Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina advised Congressional Republicans to “close the government down” rather than fund Planned Parenthood in an interview set to broadcast on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Fiorina was asked, “If it comes down to closing the government
CNN’s “The Lead” host Jake Tapper told White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest “somebody at the White House should maybe watch the videos” during an interview on Planned Parenthood on Monday. Tapper asked Earnest if he was contending that nothing
Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released a video in which she slammed her Republican rivals, former Govs. Jeb Bush (R-FL) and Rick Perry (R-TX), Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) and Republican lawmakers over their calls to defund Planned Parenthood in
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (and prominent Planned Parenthood political donation recipient) released a new campaign ad defending the abortion corporation in the wake of the explosive undercover video investigation conducted by the Center for Medical Progress. “If this
Sen. Joe Manchin (WVA) will be the first Democrat U.S. Senator to support defunding Planned Parenthood.
In what some conservative leaders are calling a “show vote,” the Senate will hold a vote Monday afternoon to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of undercover videos showing the organization’s officials engaged in the sale of body parts of aborted babies.
MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” host and NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell stated that people were “disturbed” by “what they think they saw” in the Planned Parenthood videos that were “taken out of context” during an interview with
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards responded to a question about the casual tone and wine drinking in the videos published by the Center for Medical Progress by blasting the group for creating “distorted and deceptive videos to do just that” on
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest admitted to not seeing the Planned Parenthood videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, but maintained the videos were released “not because of news value, but because of shock value” on Monday’s broadcast
Congress is in a month-long recess, but when it returns it will have just days to approve a spending plan to keep government open. That looming fight is very likely to turn on Planned Parenthood funding, with its half-a-billion yearly take from the federal Treasury.
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union With Jake Tapper,” Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized Planned Parenthood, describing it as a “front for abortions.” Paul said, “I think we can have disputes over abortion. Our country’s divided. Some people
Judge William H. Orrick III, the federal judge who granted a temporary restraining order against the release of further videos depicting Planned Parenthood medical officials’ participation in the sale of the organs of aborted babies, is an Obama appointee and a major bundler and donor for Obama’s presidential campaign.
While speaking on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” on Saturday, columnist for The Guardian and The Daily Beast Ana Marie Cox reacted to the GOP’s threat to defund Planned Parenthood, calling it “showmanship.” Cox explained that federal money is not
At a press conference Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans’ talk of defunding Planned Parenthood is a “distraction,” that will hold little weight with Americans because the organization has a “solid grounding of support with the American people.”
A fact check published 10 days ago by Annenberg’s FactCheck.org has become a touchstone for progressives writing about a series of Planned Parenthood sting videos. But the fact check only looks at the first of those videos and even then seems to miss some important facts.
Ohio State Representative Bill Patmon (D) refuted claims that criticism of Planned Parenthood is part of the “War on Women” by stating, “you are in favor of women, yet you abort the girls?” on Friday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto”
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh criticized Democrats for defending Planned Parenthood while claiming to be the party of “the little guy” on Friday. Rush said of the videos, “The White House says nothing to see here. Hillary Clinton says she’s
A new report released jointly by PACs America Rising and Women Speak Out, partner of pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, chronicles the longstanding relationship between Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood.
Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said that people should be more outraged over Planned Parenthood’s actions than they are over the death of Cecil the lion in an interview with TMZ on Friday. Rubio said that whatever the
Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) wants the federal government to revoke the nonprofit status of abortion provider Planned Parenthood (PP), as well as its associated political action organization.
Apparently StemExpress talked about things that may shock America and any future stockholders of the as-yet privately held company. StemExpress filed a lawsuit against Daleiden earlier this week in hopes of stopping the video and other material from being distributed.
New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie stated that the Planned Parenthood videos are the first test of whether Attorney General Loretta Lynch is “going to be the chief federal law enforcement officer of this country, or is
“Big Abortion” has filed litigation to prevent another Center for Medical Progress undercover video, exposing Planned Parenthood’s and StemExpress’s “grotesque” practice of dead fetus body part “procurement,” from being released.
With their legislation to defund Planned Parenthood and redirect those federal funds to women’s health care facilities that don’t provide abortions, Senate Republicans say they are sending the message that their proposal is not about politics, but about the “moral fabric” of the nation.
“This is one of the greatest illustrations of the butchery, if you will, of our culture and the literal attack on words to call what happens in a Planned Parenthood clinic ‘health,’” Limbaugh said. “Whether you preface it by saying women’s health or whatever, there’s nothing healthy going on in here.”
