parenthood Circumventing Abortion Law by Dismembering Babies, Pro-Life Journalist Alleges
    Planned Parenthood officials appear to discuss mutilating the bodies of living babies to bypass federal law against partial-birth abortions in previously unseen undercover videos obtained by the pro-life Center for Medical Progress.  Center founder and self-described journalist David Daleiden told The Daily Signal that the footage, revealed Tuesday at a House hearing, adds to Planned…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Kamala Harris Makes Celebratory Visit to Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic
    Vice President Kamala Harris spent Thursday afternoon visiting a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Minnesota. The visit, which makes her the first vice president to do so, is intended to demonstrate President Joe Biden’s administration’s dedication to promoting abortion in the post-Roe v. Wade era. The visit is a historic first. While a celebratory visit…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Missouri AG Sues Planned Parenthood for ‘Trafficking Minors’ to Get Out-of-State Abortions
    The attorney general of Missouri is suing Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the United States, for “trafficking minors out of state to obtain abortions without parental consent.” “This is the beginning of the end for Planned Parenthood in the State of Missouri,” Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement posted on X,…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    As Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Market Share Goes Up, So Does Its Taxpayer Funding
    To borrow from an old saying, nothing can be certain except for death and taxpayer funding for the abortion industry. At the request of pro-life members of Congress, the Government Accountability Office released the latest round of data detailing how much taxpayer funding goes to Planned Parenthood and other international abortion organizations. From 2019 through…
    Connor Semelsberger
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    Planned Parenthood Turns Its Attention to Confused Adolescents Who Think They’re Trans
    For Planned Parenthood, June is the cruelest month. Last year, on June 24, at the end of a blockbuster Supreme Court term, the high court issued its landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. That ruling overturned Roe v. Wade and clarified once and for all that the Constitution did not, in fact,…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Don’t Defend Planned Parenthood’s ‘Gender-Affirming Care.’ Defund It.
    In post-Roe America, Planned Parenthood is shifting gears. To make up for its lost abortion revenue, it’s expanding its reach into what it calls “transgender hormone therapy.” The recent spike in these services is telling. According to their most recent annual reports, most of the nearly 600 Planned Parenthood centers now dispense cross-sex hormones. In…
    Melanie Israel | Macy Petty | Trey Boyd
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    Planned Parenthood, ACLU Fight to Keep Child Marriage Legal
    If you think child brides are the stuff of faraway cultures, think again. In 2017, child marriage was legal in all 50 states in America. Only recently have survivors started chipping away at the practice, using their nightmarish stories to put a stop to the abuse of (mostly) young girls. California was next in line…
    Suzanne Bowdey
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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Demands Probe Into $20 Million Planned Parenthood Obtained Through CARES Act
    FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL—Republican lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the $20 million that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates allegedly took from the Provider Relief Fund in the COVID-19-related CARES Act. Sen. James Lankford and Rep. Josh Brecheen, both R-Okla., spearheaded the effort in sending a letter Monday to the inspector general of the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Planned Parenthood’s Depraved Marketing Gimmicks
    Planned Parenthood’s history of depravity extends long before its representatives brought cards describing sexually explicit terms to a high school event in June, effectively getting the organization banned from Canadian high schools. For Planned Parenthood, nothing is off limits, from promoting abortion gift cards at Christmas to offering free abortions after the 9/11 terrorist attacks….
    Elise McCue
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    Canadian Province Bars Planned Parenthood From Schools Over Graphic ‘Sex: From A-Z’ Cards?
    Is this what Planned Parenthood means when it says it provides more than just abortions? Planned Parenthood of Regina, Saskatchewan, in Canada brought "SEX: From A-Z" sexual topics cards to ninth graders there last week as part of a presentation about sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, and more. The sexually graphic cards had not been approved…
    Elise McCue
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