Local Newspapers Across the Country Flooded by an Outpouring of Gratitude for Planned Parenthood
Papers across the country have been flooded with support from patients, faith leaders, students, and volunteers speaking out about the critical services Planned Parenthood has provided to them as well as to millions across the country.
Aug. 26, 2015
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND GOES ON AIR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, OHIO, WISCONSIN, AND PENNSYLVANIA
Aug. 26, 2015
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Donald Trump’s Remarks Are Ill-Informed and Troubling
Today Donald Trump continued to make ill-informed comments about women’s health, telling Chuck Todd on NBC’s Meet the Press that he believes Planned Parenthood should stop offering abortion services, period.
Aug. 26, 2015
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Statement from Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s Alencia Johnson on Ben Carson’s Continued Offensive Comments
Like many opponents to safe, legal abortion, reproductive health care, and a women's right to make her own personal medical decisions, Ben Carson has been using race-baiting rhetoric to elicit opposition to the services many women turn to Planned Parenthood for daily.
Aug. 26, 2015
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Mike Huckabee Confirms He Would Force a Ten-Year-Old Girl to Give Birth to the Child of Her Rapist
Today, on CNN’s State of the Union, Mike Huckabee confirmed that if he were president, he would support policies that would force a ten-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather to carry the pregnancy to term, despite possible risks to her health, the fact that she was a minor, or that she was a survivor of both rape and incest.
Aug. 26, 2015
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REALITY CHECK: Kasich is “making life hell” for Ohio women seeking abortions --- especially those who are survivors of rape.
"John Kasich’s record doesn’t match his rhetoric --- and when you look at the legislation he’s enacted as Governor, it shows that he has anything but compassion for the women of Ohio."
Aug. 26, 2015
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New Surveys Find Voters in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Strongly Support Planned Parenthood Funding, Strongly Oppose Potential Government Shutdown
Three new surveys conducted by Hart Research Associates on behalf of Planned Parenthood Action Fund show that voters in the battleground states of New Hampshire, Ohio, and Pennsylvania strongly support Planned Parenthood despite weeks of outrageous political attacks from anti-abortion extremists and their allies in Congress.
Aug. 26, 2015
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Today — GOP candidates stand with hostile pundit who compared pregnant women to “female animals”
GOP presidential hopefuls are currently gathering in Atlanta to stand side by side with extreme right-wing pundit Erick Erickson — infamous for his hostility to women and incendiary remarks that include comparing pregnant women to “female animals” and referring to a female Democratic candidate as “Abortion Barbie” — at a conference called “RedState Gathering” (his blog is called “RedState.com”).
Aug. 26, 2015
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Memo: News flash GOP: Black women speak out in support of reproductive health care, abortion access
Last night, during the first Republican debate, the candidates took the chance to remind us where they stand on a woman’s right to make personal medical decisions -- they all support policies that would cut millions of women off from basic, preventive, reproductive health care and oppose abortion.
Aug. 26, 2015
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