Tag: Abortion

Planned Parenthood has contributed $679,596 directly to federal candidates, $676,885 of that to Democrats, in 2014. (AP file)

Planned Parenthood spent $5 million for Dems, $13k for GOP

Barbara Boland · September 13, 2015 7:23 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, walks with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., toward the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House sets Planned Parenthood defunding votes

Curt Mills · September 11, 2015 6:13 pm

Planned Parenthood sues Arkansas

Robert King · September 11, 2015 5:42 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,Â said Thursday that Republicans who've said the party lacks enough votes to block federal funding of the controversial women's health provider "get it exactly wrong."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A Planned Parenthood shutdown? Paul says ‘so be it’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 10, 2015 7:43 pm

Rand Paul argued Thursday that the GOP should send a government funding bill to President Obama's desk without any funding for Planned Parenthood.Â (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)Â

Rand Paul: Blame Dems for shutdown over Planned Parenthood

Barbara Boland · September 10, 2015 6:24 pm

Democrats have found the claims to be unsubstantiated, said Energy and Commerce ranking member Frank Pallone and oversight ranking member Diana DeGette. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats: No proof Planned Parenthood broke law

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 9, 2015 3:23 pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress begins long-awaited hearings Wednesday on Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Abortion the focus at Planned Parenthood hearing

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 9, 2015 3:20 pm

Planned Parenthood Action Council holds a community rally in Salt Lake City. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

WSJ to GOP: Don’t use Planned Parenthood to shut down the government

Eddie Scarry · September 9, 2015 3:10 pm

The media distorts Pope Francis’ message on abortion

The media distorts Pope Francis’ message on abortion

Janet Morana · September 5, 2015 4:01 am

David Ritz, 65, stands as a volunteer escort outside Affiliated Medical Services, a Milwaukee abortion clinic, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo)Â

States report declining abortions

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, right, and John Conyers of Michigan, left, wrote to their Republican counterparts Thursday, asking them to stop investigating Planned Parenthood. (AP file)

Dems: Suspend Planned Parenthood probes

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 3, 2015 5:55 pm

Primarily at stake in the Texas case is a 1992 compromise set forth in the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which found that any restriction on abortion has to be in the interest of protecting women's health or the potential life. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Abortion clinics ask Supreme Court to overturn Texas law

Robert King · September 3, 2015 3:25 pm