A group of conservative Mississippi state lawmakers are urging their congressional delegation in Washington to vote against any continuing resolution that includes funding for Planned Parenthood.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) declared “Planned Parenthood is the new ACORN” on Wednesday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel. Chaffetz said, “I want the American to know that the revenue to Planned Parenthood was $127
GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee blasted the priorities of Washington politicians as “pathetic and absolutely absurd” when asked about his reaction to the Planned Parenthood hearing on Tuesday.
Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) declared that the treatment of Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards during her congressional testimony “made the Spanish Inquisition look like tiddlywinks” on Wednesday’s “NewsNation” on MSNBC. Connolly said, “I must say, the treatment she got yesterday
One of the arguments Cecile Richards has trotted out in the past whenever Planned Parenthood funding is challenged is that women would lose basic health care, including mammograms. In testimony under oath before the House Oversight Committee, Cecile Richards finally came clean about the mammogram lie. She said repeatedly to the House panel that her organization and none of its facilities do mammograms.
During her testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards was presented a chart showing how Planned Parenthood breast exams have plummeted at the same time that abortions have increased. The chart shows that 2006 to 2013, Planned Parenthood cancer screenings dropped from 2,007,371 to 935,573, a drop of more than 50 percent.
The Senate passed a temporary spending measure Wednesday, sending the bill over to the House for final passage before government funding expires at midnight. The continuing resolution funds government through December 11 and will allow congressional negotiators more time to agree on a budget deal. It does not defund Planned Parenthood as many Republicans desired, and averts a shutdown for now.
Bill Nye Defends Planned Parenthood, Says Pro-Life People Are ‘Ignorant’
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards testifies before Congress — under oath — that she never said that her organization provided mammograms to women. But that’s a stark contradiction to what she actually said in a 2011 interview with Joy Behar on CNN.
Republican Majority Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gave Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) a B- and vowed to fight to defund Obamacare, the president’s executive action on immigration, Planned Parenthood, and the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox
New York police arrested the mother of a newborn for killing the baby by throwing it out a 7th-story window, reports revealed on Tuesday.
Troy Newman was removed from a United Airlines fight from Denver to Los Angeles and was told by a gate agent that the “Australian Embassy” had canceled his visa. The United agent told Newman the Australian Embassy told “us to stop you.” Newman has the exchange on video tape. Newman said he and his wife were on the plane to L.A. when he was removed.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards stated that “some of the comments” at her Congressional testimony “were pretty sexist” on Tuesday’s “Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC. Richards was asked, one of the things that Republican members of Congress really did badger
The House approved a bill Tuesday that would make the defunding of Planned Parenthood easier in the states themselves.
An independent forensics team has analyzed all the raw footage of the undercover videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress and has determined they are “authentic and show no evidence of manipulation or editing.”
The head of Planned Parenthood defended herself and her organization Tuesday against intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where congressional lawmakers used a committee hearing to question her about her salary, the organization’s spending and where federal funding to the organization goes.
Stating on numerous occasions that she was trying to be as cooperative as possible with the committee, Cecil Richards nevertheless evaded some questions about Planned Parenthood’s abortion business, often responding she “did not know” the answer to questions a CEO might be expected to know. At one point, as Live Action president Lila Rose tweeted, she was asked if babies who survive abortions should be given medical care, Richards replied, “I have never heard of such a circumstance happening.”
Breitbart News is providing the full video released by the Center for Bioethical Reform so viewers can verify for themselves that this is the source of the brief clip previously seen in the CMP documentary which led to its being described in the GOP debate. CBR released the clip early Tuesday morning with the title “Carly Fiorina was right.”
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards stated “we do not have mammogram machines at our health centers” and “if you need a mammogram, you’re referred to a radiological clinic, and that’s what we do at Planned Parenthood” during testimony before Congress
Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) stated that those who overlook Planned Parenthood’s behavior “have to take rank with those people who have done those kinds of things in the past when genocides occur” and that “the same argument” that was used to
A judge on Tuesday blocked an order issued by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to cut off federal money going to Planned Parenthood in the state after the release of secretly recorded videos by a California anti-abortion group.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) criticized her former U.S. senatorial campaign opponent Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina for her opposition to Planned Parenthood saying she does not fight for women and “she’ll say almost anything to
Richards was also challenged on one of her claims, that Planned Parenthood provides mammograms. In the hearing today finally admitted none of her facilities do. She admitted that Planned Parenthood only ever refers women for mammograms
Left-wing comedian Margaret Cho has taken her support for Planned Parenthood to another level. Cho posed a pro-abortion argument on Twitter this week.
Representative Gerald Connolly (D-VA) accused his colleagues of “misogyny” during Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ congressional testimony on Tuesday. Connolly said, “I hope every American woman is watching today’s hearing, because just the visuals, as well as the the audios
