Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Planned Parenthood on Tuesday endorsed a Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, saying Collins “turned her back” on women and citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as other judicial nominees who oppose abortion. Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

December 10, 2019

Missouri, Planned Parenthood head to court over funding

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Government funding for Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics is at stake in a lawsuit set to be argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. State attorneys are asking Supreme Court judges to back the Republican-led Legislature’s decision to block funding from Planned Parenthood. The Attorney General’s Office appealed to the... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

November 18, 2019

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury found Friday that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and is liable for violating federal and state laws. The jury ordered him, the Center for Medical Progress and other parties to pay nearly $2.3 million in damages. The jury awarded $1 million in... Read More

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Planned Parenthood

August 23, 2019

Critics of Missouri abortion law sue over referendum failure

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Thursday sued Missouri’s top election official, alleging his actions and state laws denied them the right to put one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws to a public vote. No Bans on Choice Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union sought to put the law on the... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

June 21, 2019

Missouri faces deadline to decide on abortion clinic license

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The battle over Missouri’s only abortion clinic is back in court Friday, the deadline a judge imposed for the state to decide whether to renew the clinic’s license. Missouri’s health department allowed the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic’s abortion license to lapse effective June 1. Rulings by St. Louis Circuit Judge... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

May 31, 2019

Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge is deciding whether to ensure Missouri’s only abortion clinic can keep its license past Friday, the latest development in a decades-long push by abortion opponents to get states to enact strict rules on the procedure. Like many states, Missouri over the years enacted a series of regulations, ranging from... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

May 29, 2019

Planned Parenthood: Missouri’s last abortion clinic may shut

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic could be closed by the end of the week because the state is threatening to not renew its license, Planned Parenthood officials said Tuesday. Planned Parenthood officials said in a teleconference that the current license for the St. Louis facility expires Friday. If it isn’t renewed, the... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

May 14, 2019

Planned Parenthood funding in Texas at stake in hearing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is about to again take up the issue of whether and how states can cut off federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. A federal district judge blocked Texas’ effort to stop Planned Parenthood funding in 2017. But a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

April 24, 2019

Planned Parenthood: States should oppose Trump ‘gag rule’

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — It’s time for states with leaders who support abortion rights to go on the offensive against Trump administration attempts to restrict abortion that would reduce access to health care, the president of Planned Parenthood said Tuesday. “States are a critical backstop at a time when we have the Trump-Pence administration stripping... Read More

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Planned Parenthood

March 5, 2019

Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 42-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man has been charged with trying to burn down a local Planned Parenthood clinic last month, federal prosecutors said Monday. Wesley Brian Kaster was arrested Saturday after investigators searched his vehicle and found evidence linking him to the fire at the Planned Parenthood-Columbia Health Center. No... Read More

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Planned Parenthood, Wesley Brian Kaster

February 12, 2019

California judge will keep Planned Parenthood names sealed

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge ruled Monday that the names of 14 Planned Parenthood workers and others will remain sealed during the prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with secretly recording them. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Christopher Hite made the ruling despite the publication of the names on an anti-abortion website over... Read More

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Planned Parenthood

January 18, 2019

Court rules Texas can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday lifted a lower-court ban that prohibited Texas from eliminating Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued the ruling that removes the preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin imposed on the... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

December 11, 2018

Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three justices. The court’s order reflected a split among its conservative justices and an accusation from Justice Clarence Thomas that his... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

November 6, 2018

Planned Parenthood says it’s complying with restriction

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Planned Parenthood said Monday it’s now complying with an Arkansas law that was put on hold requiring doctors providing abortion pills to contract with a physician with admitting privileges at a hospital who agrees to handle any complications. Attorneys for Planned Parenthood Great Plains and the state of Arkansas asked... Read More

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Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins

Missouri, Planned Parenthood head to court over funding

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

Critics of Missouri abortion law sue over referendum failure

Missouri faces deadline to decide on abortion clinic license

Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case

Planned Parenthood: Missouri’s last abortion clinic may shut

Planned Parenthood funding in Texas at stake in hearing

Planned Parenthood: States should oppose Trump ‘gag rule’

Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic

California judge will keep Planned Parenthood names sealed

Court rules Texas can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood says it’s complying with restriction

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