Federal judge blocks Indiana’s controversial abortion law
A federal judge granted an injunction Thursday that temporarily blocks a controversial new Indiana law that prohibits abortions based on the fetus’ gender or disability.
Senate to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood as judge weighs ban on video footage
The Senate is poised to vote Monday on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood brought by pro-life Republicans even as pro-choice groups take to federal court to stop the release of more graphic undercover videos on the fetal tissue business.
Abortion Opponents Plan Nationwide Planned Parenthood Protest
Anti-abortion groups are planning a coordinated, nationwide protest in front of Planned Parenthood clinics later in August, in an effort to ramp up pressure on the group for its involvement in obtaining aborted fetal tissue.
Rand Paul: It’s time to discuss taxpayer funding for ‘gruesome’ Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will keep up his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and plans to “try to force a vote” to do so, he said Sunday.
Censored: ABC and CBS Refused to Cover Planned Parenthood Selling Aborted Baby Body Parts
A taxpayer-funded organization reportedly selling baby hearts and livers should be a huge story. Not so, say the broadcast networks, which have devoted just 39 seconds to the story, out of the 9 hours and 30 minutes of news shows they’ve aired since it broke.
Abortions declining in nearly all states, survey finds
Abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them – but they’ve also waned in states where abortion rights are protected, an Associated Press survey finds. Nearly everywhere, in red states and blue, abortions are down since 2010.