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Pa. Looks to Defund Planned Parenthood

Joins growing number of bills nationwide targeting PP

(Newser) - Add Pennsylvania to the list of states moving to yank Planned Parenthood's funding: Republican state Rep . Daryl Metcalfe is today bringing legislation, co-written by two pro-life groups, that would knock organizations that offer abortions to the bottom of the pile of those seeking state funding. Metcalfe insists that the...

Arizona Bans Funding to Planned Parenthood

Jan Brewer cuts off abortion providers from state money

(Newser) - Gov. Jan Brewer yesterday signed into law a bill to cut off Planned Parenthood's access to taxpayer money funneled through the state for non-abortion services. Arizona already bars use of public money for abortions except to save the life of the mother. But anti-abortion legislators and other supporters of...

Judge: No Blocking Funds for Planned Parenthood

Judge Lee Yeakel stops Texas Republicans

(Newser) - A federal judge today stopped Texas from preventing a health organization affiliated with abortion providers from receiving state funds. The state immediately appealed. US District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin ruled there is sufficient evidence that a law banning Planned Parenthood from the state's Women's Health Program is...

Komen Cash Pours Back into Planned Parenthood

Groups re-forge bond after funding debacle

(Newser) - As the dust settles on this year's Planned Parenthood funding controversy, Susan G. Komen Foundation dollars are making their way back into the organization's coffers. Komen will fund at least 17 Planned Parenthood affiliates this year, approximately matching last year's figure. While some funding applications were rejected...

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas
Planned Parenthood
Sues Texas 
Apr 11, 2012 2:38 PM CDT

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas

Group objects to being excluded from women's health program

(Newser) - Planned Parenthood sued Texas today for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women. The group contends in its lawsuit that a new state law banning organizations affiliated with abortion providers from participating in the Women's Health Program amounts to unconstitutional discrimination...

Anti-Abortion Grandpa Sued for Blocking Clinic

It's 'rewarding work,' says protester Dick Retta

(Newser) - The US Justice Department is suing an "aggressive," persistent 80-year-old grandpa for "yelling at" and blocking women from getting abortions during his regular protests at a DC Planned Parenthood clinic, according to court documents. Dick Retta, who boasts he has convinced 400 pregnant women to leave the...

Planned Parenthood Rejects Comic's $500K

Tucker Max offered enough to have center in his name

(Newser) - The guy who wrote the bestseller I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell offered Planned Parenthood $500,000, enough to have a location named after him—but the organization has turned the money down. The humorist has been called a misogynist for some choice tweets, the Huffington Post notes. One...

Bomb Rattles Wisconsin Planned Parenthood

None hurt in last night's blast

(Newser) - A bomb went off outside a Planned Parenthood location in Wisconsin last night, causing a fire that slightly damaged an exam room. No one was harmed in the blast, the New York Daily News reports. The homemade device, consisting of chemicals in a plastic bottle, was located on an outside...

Time to Forgive Susan G. Komen for the Cure

It screwed up on Planned Parenthood, but deserves second shot: Blogger

(Newser) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is by all accounts still reeling from the backlash over its bid to cut Planned Parenthood funding. And while the breast cancer charity deserved all the scorn it got, writes Amy Tennery at the JaneDough blog , it might just be time for...

Komen's Woes Grow: Chair Joins Exodus

Organization now also down 5 execs

(Newser) - Another big name is leaving his post at Susan G. Komen for the Cure following its Planned Parenthood controversy —the chairman of the charity's board. Renowned cancer surgeon LaSalle Leffall is stepping down, though he'll stay on as a board member, the Washington Post reports. A rep...

Execs Quit Struggling Komen
 Execs Quit Struggling Komen 
Mar 21, 2012 7:11 AM CDT

Execs Quit Struggling Komen

Planned Parenthood incident hurting breast cancer foundation's fundraising

(Newser) - Two high-level executives at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation have stepped down for "personal" reasons, as the company struggles to recover from its bout with Planned Parenthood. Dara Richardson-Heron, CEO of the group's New York City affiliate, announced her resignation yesterday, joining executive VP and...

Rick Perry Deluged With Women's Health Queries

Facebook sarcasm follows Planned Parenthood controversy

(Newser) - Controversy over women's health care funding in Texas has prompted a direct assault on Rick Perry's Facebook page . The governor has been treated to a wealth of highly specific—and sarcastic—questions about women's health, the Houston Chronicle reports. "Rick, how do you feel about the...

Romney: I'll Get Rid of Planned Parenthood

Dems pounce on defunding remark

(Newser) - Mitt Romney was denounced by Democrats and women's health groups yesterday after saying he would "get rid of" Planned Parenthood if he becomes president. "Of course you get rid of Obamacare, that's the easy one, but there are others," he said in response to a...

Hey, Men: Contraception Is Your Fight, Too

This is not just a women's issue: Glenn W. Smith and James Moore

(Newser) - Women may be the people who actually take birth control pills, but men benefit from the practice just the same. The pill "has made our sex lives a lot simpler, and let's admit it, a hell of a lot more enjoyable," write Glenn W. Smith and James...

Feds Stop Health Care Funding Over Abortion Fight

Texas Gov. Rick Perry fumes after Kathleen Sebelius announces decision

(Newser) - Last year, Texas announced it would stop paying Planned Parenthood to provide women's health care. Yesterday the feds responded, saying they would withhold funding for a Texas program that provides health care to more than 100,000 low-income women, MSNBC reports. Texas Gov. Rick Perry fumed, calling it an...

Beware the Birth Control Grizzlies

Women could come flying off the bench in 2012 over health issues

(Newser) - Forget the mama grizzlies. In 2012, Hell may hath no fury like a woman voter scorned by the right, reports Politico . Between Rick Santorum's call for states to be able to ban birth control, Komen's defunding of Planned Parenthood , Catholic bishops' contraception brouhaha , a Santorum backer who defined...

Planned Parenthood Aside, Komen Is Just Ineffective

We must continue to put pressure on breast cancer organization: Peggy Orenstein

(Newser) - The furor that pushed the Komen foundation to reverse its controversial Planned Parenthood decision must now be turned to other aspects of the breast cancer fundraising organization, writes Peggy Orenstein in the Los Angeles Times . Despite the name "Susan G. Komen for the Cure," last year the organization...

Former Komen VP Blasts 'Bully' Planned Parenthood

Karen Handel says Planned Parenthood broke agreement not to alert media

(Newser) - Former Susan G. Komen VP Karen Handel says the foundation had a "gentle ladies' agreement" with Planned Parenthood that neither would alert the press when Komen cut off funding , and that Planned Parenthood broke it. "What happened is nothing short of a disgrace," she tells the Daily...

Komen's Brinker: I Made Mistakes

Breast cancer charity's founder vows to rebuild public trust after Planned Parenthood debacle

(Newser) - The embattled Komen breast cancer charity has restored Planned Parenthood's funding , seen the exit of a top executive , and now CEO Nancy Brinker is publicly eating a little crow: Responding to an open letter from longtime friend Sally Quinn, Brinker apologizes in the Washington Post, admitting, "I made...

Pro-Life Komen VP Quits
 Pro-Life Komen VP Quits 
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Feb 7, 2012 10:56 AM CST

Pro-Life Komen VP Quits

Karen Handel confirms that she supported the decision to cut funding

(Newser) - Karen Handel, the Susan G. Komen VP for public policy who reportedly fueled the decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding, has resigned, according to a letter obtained by the AP . In the letter, Handel confirmed that she had supported the defunding, but said that the discussion started before she joined...

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