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The American Medical Association (AMA) forged its alliance further with the abortion industry Tuesday when it joined Planned Parenthood in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new rule that draws a clear line between abortion and family planning.

Democrat-led states allied with Planned Parenthood are challenging the Trump administration’s new rule that would block about $60 million in family planning funding to the organization because it provides and refers for abortions.

The Trump administration issued a final rule Friday that underscores that federal taxpayer funds provided for family planning services may not be used to support abortion in any way.

Planned Parenthood says it performed 332,757 abortions in the past year – 11,373 more than the 321,384 abortions the group performed in the year 2016-2017. The number of abortions performed contrasts sharply with the number of adoption referrals – 2,831.

The omnibus spending bill is drawing the ire of national pro-life leaders and members of Congress who say many Republicans have broken their promises to the base of the party by funding Planned Parenthood and rejecting an amendment that would provide conscience protections for healthcare workers who refuse to participate in abortions.

“As you probably know, there were congressional investigations that were politically motivated,” Richards said in response to the observation about the FBI probe of her organization. “We’ve been acquitted of everything, so that’s simply not true,”

A group of national pro-life leaders has requested a meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray following the release of text messages between two agents who trashed pro-lifers during the 2016 March for Life in Washington, DC, and even discussed canceling the permit for the event.

Planned Parenthood will still be receiving over half a billion dollars in taxpayer funds, thanks to congressional Republicans.

National pro-life leaders gathering Friday for the 45th annual March for Life in the nation’s capital are praising President Donald Trump and his administration for being “100 percent true” to his campaign promises.

A federal appeals court upheld the state of Tennessee’s 2014 vote in favor of a ballot measure that removed the right to an abortion from the state’s constitution.

During the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, Planned Parenthood and abortion industry political lobbyist NARAL joined in on the hashtags #MeToo and #TimesUp to celebrate the cause.

The Planned Parenthood 2016-2017 annual report shows that it continues to perform over 320,000 abortions per year while offering no mammograms and minimal prenatal services to pregnant women.

A Planned Parenthood clinic in Iowa that has performed abortions for nearly two decades closed after the state diverted taxpayer funds to community health centers that do not perform abortions.

National pro-life leaders are expressing gratitude this Thanksgiving for President Donald Trump, a man who many say is now the “most pro-life president in modern history.”

The GOP’s pro-life base is driving a push to include an adoption tax credit in the Republican tax reform bill.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has drawn the ire of fellow Republicans and the pro-life base of his party by signing into law a measure that will expand taxpayer-funded abortions in his state.

A national pro-life leader is calling upon Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to resign following the failure of Senate Republicans once again to defund Planned Parenthood, most recently in the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill.

National pro-life leaders came together in support of Students for Life of America (SFLA) as the pro-life youth organization launches a national tour just as Congress appears to be poised to pass a healthcare bill that will defund Planned Parenthood.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal says when the government completely takes over health care, all women in America will be able to abort their babies at any time during pregnancy and at taxpayers’ expense.

Singer Kaya Jones says Hollywood’s support for abortion and Planned Parenthood demonstrates “how evil our world has become.”

President Donald Trump’s spending deal that – according to him – made “everybody happy” is not making his pro-life base happy at all.

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) has agreed to a base appropriations subcommittee bill that will essentially undermine the Trump administration’s stated pro-life agenda.

Planned Parenthood is privately raising funds via the sale of X-rated adult sex paraphernalia while simultaneously demanding Americans fund it with their hard-earned money.

A new paper demonstrates that taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood obtains 35 percent of the U.S. abortion market, a figure that well overtakes the market shares of leaders in other industries.

The president of the nation’s largest abortion business is taking a victory lap and hoping to raise funds on the GOP’s failure to repeal Obamacare and eliminate Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding.

National pro-life activists were among the conservative leaders who met with Vice President Mike Pence on Friday to emphasize the importance of debating an Obamacare repeal bill and the elimination of Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding.

Pro-abortion liberal Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and Shelley Moore Capito (WV) say they will not vote in favor of an Obamacare repeal bill. That decision puts the effort to both repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood out of reach for the Republican Party.

Family Research Council (FRC) and other pro-life groups say they are supporting the Senate GOP’s latest draft of a healthcare measure that would eliminate over 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding for one year.

The president of the nation’s largest abortion provider is writing an “inspirational” memoir, says Touchstone of Simon & Shuster.

Planned Parenthood supporter Lena Dunham is selling her clothing to benefit the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Many conservative leaders say whatever form the Republican bill to repeal and/or replace Obamacare takes, it must contain provisions to protect the unborn and get taxpayers out from having to fund Planned Parenthood.

A sex toy company is urging citizens to send their members of Congress a vibrator to support Planned Parenthood as the organization potentially faces the elimination of its taxpayer funding in the GOP Obamacare replacement bill.

Some 30 “handmaids” of Planned Parenthood protested in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to support the nation’s largest abortion provider against efforts to eliminate its taxpayer funding.

The Lipstick Lobby – part of the larger Trump “Resistance” movement – is campaigning for Planned Parenthood with its new shade, “Kiss My Pink,” the proceeds for which will all be donated to the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Chelsea Handler has had enough of President Donald Trump’s pro-life policies and wants his daughter Ivanka to do something about it.

After a four-month delay, Planned Parenthood has released its annual report, which shows increases in the number of abortions performed, taxpayer funding, and profits since its last report.