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Navigating anti-abortion online strategy

By | 02.07.12 | 11:53 am

Updated: 6:15 p.m. EST with a clarified quote*.

In the seemingly endless war over abortion rights in America, battles are waged in legislatures, in courts and, most recently, on the Internet.

Florida legislator wants to make January a celebration of anti-abortion pregnancy centers

Florida state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has filed a bill for the upcoming session that would make January 2012 ”Pregnancy Resource Center Month.”

Florida Family Research Council affiliate asks for help funding ‘aggressive’ 2012 plan

The leader of a politically influential Florida group that frequently advocates against LGBT and abortion rights has issued a new fundraising pitch to help gin up support for the work of its “Ignite an Enduring Cultural Transformation” campaign during the Sunshine State’s upcoming legislative session.

National anti-abortion rights group hires former Planned Parenthood director

By | 12.09.11 | 2:03 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Americans United for Life, an anti-abortion-rights group that has its sights set on Planned Parenthood, announced yesterday that the group has hired Abby Johnson, the Planned Parenthood employee turned high-profile anti-abortion advocate.

Planned Parenthood names five ‘states at risk’ in the coming election

By | 11.15.11 | 3:33 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Planned Parenthood has included Florida in its list of “states at risk” for the upcoming election. Only four other states (Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio and Texas) are included on the list.

Boise CPC seeks to draw clients from neighboring Planned Parenthood, director says

By | 11.14.11 | 5:47 pm

Two weeks after moving next door to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boise, Idaho, Stanton Healthcare, an anti-abortion center for women with unexpected pregnancies, is working on a plan to boost its clientele while simultaneously minimizing Planned Parenthood’s.

Crisis pregnancy centers join anti-abortion groups in support of N.C. ultrasound law

By | 11.11.11 | 10:40 am | More from The Florida Independent

Crisis pregnancy centers have joined anti-abortion groups that filed a motion to intervene in a court ruling blocking the implementation of a North Carolina law that would have forced doctors to show women an ultrasound and describe it to them before providing an abortion.

Planned Parenthood starts new campaign to stave off anti-abortion-rights measures in 2012

By | 11.09.11 | 5:56 pm

Leading up to the 2012 election, women are watching — more specifically, Planned Parenthood is watching.

Activists fight injunction against N.C. mandatory ultrasound law

By | 11.09.11 | 4:55 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The anti-abortion groups Jubilee Campaign’s Law of Life Project (LOLP) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) have filed a motion to intervene in the injunction of a North Carolina law that would have forced abortion providers to show women an ultrasound and describe it to them

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