Fox News Hosts Have No Clue What Planned Parenthood Does

After the release of Republicans’ long-awaited plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act , Fox News’ The Five put on a masterclass in how to get everything wrong about Planned Parenthood’s services and the implications of the attempt to defund the essential health care provider. Earlier this week, Republicans unveiled their alternative to the ACA, called the American Health Care Act .

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When Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the infamous 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, died Feb. 18, this part of her obituary in the Washington Post stood out: Years later, Ms.

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy asks Health and Human Services…

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price isn’t a month into his new job and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is already asking him to take a weed-whacker to President Barack Obama’s abortion legacy. Specifically, the majority leader wants Price to enforce what’s known as the Weldon Amendment to kill an abortion-related government mandate in California.

Montana abortion bill would make doctors try to save fetus

Montana lawmakers pushed forward with a measure Thursday that would effectively ban all abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy, regardless of the medical risks to a woman, by requiring doctors to deliver the fetus and try to save it. Critics of the bill said it could be among the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the nation, even as other states consider their own proposals that would reduce the window for legal abortions.

Action urged on Planned Parenthood funding

Human Life Action, which works closely with the US bishops on pro-life legislation, has called upon pro-life Americans to urge their senators to rescind a Title X funding rule that went into effect two days before President Barack Obama left office. The rule prevents states from excluding Planned Parenthood from receiving Title X family planning funds.

Judge Blocks Texas Cutting Medicaid to Planned Parenthood

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Texas can’t cut off Medicaid dollars to Planned Parenthood over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015 that launched Republican efforts across the U.S. to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider. An injunction issued by U.S. District Sam Sparks of Austin comes after he delayed making decision in January and essentially bought Planned Parenthood an extra month in the state’s Medicaid program.

Judge blocks Texas cutting Medicaid to Planned Parenthood

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Texas can’t cut off Medicaid dollars to Planned Parenthood over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015 that launched Republican efforts across the U.S. to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider. An injunction issued by U.S. District Sam Sparks of Austin comes after he delayed making decision in January and essentially bought Planned Parenthood an extra month in the state’s Medicaid program.

US anti-abortion rallies met by counter-protests

Anti-abortion activists staged dozens of rallies across the US on Saturday against Planned Parenthood, while vocal counter-protests backed the family planning group targeted by Republicans who hold the White House and Congress. Activists held more than 200 demonstrations near Planned Parenthood locations in 45 states, according to the website protestpp.com, demanding the federal government cut off funding to the non-profit health care group.

Protests Against Planned Parenthood and Counterprotests Around US Today

From Maine to California to Hawaii, hundreds of protests against Planned Parenthood and counterprotests in support of the nonprofit health organization are taking place across the country Saturday. #ProtestPP, a national coalition opposed to abortion rights that seeks to end any public funding for Planned Parenthood, says 225 rallies are planned in 45 states so far.

Yale drops slavery proponent Calhoun from college name

After years of debate, Yale University is changing the name of a residential college that honors a 19th century alumnus who ardently supported slavery. After years of debate, Yale University is changing the name of a residential college that honors a 19th century alumnus who ardently supported slavery.

Pro-lifers call on Congress to defund nation’s largest abortion provider

Outside the Planned Parenthood in Springfield and all across the nation, pro-life groups peacefully demonstrated, calling on Congress to strip the abortion provider of federal funding, Saturday Feb. 11. The national event was organized by #Protest PP. “The reason for being out here today is the defunding issue that’s before the U.S. Congress regarding Planned Parenthood.

Police seize Sicilian olive companies linked to Mafia boss

Anti-abortion activists emboldened by the new administration of President Donald Trump are staging rallies around the country calling for the U.S. to cut off payments to Planned Parenthood. Police say a 29-year-old woman plunged about 30 feet to her death off an escalator inside the famed World Trade Center Oculus.

Does pro-life mean pro-Trump?

Thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered Friday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life. While the diverse pro-life crowd was excited about the new administration and the prospects of eventually overturning Roe v.

Abortion bill stalls as activists rally at Oklahoma Capitol

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin shows the large crowd a map of the United States in which Oklahoma is declared the most pro-life state during her her speech to pro-life Oklahomans during Red Rose Day events, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the state Capitol. Oklahoma State Sen. Jason Smalley holds four-month-old Mikaylie during a visit to his Capitol office by the baby’s mother, Marisa Shouse, standing next to Smalley, and some of Shouse’s relatives on Red Rose Day, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the state Capitol.

Abortion numbers dropped in Arizona in 2015, continuing four-year decline

Abortion numbers dropped in Arizona in 2015, continuing four-year decline State health officials say Arizona’s abortions rates are falling, following a declining trend that started in 2011. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2kzR5ro WASHINGTON – The number of abortions in Arizona fell in 2015, continuing a four-year downward trend that began in 2011, according to Arizona Department of Health Services.

Environmentalists Want Your Baby Dead

In an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight , the executive director of the Sierra Club, Michael Brune, advocated abortion to reduce human population , saying that abortion “helps to address the number of the people that we have on this planet. We feel that one of the ways in which we can get to a sustainable population is to empower women to make choices about their own families.”

Besieged Auburn lawmaker defended

INDIANAPOLIS House Speaker Brian Bosma strongly defended a Republican colleague Tuesday after an anti-abortion group picketed the legislator’s home in Auburn for several hours Sunday and also attempted to demonstrate at his church.

Federal judge again blocks Texas fetal remains rules

A federal judge late Friday again blocked Texas rules mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains, in a victory for abortion rights groups. Austin-based U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said that the health department regulations would remain suspended until further notice and that a trial date would be set in coming weeks.

Partya s abortion stance means electoral doom, predicts Democrat at March for Life

A group from Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, N.C., poses for a photo on the National Mall along with thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators who were about to march to the Supreme Court during the March for Life in Washington on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Kristen Day, director of Democrats for Life of America, says the Democratic Party is losing voters because it favors abortion rights.

With Trump on their side, conservatives see hope in lengthy abortion fight

Sensing a political opportunity they have not had in more than a decade, social conservatives are preparing for a lengthy fight over abortion rights that promises to widen the culture war fissures that Republicans have tried for years to bridge. Two fights loom in Washington that are galvanizing the right as it solidifies control of two branches of government and moves to dominate the third: an effort in Congress to eliminate Planned Parenthood’s federal funding and President Donald Trump’s forthcoming choice of a Supreme Court nominee.

Vice President Pence tells anti-abortion rally ‘life is winning’

Vice President Pence tells anti-abortion rally ‘life is winning’ Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators rallied and marched in Washington on Friday. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: http://usat.ly/2kbwhWR Crowds gather on the National Mall in Washington for the March for Life and for the first time in years, abortion opponents will have all the political momentum for their annual rally Friday.

Pence fires up anti-abortion activists in Washington march

Vice President Mike Pence fired up tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington on Friday for the 44th March for Life, celebrating a political shift in their favor with the election of President Donald Trump. “Life is winning again in America,” Pence told the demonstrators on the National Mall, near where Trump was sworn in a week ago before hundreds of thousands.

Pennsylvanians join thousands in D.C. for March for Life: live coverage

Carole Seymour, right, of Shelton, Wash., carries a sign that reads “No More Killing” and features a sticker from the campaign of President Donald Trump as she takes part in an anti-abortion march and rally Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. An anti-abortion-rights march is taking place Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Tens of thousands of people against abortion rights are marching in Washington, D.C., Friday in hopes of overturning abortion laws they consider to be “the greatest human rights violation of our time.”

DC’s March for Life to highlight gains by abortion opponents

For the first time in years, abortion opponents will have all the political momentum when they hold their annual rally Friday on the National Mall. The March for Life, held each year in Washington to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, will have one of its biggest-name speakers in years: Vice President Mike Pence.

Arkansas bans common second-trimester abortion procedure

Arkansas is poised to become the third state to ban a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure under restrictions approved Thursday that are expected to face a legal challenge. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law a measure banning the procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which abortion-rights supporters contend is the safest and most common procedure used in second-trimester abortions.