Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved swiftly Thursday to shut down any possible conservative attempt to block funding for Planned Parenthood, the federally-funded abortion provider weathering a political scandal.
Louisiana Governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said that if he was president he would send the IRS, DOJ, and “everybody else that we can send from the federal government” to investigate Planned Parenthood at Thursday’s GOP presidential debate.
Though Gov. Scott Walker redirected approximately $1 million of prior Wisconsin funding that went primarily to Planned Parenthood in his state to other public women’s health centers that do not provide abortions, a state lawmaker says there is “more work to do” and is seeking to completely defund the organization in the state.
This week, the Center for Medical Progress released a fifth video showing Planned Parenthood executives openly discussing the process and utility of selling fetal organs. This time, Director for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Melissa Farrell boasts that selling fetal organs for research “contributes so much to the bottom line of our organization here.”
A woman walks into a Planned Parenthood clinic wanting to know if she’s pregnant, and if she is, can she get an abortion.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said “every procedural tool” should be used to defund Planned Parenthood, adding that if there is a shutdown, it is the fault of Democrats, not the GOP on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.”
In a new video released Tuesday morning, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie challenged Hillary Clinton’s record of supporting Planned Parenthood — even after a new undercover video investigation questioned their ethical practices.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration says it is demanding answers from Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) in light of the fifth undercover video revealing the director of research for that affiliate discussing the sale of intact aborted babies.
Medical researchers are growing human organs in mice by implanting dead human baby organs into rodents, a practice that stands to gain greater scrutiny in light of undercover videos exposing what appears to be Planned Parenthood affiliates selling aborted baby parts to medical procurement companies like StemExpress.
On Wednesday, CNN’s “New Day” anchor Alisyn Camerota said Planned Parenthood seems “to be much better represented in the transcripts” of videos released by the Center for Medical Progress than they are in the videos themselves. Co-anchor Chris Cuomo asked,
Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Governor Rick Perry stated that there are more ways to get things done other than a government shutdown during a discussion of Planned Parenthood on Tuesday’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” on the Fox Business
On CNN this morning Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden said, “After three and a half weeks Planned Parenthood has still not addressed the claim about partial birth abortions which is a very clear description given by their senior director of medical services from the very first video that we produced.”
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul argued that if there is a shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding “it would be the Democrats shutting down government” on Tuesday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel. Rand said, “I’ve always
GOP 2016 contenders Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are joining forces in a confrontational intervention that intends to defund Planned Parenthood.
A video just released by the Center for Medical Progress taken undercover in Texas shows a Planned Parenthood research director discussing the sale of whole intact aborted babies to a company that resells them to medical researchers.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Rundown With José Díaz-Balart,” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said this week’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood in light of videos that show Planned Parenthood doctors negotiating over the price of fetal tissue is “a war on women’s
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough criticized Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for her remarks aimed at Republicans aiming to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Scarborough pointed out Warren was trying to conflate women’s health with this funding,
Following the Senate’s failure to advance legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, largely along party lines, 53-46, the pro-life community reacted by vowing to press on with legislation that would defund the nation’s largest abortion provider.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) introduced a bill Tuesday that would guarantee that organizations, private businesses, higher education institutions, and healthcare and insurance providers would not have to sponsor any type of insurance coverage that would violate religious or moral beliefs.
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Monday that Louisiana is ending its Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said that if people wanted Planned Parenthood funded they should “take money out of their pocket” and “find other depraved individuals to help them” at Monday’s Voters First Presidential Forum in New Hampshire. Carson said
Sen. Lindsey Graham appears to have been absent from a vote on federal funding for Planned Parenthood, contributing to the bill’s failure.
Monday during the Planned Parenthood funding debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) scolded Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) for telling the story of a friend who gave birth to a premature baby that weighed 14 ounces. Lankford said,
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that he would support shutting down the government to defund Planned Parenthood on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Trump was asked, “the only way to get rid of Planned Parenthood money for selling off baby
Planned Parenthood survived a procedural vote Monday in the U.S. Senate on a bill to defund the organization, after a series of undercover videos emerged to suggest that the organization may have been willing to sell fetal organs from late-term abortions to tissue companies.
