Planned Parenthood

About 35 percent of the patients at this clinic in York, Pa., receive Medicaid. The clinic offers STD testing, cancer screening and contraception services as well as abortion services.

Public Clinics Fear Federal Cuts To Planned Parenthood Would Strand Patients

6:00pm March 07, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A goal for many Republicans is to cut federal funding for health services at Planned Parenthood and divert those funds to public health centers. How ready are those centers to pick up that work?

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A Planned Parenthood sign in Dallas. A federal judge has temporarily blocked an attempt by Texas officials that would have removed Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood clinics in the state.

Judge Rules Texas Can't Cut Off Medicaid Funds To Planned Parenthood — For Now

1:10pm February 22, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

After Texas officials moved to block the health provider from receiving Medicaid dollars, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the state, allowing the group to stay in the program.

Planned Parenthood supporters and an opponent of the organization try to block each other's signs during a protest and counterprotest Saturday in St. Louis.

Protests Against Planned Parenthood Rouse Dueling Rallies Nationwide

4:25pm February 11, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Across the U.S., anti-abortion protesters flocked to clinics to demand the defunding of Planned Parenthood. In many cities, supporters showed up to counterprotest — sometimes right across the street.

Opponents of abortion rights gather at the Washington Monument to hear Vice President Pence speak at the March for Life rally on Friday.

On Abortion, Goals Of Back-To-Back Marches Couldn't Be More Different

12:28pm January 27, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Less than a week after the Women's March, anti-abortion activists are taking to the streets for what they call the March for Life.

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Anne Logan Bass, a clinician at Planned Parenthood in Roanoke, Va., fears that misinformation and inaccurate information will make it harder for the nonprofit organization to do its job providing women's health services, including abortions.

At A Virginia Planned Parenthood Clinic, Practitioners Worry For Their Patients

12:07am January 20, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

After Donald Trump's inauguration, Republican lawmakers once again plan to try to end federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood. Abortions are among the health services the nonprofit provides.

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The U.S. abortion rate is at the lowest recorded point since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade

5:12pm January 17, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan and Vice President-elect Mike Pence plan to include defunding of Planned Parenthood in a budget reconciliation bill intended to also defund the Affordable Care Act.

That Vow To Defund Planned Parenthood: Easy To Say, Hard To Do

6:00am January 15, 2017

by Julie Rovner

Federal funding for the group that helps supply women's reproductive health care is built into multiple places in the budget, and stripping it out is not as simple as it may sound.

Signage is displayed outside a Planned Parenthood office in Peoria, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016.

Here's What You Need To Know About The Coming Fight Over Planned Parenthood Funding

6:00am January 07, 2017

by Susan Davis

With a Republican in the White House, the GOP and anti-abortion-rights supporters hope to succeed in defunding Planned Parenthood. But there's sure to be a fight, and the road ahead will be bumpy.

A Houston grand jury investigating undercover footage at this Houston Planned Parenthood clinic found no wrongdoing by the clinic and instead indicted anti-abortion activists involved in making misleading videos about the handling of fetal tissue.

Texas Moves To Block Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Funds

7:38pm December 21, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

State health officials say they will cut off millions of dollars of federal funding in 30 days. Federal courts have struck down similar moves in at least three other states.

Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards, addresses the Democratic National Convention in July. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly threatened to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood because the family planning group performs abortion

Obama Administration Moves To Protect Planned Parenthood's Federal Funding

6:19pm December 14, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The last-minute regulation blocks state agencies from withholding federal funds from the family planning organization.