Senate Republicans are sticking with their plans to use a budget procedure this week to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act, with a provision to defund Planned Parenthood, site of a deadly attack in Colorado on Friday.
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Planned Parenthood Won’t Accept Money for Fetal Tissue
Trying to quell the controversy over its use of fetal tissue, Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it would no longer accept reimbursement for the costs of providing the tissue for medical research.
Research on Fetal Tissue Draws Renewed Political, Scientific Scrutiny
Research involving fetal tissue has come under renewed public scrutiny recently because of a series of videos involving the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The president of the organization, Cecile Richards, is slated to testify before a House committee Tuesday, even as some members of Congress try to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood, and some states try to restrict research involving fetal tissue.
Goldstein insists such research is invaluable. For his Alzheimer’s experiments, for example, he’s using cells from the brains of fetuses to look for drugs that could protect neurons from that devastating disease.
Save Fetal Tissue Research and save Lives
The scurrilous attacks on Planned Parenthood — based on hidden-camera videos falsely purporting to show that it illegally sells fetal issue — have turned into attacks on fetal tissue research in Congress and in several state legislatures.Various bills now threaten to curtail or eliminate research that has already benefited millions of Americans and is poised to benefit many more.
Planned Parenthood Often Only Contraception Provider Available: Study
Planned Parenthood is sometimes the only option for low-income women seeking contraception, according to a study released Tuesday.
Planned Parenthood goes beyond “pro-choice”
With a new campaign released today, Planned Parenthood has quietly signaled a move away from the “pro-choice” label.
The women’s health provider has long been the target of conservative chest-pounding (and budget slashing), and their latest video “Not In Her Shoes” is their first effort to get past the divisive rhetoric:
Most things in life aren’t simple. And that includes abortion. It’s personal. It can be complicated. And for many people, it’s not a black and white issue. So why do people try to label it like it is? Pro-choice? Pro-life? The truth is these labels limit the conversation and simply don’t reflect how people actually feel about abortion.
A majority of Americans believe abortion should remain safe and legal. Many just don’t use the words pro-choice. They don’t necessarily identify as pro-life either. Truth is, they just don’t want to be labeled.
What they want is for a woman to have access to safe and legal abortion, if and when she needs it. Read full article.
North Carolina Legislature Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood
The Republican-controlled General Assembly of North Carolina voted to defund Planned Parenthood late Monday night. An estimated $200,000 will be stripped from the state’s two Planned Parenthood Affiliates after the General Assembly voted to override Governor Beverly Purdue’s veto of the annual budget.