Planned Parenthood

For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Provider Is Hundreds Of Miles Away

7:50pm October 03, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion providers are far away for many women in the U.S., a report from the Guttmacher Institute finds. That's especially true for women in South Dakota and other states in the Upper Midwest.

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Abortion rights opponents gather during a rally in downtown Louisville earlier this summer. A federal judge issued an order to keep protesters away from a "buffer zone" outside the EMW Women's Surgical Center.

Kentucky Could Become The Only State Without A Clinic That Performs Abortions

12:27pm September 06, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A federal trial pits the last remaining clinic providing abortions in Kentucky against the state's Republican administration, which says the center failed to meet state health standards.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, pictured here during an interview last month, ended the state's Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood two years ago. He praised the circuit court's decision.

Federal Appeals Court Says Arkansas Can Block Medicaid Payments To Planned Parenthood

7:45pm August 16, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It reversed earlier injunctions that forbade the state from suspending payments to the medical provider over a controversial leaked video of Planned Parenthood staff.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and other female senators were excluded from the Senate leadership health task force this summer.

Often Missing From The Current Health Care Debate: Women's Voices

1:33pm August 16, 2017

When leaders in Washington discuss the future of American health care, women are not always in the room. Here, eight women from around the country share their personal stories, fears and hopes.

How Crisis Pregnancy Center Clients Rely On Medicaid

5:43pm July 24, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Medicaid pays for nearly half the births in the U.S., and centers that counsel women against abortion often help pregnant women enroll in Medicaid so they don't have to worry about health care costs.

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Texas Wants To Set Its Own Rules For Federal Family Planning Funds

2:46pm May 17, 2017

by Wade Goodwyn

In 2011, Texas gave up millions in federal Medicaid funding so it could exclude Planned Parenthood, which counts abortion among the procedures it provides, from its women's health program.

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Vehicles drive past a Planned Parenthood office in Peoria, Ill., in December 2016.

Trump Signs Law Giving States Option To Deny Funding For Planned Parenthood

5:07pm April 13, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The legislation rolls back an Obama-era rule that prohibited states from withholding certain federal funds from organizations that provide legal abortions.

David Robert Daleiden (right) leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Houston. California prosecutors say two anti-abortion rights activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood have been charged with 1

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2 Activists Who Secretly Recorded Planned Parenthood Face New Felony Charges

3:16pm March 29, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

A Texas judge dismissed felony charges against anti-abortion rights activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Now they face charges in California for allegedly recording people without permission.

Liberal social justice organizations have received unprecedented donations since President Trump's election.

Politics & Government

'The Resistance' Faces A New Question: What To Do With All That Money

8:00am March 26, 2017

by Sam Sanders

Progressive groups like Planned Parenthood have enjoyed a fundraising bonanza since the election of Donald Trump. The challenge for these groups is to use the windfall effectively.

Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, says the health care provider takes in about $400 million per year in reimbursements under Medicaid and other federal programs.

Planned Parenthood Would Lose Millions In Payments Under GOP Health Plan

3:24pm March 15, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that defunding Planned Parenthood would cause an uptick in births. Nearly half of pregnancies in the U.S. are covered by Medicaid.

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