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Washington state withdrew Thursday from the federal family funding program Title X rather than comply with new rules imposed by the Trump administration. The Washington Department of Health informed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of their decision to withdraw from Title X rather than comply with the Trump administration rules banning Title X grantees from referring women ...

As of Monday, Planned Parenthood is falsely claiming that it was “forced out” of the federal Title X family planning program. This program offers birth control and other various health services to low-income women. Planned Parenthood has announced the decision of rejecting federal funds for family planning for low-income women. This comes on the bases of the Trump administration’s rule ...

An Arizona court awarded $3 million to Planned Parenthood whistleblower, Mayra Rodriguez, Friday. Rodriguez worked for Planned Parenthood for 17 years before she was terminated for reporting health and safety violations. “You know when you have been married to a person for 17 years and you find out they have been cheating on you? That deception that you feel in ...

Planned Parenthood withdrew from a federal family planning program Monday rather than comply with President Donald Trump’s abortion rules. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America withdrew from the Title X federal family planning program, according to Politico. The move comes after Planned Parenthood officials petitioned for a stay against the Trump administration’s Title X rules in an Aug. 14 letter ...

Planned Parenthood is threatening to formally withdraw from Title X funding by Aug. 19 unless a federal court intervenes. Planned Parenthood officials petitioned for a stay against the Trump administration’s new Title X rules in a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, NPR reported. Planned Parenthood said will pull out of the family planning program ...

Lawmakers say they want reports on the potential misuse of taxpayer money to fund abortions, abortion referrals and building renovations. A letter from Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows asks the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps to hand over documents concerning two investigations into the volunteer organization that were never concluded. They set a deadline for Aug. 20.  Lawmakers ...

The Trump administration declared Monday that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions effective immediately. Family planning clinics that refer women for abortions will be stripped of their Title IX funding, according to a measure instigated by President Donald Trump’s administration as reported by CBS News. The Department of Health and Human Services has alerted clinics that they will ...

An advisor to former President Barack Obama warned that 2020 Democratic candidates campaigning for “abortion on demand” are underestimating American voters’ “more nuanced” views on abortion. Michael Wear, who served on both Obama’s presidential campaigns and in the White House as part of the former president’s “faith based initiative” according to the New York Times, wrote in a Saturday op-ed ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected bids to temporarily block a rule on federal funding for abortion clinics Thursday. The appeals court allowed a June 20 decision to stand by a 7-4 vote, allowing the Trump administration to strip federal funding of clinics that fails to comply with its Title X regulations, according to Reuters. All seven of the ...

 As the increased zealously for environmental advocacy rises, so does the staggering number of abortions. There is a solid correlation between those that advocate the strongest for climate action and those who most adamantly fight for abortion rights. Many pro-life people, myself included, want to be good stewards of the environment and aim to better the earth. But to suggest ...

Video footage purportedly shows the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) instructing teachers on progressive sexual education and gender theory in collaboration with California school districts and Planned Parenthood. The video, released by conservative organization Our Watch and published June 26, depicts ACLU staff attorney Ruth Dawson, according to Our Watch, instructing teachers on how to help students obtain abortions without ...

A judge ruled Friday to keep the last abortion clinic in Missouri open temporarily despite the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services’ refusal to renew the clinic’s license earlier in the day. Hours before State Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer extended his preliminary injunction to keep the clinic open temporarily, DHSS refused to renew the St. Louis abortion clinic’s license, according ...

An appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can ban taxpayer-funded abortion clinics from performing abortions or making abortion referrals. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration can bar clinics from performing abortions or making abortion referrals, according to Politico. For the first time in history, the new Title X regulations will allow federal ...

The governor of Rhode Island signed a bill Wednesday protecting abortion access within the state and repealing anti-abortion laws. Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo signed the bill, HB 5125, after it passed through the House and Senate, calling it an “important, consequential bill,” according to The Associated Press. The bill passed the Senate 21 to 17 and passed the ...

A little under half of Texas registered voters want to ban abortion after six weeks, a poll released Wednesday shows. The poll, conducted by the University of Texas and Texas Tribune, reveals that about half (48 percent) of Texas voters want to abolish abortion six weeks into a pregnancy. Of these voters, 51 percent were men and 46 percent were ...