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    ‘We Were Crying’: One Woman Shares Why She Left Planned Parenthood
    For Myra Neyer, a mom and former Planned Parenthood employee, there was one defining moment that influenced her to leave the abortion giant. “There was this one girl, young girl—maybe 19, maybe 20, young—she came in, [and] her boyfriend didn’t want any children,” Neyer, who used to work at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Baltimore,…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Ignore the Scam: Planned Parenthood No Supporter of African-Americans
    Plenty of movements have tried to hitch their wagon to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. For years, people across the political spectrum have claimed him as one of their own—in part because it’s convenient and in part because he isn’t here to dispute it. But no cause is more antithetical to King’s than…
    Tony Perkins
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    5 Key Numbers From Planned Parenthood’s New Annual Report
    Planned Parenthood’s recently released annual report shows the organization is providing significantly more abortions than adoption referrals. According to its 2016-2017 annual report, Planned Parenthood performed 321,384 abortions but only 3,889 adoption referrals. Planned Parenthood also provided 7,762 prenatal services in 2016-2017, down from 9,419 in 2015-2016. The abortion giant’s excess revenue increased from $77.5…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Problematic Women: Planned Parenthood, Iran Protests, and Celebrity Feminists
    The voices of American feminists are largely absent on protests in Iran, Joy Behar  of “The View” says Trump needs to be “medicated and hospitalized,” Iceland takes its equal pay law to a new level, and Planned Parenthood released its 2017 annual report. All this and more in this week’s edition of Problematic Women, co-hosted with…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Podcast: What Planned Parenthood’s New Report Shows About Abortion Giant
    A new report from Planned Parenthood shows profits are up, and the number of abortions far outpace the number of prenatal services given. We discuss with The Heritage Foundation’s Melanie Israel, an expert in the pro-life area. Plus: France threatens to crack down on “fake news.”
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis
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    Another Planned Parenthood Clinic Shuts Its Doors
    An Iowa Planned Parenthood clinic will close its doors Friday after government defunding forced it to discontinue operations. “After nearly two decades in the Quad Cities, on Friday, December 29, 2017, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland will officially close their Bettendorf location, a move directly resulting from defunding by extreme Iowa lawmakers,” Planned Parenthood said…
    Grace Carr
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    Justice Department Requests ‘Unredacted’ Findings of Senate Investigation That Included Planned Parenthood
    The Department of Justice is requesting unredacted copies of a 2016 report conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee on those involved in fetal tissue and body parts sales and transfer. “At this point, the records are intended for investigative use only—we understand that a resolution from the Senate may be required if the department were…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Planned Parenthood Is in Deep Trouble With the Law. This Could Be a Turning Point.
    We are living through a remarkable time in history. Almost daily, those in influential positions who once appeared untouchable are falling out of popular favor as their abuses are exposed. Earlier this month, one particularly corrupt institution was dealt back-to-back blows: Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business. On Nov. 13, The Hill reported that…
    Marjorie Dannenfelser
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    Report: FBI May Be Investigating Planned Parenthood’s Dealings in Aborted Body Parts
    The FBI signaled this week agents may be investigating whether Planned Parenthood’s dealings in fetal tissue were legal. Sources told The Hill news organization that the FBI has requested documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee obtained from the committee’s investigation into Planned Parenthood’s disposal of organs and other body parts from aborted babies. The investigation came after…
    Rachel Stoltzfoos
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    Washington State Schools Might Adopt Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Program
    Washington state public schools are considering adopting a Planned Parenthood sex education program that already operates in four other states and is looking to go national. The Human Growth and Development Citizen Advisory Committee for Spokane, Washington, is considering using the abortion giant’s “Get Real” program, which will head to the school board as well…
    Grace Carr
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    Planned Parenthood Is Targeting Baby Girls in the Womb
    Planned Parenthood wants you to think it is the champion of women. But if it achieves its goals, there may not be very many women left to champion. Last year, Indiana passed a law that banned sex-selective abortion—the killing of unborn babies based on their sex. But last week, a federal district judge granted a…
    Cathy Ruse
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    Planned Parenthood Loses Legal Battle Over Medicaid Funding in Arkansas
    This week, a federal appeals court upheld Arkansas’ decision to cancel its Medicaid provider agreement with Planned Parenthood, which allowed Medicaid recipients to receive non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood clinics. This is good news for other states that decide to stop allowing taxpayers’ money to flow to Planned Parenthood. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in…
    Elizabeth Slattery | Melanie Israel
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    In Video, Planned Parenthood Medical Chief Tells How to Get Around Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion
    A new undercover video shows a top physician at a Planned Parenthood affiliate discussing how her organization routinely circumvents federal law regulating certain late-term abortions. In the latest hidden-camera video from the Center for Medical Progress, Dr. Suzie Prabhakaran, vice president of medical affairs for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, talks about using…
    Christine Roe
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    Oregon Lawmakers Vote to Bail Out Planned Parenthood
    The demand for abortion in Oregon is going down, so why do pro-abortion lawmakers there seem so determined to increase it? From 2011 to 2014, Oregon saw a 15 percent decline in the number of abortions. It also saw a 7 percent decline in the number of abortion providers. But, apparently that isn’t a trend…
    Genevieve Wood
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    The Myth That Cuts to Planned Parenthood Hiked Maternal Mortality Rate
    USA Today published an article last week about outgoing National Organization for Women (NOW) President Terry O’Neill. O’Neill reflected on her eight-year term as NOW president. However, most of the article granted O’Neill a very public forum to criticize President Donald Trump, and specifically his pro-life policies. O’Neill spent a considerable amount of time claiming…
    Michael J. New
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    March for Life Wants Justice Department to Investigate Planned Parenthood
    The March for Life, along with over a dozen other organizations, signed a letter released Tuesday asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI acting Director Andrew McCabe to investigate Planned Parenthood’s involvement in the selling of fetal tissue. “We, the undersigned representing millions of Americans, strongly support an investigation into paid fetal tissue transfers involving Planned…
    Paul Runko
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    These Numbers From New Planned Parenthood Report Show Need to Defund Abortion Giant
    Each year, Planned Parenthood Federation of America issues an annual report outlining the abortion giant’s medical service data, revenue and expenses, and advocacy and educational activity. This week, the 2015-2016 report went public. These reports are typically published in December or January, but this year’s highly anticipated report was inexplicably released several months later than…
    Melanie Israel
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    Undercover Video Exposes Deep Contradiction at the Heart of Planned Parenthood
    Just hours after Hollywood filmmaker Joss Whedon launched a foul piece of propaganda celebrating Planned Parenthood, an undercover video surfaced that reveals a much darker reality about the nation’s leading abortion business. Though buoyed by well over $500 million in taxpayer dollars each year, Planned Parenthood offers little else in medical services beyond abortion—despite its rhetoric…
    Jay Hobbs
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    Congress Right to Affirm That States Can Defund Planned Parenthood
    It isn’t often that Congress moves a heavy burden off the backs of the states and allows them the freedom to be actual “laboratories of democracy.” Yet the Senate did just that Thursday in voting 51-50 (with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie) to invoke the Congressional Review Act to rescind an Obama administration…
    Steven Aden
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    Pro-Life Activist Who Filmed Planned Parenthood Responds to ‘Bogus’ Charges
    The pro-life activists who created undercover videos that triggered multiple state and congressional investigations into Planned Parenthood’s abortion practices are facing more than a dozen new felony charges in California. The charges, brought by the state’s attorney general, allege Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden and his partner, Sandra Merritt, unlawfully recorded people without…
    Kelsey Bolar
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