Minnesota GOP introduce bill to ban state funding for Planned Parenthood

Minnesota legislators introduced a bill on Monday that would ban state family planning money from going to any organization that offers abortion services, advocates for the right to choose an abortion, counsels pregnant women that abortion is an option or is affiliated with any organization that engages in those activities. More…

Report: Evangelical use of contraception is high, family planning funding reflects ‘needs and desires’ of most women

Though the contentious 2011 budget process is over and Planned Parenthood will continue receiving federal support, the fight against the organization continues, as anti-abortion rights groups are blasting certain senators for voting for the legislation, claiming those votes are votes for abortion.

Yet as a new report by the More…

Anti-abortion rights group targets ‘pro-life’ senators who voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood

As it turned out, Planned Parenthood did not lose federal funding for family planning and reproductive services in the federal budget for fiscal year 2011 passed yesterday by Congress — and in retaliation, the Susan B. Anthony List announced Friday that it is launching a campaign to target senators who voted More…

Texas pays higher rate for abortion alternatives counselors/mentors than for family planning nurses

When Texas representatives voted to move $7.3 million into the state’s Alternatives to Abortion Services Program from family planning services, they shifted funds to an initiative that pays $63 an hour for unlicensed volunteers to counsel/mentor pregnant women and refer them to other social services — a higher rate, oftentimes, More…

As 41 senators sign letter opposing Pence amendment, Tim Pawlenty among GOP candidates voicing support

Again stirring controversy on Capitol Hill is a measure in the U.S. House budget bill that would prevent federal funds from going to Planned Parenthood and cut Title X family planning funds. Potential presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty told anti-abortion rights group the Susan B. Anthony List that he supports defunding More…

Minnesota Republicans move to starve family planning programs

Senate Republicans are working to defund family planning programs in Minnesota and prevent the state from accepting federal family planning dollars. The health and human services budget bill slashes money for programs that provide services to families either seeking to become pregnant or to prevent becoming pregnant. Those funds cannot More…

Report: Cuts to global family-planning aid could mean more unwanted pregnancies, deaths

Should the U.S. House GOP proposal to cut family-planning funding, as laid out in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, or HR 1, pass, international recipients of family-planning aid will likely see high increases in maternal deaths, unintended pregnancies and abortion, according to a Guttmacher Institute report released More…

House votes to block all funding to Planned Parenthood

The House voted Friday to block federal funding to Planned Parenthood, passing 240 to 185.

The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), has been added to the Continuing Resolution (H.R. 1) to fund the federal government through September.

Condoms Provide Inadequate Stimulation for the Economy

After prodding from President Obama, House Democrats have reversed their earlier position that condoms should be part of a stimulating economic package.

This afternoon, House Dems announced that they’d cut a provision from their version of the stimulus bill that would have made it easier for states to cover family More…