Category Archives: Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood receives record amount of taxpayer support

Planned Parenthood reported receiving a record $542 million in taxpayer support in fiscal 2012, marking a steady increase in government funding despite Republican-led efforts at the state and federal levels to cut off that stream. The funding figures were included in the abortion provider’s annual report released Monday. The numbers showed roughly 45 percent of [...]

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Obama, the abortion extremist

POLITICO The Democrats and the press habitually travel in a pack, but never more so than when a social or cultural issue is involved, especially one touching on sexual morality. Then, it’s not a matter of mere partisanship or a rooting interest. It’s personal.   From a strictly down-the-middle, neutral perspective, if one side of [...]

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Anti-Abortion Billboards Targeting Latinos in Los Angeles Removed Under Pressure

An anti-abortion group says that an advertising company bowed to pressure by removing jumbo billboards in Los Angeles that portray abortion as a form of genocide in the Hispanic community – a sequel to a billboard campaign that targeted the black community in New York and Georgia. “The most dangerous place for a Latino is [...]

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Five Truths about Planned Parenthood

CHARMAINE YOEST Anyone who believes PP is primarily concerned with the health of women and girls needs to look at the record. As the 2012 budget battles began, Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, took to the pages of the Washington Post. In a piece called “Five Myths about [...]

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House votes to defund Planned Parenthood

Mike Pence’s amendment to defund Planned Parenthood passed 240-185 in the House. By DAVID NATHER & KATE NOCERA The House just approved Rep. Mike Pence’s amendment to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, checking off a hot-button social issue even as it set up a bigger showdown over defunding the health care law. The vote [...]

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Groups unite vs. Planned Parenthood

By SARAH KLIFF POLITICO Anti-abortion groups will launch today an aggressive campaign aiming to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding. A new website, Expose Planned Parenthood, went live late Tuesday backed by a coalition of national and local anti-abortion groups. The website, previewed exclusively to POLITICO, will serve as a hub for the movement’s [...]

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Roy Blunt’s Abortion Voting Record: 1995-2009

[Editor's Commentary: I have not done a search of Roy Blunt's voting record on other issues, but the abortion issue was the first to come up on a very helpful site that I was not aware of until a reader of this site gave me the heads up. I am happy to report to you [...]

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Doctor’s White Coats as Props

Remember at last week’s Health Care Summit at the Blair House when Obama derided Eric Cantor’s use of the 2,400 page Medicus Maximus bill as a “prop“? Evidently Obama thought that was just too hokey. Of course, his trotting out a bunch of Doctors in their white coats, which are never worn away from a [...]

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Selling the plan

http://www.politico.com/huddle/1209/huddle440.html By: MARTIN KADY II Now that the selling begins. Democrats have a huge job PR job ahead of them in the coming year as they seek to dig out of the massive polling deficit they have with the American people after a brutal autumn of health care debate. The first thing they have to [...]

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Politico: The Huddle

Hat Tip to the hardworking folks over at Politico. I really appreciate that site and the RSS feed they make available. ~~John Cronin~~ POLITICO.COM Good Thursday morning and welcome to The Huddle. TAX THE RICH: Harry Reid is searching for more ways to pay for health care. AP’s David Espo: “Majority Leader Harry Reid is [...]

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