Abortion

Carson hurled his latest attack against Blacks and abortion during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he compared women who terminate their pregnancies to "slave owners."

On Tuesday, the debate over funding Planned Parenthood saw civilities fly out the window during a Congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. The head of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, sat before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for five hours, and Republicans seemed to pull no punches in their attempt to discredit the organization and remove its […]

The Washington Post fact checks the GOP presidential candidate's claim about Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood's founder.

Senate Democratic leaders on Monday blocked a procedural vote that would have cut funding for Planned Parenthood, according to The Huffington Post. Republican leaders needed 60 votes to move the measure to the Senate floor, but they came up short in a vote of 53-46, The Post writes. From The Huffington Post: Every Democrat except […]

Following the unveiling of legislation that may defund Planned Parenthood, democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday the move is “an attack women’s health.” According to the Huffington Post, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fast-tracked the legislation Tuesday; the same day Republicans announced the measure. “The attempt by Senate Republicans to […]

In major blowback over a spate of negative videos that accuse Planned Parenthood of selling fetal parts for profit, the Los Angeles Superior Court this week issued a restraining order against an anti-abortion group barring leaders from releasing more material, according to The New York Times. The court on Tuesday issued a restraining order against […]

In an effort to distinguish himself in the crowded Republican field of 16 presidential candidates, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson blasted Planned Parenthood with old recriminations in the aftermath of deceptively edited videos that accuse the group of selling fetal body parts. During a recent phone interview with radio host Jan Mickelson on WHO Radio in Des Moines, […]

In a letter to Congress, a lawyer for Planned Parenthood on Monday said that the deceptively edited video released last week by anti-abortion activists is part of an ongoing harassment campaign by extremists designed to bring down the abortion rights group, according to New York Magazine. The letter was penned in response to an announcement […]

The group also says the video of Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical research, was deceptively edited.

The stigma against the termination of unwanted pregnancies has changed over the years, and now, a recent study reveals that the majority of women who have had an abortion do not regret their decision. A study by PLOS ONE at the University of California showed 95 percent of women who terminated their pregnancy believe that the choice was […]

The Supreme Court just scored another so-called “like” from liberal admirers after voting 5-4 on Monday to allow 10 abortion clinics in Texas to remain open, as they weigh whether to hear an appeal from a decision that effectively orders them to close, according to The New York Times. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and […]

Many of the schoolgirls who escaped the wrath of Boko Haram are now facing backlash within their own communities, CNN reports. Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the Islamic militant group in April 2014, prompting a worldwide campaign to bring them back to their families. After it was reported earlier this year that Nigeria helped rescue over 700 […]