Defunding the Police: What it Means and Why Planned Parenthood Supports It
Planned Parenthood — in solidarity with patients, staff, and supporters — stands with the Movement for Black Lives’ call to defund the police. Defunding the police means investing less in militarizing police forces and investing more in community-based solutions, education, and health care.
Florida Passes Bill to Impose Texas-Style Abortion Restrictions and Block Patients from Care at Planned Parenthood
Today, the Florida legislature passed a bill that contains Texas-style restrictions on safe, legal abortion that could close down health centers throughout the state. The bill would also block access to care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Florida for thousands of patients.
March 9, 2016
Louisiana Closes All But One Abortion Provider
Texas Women Were Traveling to Louisiana for Abortion. What Can They Do Now?
Feb. 25, 2016
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Infographic: Why This Is The Most Important Abortion Rights Case in Decades
If the Court rules later this year to uphold Texas’ draconian anti-abortion law, it would devastate access to abortion in Texas and pave the way for even more states to enact similar laws -- leaving abortion legal in name only for many women.
Feb. 24, 2016
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt: The Supreme Court’s Biggest Abortion Case in Decades
This year, the U.S. Supreme Court is ruling on a case that could redefine abortion access in America. It’s about whether to uphold severe, medically unnecessary restrictions that have already devastated access to safe, legal abortion in Texas.
Feb. 24, 2016
Fewer Texas Women Are Getting Their Birth Control and More Are Getting Pregnant Since the State Blocked Them from Care at Planned Parenthood
A new study shows the real-world consequences of losing access to care at Planned Parenthood for women in Texas, where politicians have blocked that access.
Feb. 9, 2016
Supreme Court to Review Texas Abortion Restrictions in First Abortion Case in Nearly a Decade
Access to safe, legal abortion is now before the Supreme Court: On Nov. 13 the Court agreed to rule on HB2 — the Texas abortion law that could shut down all but 10 abortion providers in the state.
Nov. 18, 2015
Texas Timeline: 5 Big Blows to Reproductive Health in the Past 5 Years
If you want to see the result of Republican leadership's devastating attacks on women's health, look no farther away than Texas. This timeline reveals how low the Texas legislature has sunk in just the past five years, and how hard we need to fight to win back reproductive health care access for Texans.
Oct. 26, 2015
Road-Tripping for Truth — Because Carly Fiorina Is #NotMyCandidate
This weekend, while Fiorina was campaigning in Iowa, supporters — including patients — were on hand to correct the record and tell the truth about the essential health care services Planned Parenthood provides.
Oct. 20, 2015
Republicans for Planned Parenthood Applauds Senator Mark Kirk
As a Republican, I am proud of Senator Mark Kirk for standing up and voting for what is best for the women of Illinois. Senator Mark Kirk stood up to the agenda of those politicians opposed to women’s health and voted against the latest attacks to defund Planned Parenthood and ban abortion at 20 weeks.
Oct. 5, 2015