The news this week that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, after years of pressure from political groups, will end its support of lifesaving breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood health centers comes as a blow to women across America. Read More...
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The Susan G. Komen for the Cure decision not to fund Planned Parenthood is one of many challenges the organization has weathered in the past year. The House of Representatives voted to Planned Parenthood in April, although the amendment ultimately failed in the Senate. have also voted to bar abortion providers from receiving government funds, although the Obama administration has from implementing those laws. Read moreRead Full Story
CBS News Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards: We're Not Going Anywhere Huffington Post As House Republicans threaten to shut down the government over federal funding for Planned Parenthood , the woman at the helm of that controversial organization, Cecile Richards, is fighting to set the record straight about what exactly is at stake. ... Planned Parenthood : Time to "defund" abortion provider? CBS News Right-Wing Media Falsely Suggest Planned Parenthood Uses Federal Funds For...Read Full Story
In a country where nearly half of all pregnancies are unplanned, effective birth control isn't just a convenience -- it's an urgent health need that too many women are still unable to meet. We've seen some promising signs of progress recently, including a government decision to require new health plans to cover contraceptives without co-payments. Yet every step forward seems to trigger a reflexive backward leap. This week, after acknowledging that emergency contraceptives are safe and...Read Full Story
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According to former Susan G. Komen for the Cure veep Karen Handel, Komen president Liz Thompson and Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards had a "ladies agreement" that neither side would go public with Komen's decision. Whoops. This past December, the president of Komen, Liz Thompson, met with the president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, to discuss the decision, according to Handel. “There was an open and candid conversation...
Jake Tapper reports some Catholics in the Obama administration advised against the mandate, predicting it would backfire for the White House: “What are we doing here?” asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, stepping outside his wheelhouse to ...
Though they’re on opposite sides of the birth control and abortion debate, both Sister Carol Keehan, the president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, issued ...
Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., seeking to determine whether public money was improperly spent on abortions. Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has depicted Stearns' probe as politically motivated and said she was ...
Last spring, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards went on CNN and claimed that if Congress cut off funding to Planned Parenthood "millions of women are going to lose access, not to abortion services, to basic family planning, you know, mammograms.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America: We work in the streets, in the states, and in Washington, DC to ...
Cecile Richards is the current president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She previously founded and served as president of America Votes, a coalition of more than ...
Cecile Richards spoke at the raucously happy womenâs caucus of the convention this morning, warning that Sen. John McCain has never voted to support a womanâs right to choose an abortion. Richards, whose late mother, Ann Richards, was elected ...