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  • Planned Parenthood lawsuit called 'frivolous'
    by Leigh Jones/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, January 19, 2016 (8 years ago)

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP)-- Planned Parenthood filed suit Jan. 14 in federal court against the Center for Medical Progress, accusing the group of conducting "a complex criminal enterprise conceived and executed by anti-abortion extremists." Read More

  • SANCTITY OF LIFE: Making a difference
    by Melanie Lenow, posted Friday, January 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Melanie Lenow is the mother of four children with Evan Lenow, an ethics professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This column first appeared at the Biblical Woman website, biblicalwoman.com, a blog of Southwestern Seminary. Read More

  • Congress sends PPFA defunding bill to Obama
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, January 07, 2016 (8 years ago)

    "There is no moral justification for sponsoring the human trafficking of Planned Parenthood clinics."-- Russell Moore
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Congress has forced President Obama's hand on federal funding for the country's No. 1 abortion provider.

    The U.S. House of Representatives passed Wednesday (Jan. 6) in a 240-181 roll call a budget-related bill that would cut nearly 90 percent of federal funds in the next year for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and its affiliates. The legislation also repeals fundamental sections of the controversial 2010 health-care law opposed by nearly all pro-life organizations. Read More

  • Aborted babies dumped in landfills, Ohio AG reports
    by Tom Strode, posted Monday, December 14, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Unborn babies deserve "the same dignity and respect anyone else would be given, even in death." -- Barrett Duke
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Planned Parenthood's public persona now includes a report that the remains of babies aborted at some of its centers are dumped in landfills.

    An investigation of three Planned Parenthood affiliates in Ohio showed that all of them send the remains of aborted children to companies that dispose of them at landfill sites, state Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Dec. 11. The fetal remains apparently are mixed at the landfills with "common residential and commercial trash," DeWine said in a letter to the director of the state Department of Health. Read More

  • Senate cuts PPFA funds, challenges Obama
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, December 04, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Senate achieves "landmark victory for all who prioritize comprehensive women's health care over abortion industry profits."

    -- Marjorie Dannenfelser

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Senate passed a budget-related bill Thursday night (Dec. 3) that challenges President Obama to carry out his promised veto to protect, in part, the country's No. 1 abortion provider.

    Senators voted 52-47 in a nearly party-line roll call for a reconciliation measure that cuts 80 to 90 percent of federal funds in the next year for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and its affiliates. The legislation also repeals fundamental sections of the controversial 2010 health care law backed by the president and opposed by nearly all pro-life organizations. Read More

  • Federal, state officials keep heat on PPFA
    by Tom Strode, posted Monday, October 26, 2015 (8 years ago)

    "I pray that the long-term effect of these videos is a cultural awakening." -- Russell Moore
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Federal and state government officials are continuing their efforts to hold Planned Parenthood accountable for its trade in baby body parts.

    The actions -- in this case by the U.S. House of Representatives and the state of Texas -- have come in response to revelations in undercover videos that show various Planned Parenthood officials in different locations discussing the sale of organs from ... Read More

  • PPFA change shows its guilt, pro-lifers say
    by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, October 14, 2015 (8 years ago)

    "It is time for the United States government to hold this predatory corporation accountable." -- Russell Moore
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Planned Parenthood's decision to forego federal reimbursements for fetal tissue donation serves as an admission of its guilt and should not halt the congressional effort to defund the organization, its critics say.

    The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) announced Tuesday (Oct. 13) that none of its centers will accept federal reimbursement in the future for expenses accrued in ... Read More

  • Pro-lifers: PPFA head fails to satisfy concerns
    by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (8 years ago)

    "[S]he consistently dodged important questions about the prominence of abortion in Planned Parenthood's revenue."-- Russell Moore
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Congressional testimony by Planned Parenthood's president failed to satisfy the concerns of lawmakers and pro-life advocates in the wake of undercover videos providing evidence the organization trades in baby body parts.

    Cecile Richards, head of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), denounced charges -- apparently of unethical or illegal activity by her organization -- based on the videos as ... Read More

  • ERLC panel: Planned Parenthood videos have helped
    by Tom Strode, posted Monday, September 28, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Latisha Willis
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The shocking, undercover videos providing evidence of Planned Parenthood's trade in baby body parts have produced some positive effects, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore and other pro-life leaders said in a Capitol Hill panel discussion.

    Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and his fellow pro-lifers addressed the sanctity of human life issue ... Read More