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 .
Category: Abortion
Here’s How the War on Women Could Land in the Supreme Court
During his campaign, President Donald Trump pledged his commitment to the anti-abortion movement and promised he would only appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision that made abortion legal.
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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.
Roe No More – How Three Lives Connect In The Hoped-For Overturning Of Roe v. Wade
Three different lives that one day, perhaps soon, may be forever linked in the righting of one of America’s greatest wrongs – our courts’ de facto categorization of preborn people as sub-human, a wrong embedded in Roe v. Wade .
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.
Michigan Republicans are on a mission to de-fund Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood helped me prevent an abortion when I was able to access “the morning after pill” after a birth control failure. Despite that-and a law barring federal funding of abortion-Planned Parenthood remains a target of conservatives in Congress.
Legacy of Roe v. Wade endures after death of woman who sued
Using the pseudonym “Jane Roe,” Norma McCorvey undertook a legal challenge that culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in 1973 that legalized abortion nationwide. McCorvey died Saturday at age 69. McCorvey, then living in Texas, was pregnant with her third child and wanted an abortion.
Okla. advances GOP bill requiring fathers’ consent for abortions
A legislative bill gaining momentum in Oklahoma could force women wanting to have an abortion to first obtain consent from the fathers of their fetuses. The so-called HB 1441 bill , authored by Republican Rep. Justin Humphrey, passed the state House Committee on Public Health on Tuesday, and is now up for a full House vote.
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.
Anti-abortion activists, counter-protesters rally around US
Rallies aimed at urging Congress and President Donald Trump to end federal f… . Supporters of Planned Parenthood hold counter protest as abortion opponents demonstrate outside Planned Parenthood in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.
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.
Senate leader: New Yorkers would have access to abortion after Roe
Our goal for the week was to find 100 people who’ve never given a single dollar to NCPR. We found: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to pass an amendment enshrining the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 abortion decision Roe v.
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.”
Is Donald Trump an Ebola-Level Global Health Threat?
Trump is a genuine threat not only to the health and well-being of Americans, but of people all over the world – especially women. . The Ebola outbreak, which killed some 12,000 people, was one.
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.
How Trump’s Supreme Court pick could tilt abortion, unions and affirmative action
Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February, the Supreme Court has been evenly divided between Democratic appointees and Republican ones. This has resulted in occasional deadlocks and many narrow decisions.
Anti-abortion rally draws large crowd to Texas Capitol
Amid Texas’ battle to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, thousands of Texans participated in this year’s March for Life. Marchers made their way to Capitol grounds Saturday morning carrying signs calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood and for overturning Roe v.
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 becomes 1st vice president to address March for Life
Wade” U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in Wa… . FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, file photo, people walk past Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court in Washington, during the March for Life 2016, the annual rally held on the anniversary of 1973 ‘Roe v.
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
Wade” U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in Wa… . FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, file photo, people walk past Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court in Washington, during the March for Life 2016, the annual rally held on the anniversary of 1973 ‘Roe v.
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.
Will Media Give Same Amount Of Positive Coverage To The Annual March…
The annual March for Life will take place in Washington D.C. tomorrow. Typically the event is downplayed, or altogether ignored by the MSM.
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.
Historic Address: Vice President Pence Scheduled to Speak at March for Life
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to speak at tomorrow’s March for Life, the first time in the march’s 44-year history that a sitting vice president will address the hundreds of thousands of marchers who have come to Washington, D.C. every year since 1974 to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
House GOP to McConnell: Kill the filibuster
Popular definition of insanity : Doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result. Political definition of insanity : Doing the same things Harry Reid did and expecting a good result .