Parenthood

ACLU and Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Against Alabama’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Friday morning to challenge Alabama’s near-total abortion ban, which was signed into law by Gov. Planned Parenthood tweeted, “along with our partners at @ACLUAlabama, we just filed a lawsuit, challenging Alabama’s outright abortion ban. pic.twitter.com/o3j25NsaHM — ACLU (@ACLU) May 24, 2019BREAKING: along with our …


StemExpress Drops Lawsuit Against CMP in Planned Parenthood Body Part for Profit Scandal

Recall the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) video release last year that revealed a scandal by Planned Parenthood allegedly negotiating the sale of aborted body parts for profit. One of the largest group’s involved was StemExpress, a for-profit company who sued CMP back in 2015 in an effort to prevent a recorded dinner meeting conversation from public view. In the video , Cate Dyer, …


Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Challenges MO Laws

A lawsuit challenging Missouri abortion regulations is the result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down abortion laws in Texas, but pro-life advocates here say they believe the Missouri laws will be upheld as constitutional. Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri filed the …


Planned Parenthood Sues David Daleiden, University to Stop Data Release

Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Washington and pro-life activist David Daleiden to halt the release of public documents. Mr. Daleiden, who spearheaded the undercover Center for Medical Progress video series, made a public records request in February for documents detailing transactions between the university’s Birth Defects Research Center and Planned …


Lawsuit Alleges Planned Parenthood Attack Could Have Been Prevented

A lawsuit that was filed against Planned Parenthood claims the organization should have known an attack like the one that happened in Colorado Springs on Black Friday was likely to happen. First close look at Planned Parenthood building since the Black Friday shooting. The lawsuit was filed in Denver District Court on Friday and will be delivered to Planned Parenthood tomorrow, according to …


Hearing Delayed in Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Over Kansas’ Cutoff of Medicaid Funds

A court hearing in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Kansas’ cutoff of Medicaid funds to two Planned Parenthood affiliates has been canceled at the state’s request. The hearing, originally scheduled for this morning, was to take up Planned Parenthood’s request for a temporary restraining order blocking the state’s action. Bonyen Lee-Gilmore, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid- …


Planned Parenthood Sues Over Kansas’ Termination of Its Medicaid Funding

The two Planned Parenthood organizations in Kansas and Missouri wasted little time challenging Kansas’ termination of their Medicaid funding. Just a day after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment notified them of its decision to cut off their Medicaid payments, Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and Planned Parenthood of St. Louis Region sued the head of the agency, Susan …


10 Political Decisions Affecting Women’s Health in 2016

More than 40 years since the passage of Roe v. Wade, United States politics are still fraught with arguments over the sovereignty of women’s bodies and decisions that make the upkeep of women’s reproductive health all the more expensive and difficult. The year is 2016, and although it may be hard to face reality, there lies a lamentable truth: The accessibility of women’s healthcare is not a …