By Samuel Warde on July 30, 2015
Conservative Lies, Faux Scandals, Fox News, Health care for women, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood’s Activities Are Legal And Republicans Are Proving It, Reproductive rights for women, Reproductive Services, Smackdowns, Videos, Viral Videos, Women's healthcare, Women's issues
Activism, Fox News, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Scandals, Smackdowns, Videos, Viral Videos, Women's Issues
UPDATE, 25 January 2016: Texas joins an ever-expanding list of states who have cleared Planned Parenthood when a Houston grand jury not only cleared the group of any criminal wrong-doing, but also handed down indictments against two of the individuals behind those highly edited and misleading videos. A highly edited video leading to a faux […]
By Samuel Warde on July 29, 2015
Family Planning Services, Opinion, Planned Parenthood, Rants, The Tea Party, Women's Reproductive Health Care
Facebook, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, The Tea Party
A good friend of mine has a mother who is a Tea Party Republican – yes, I know…. it seems there is at least one in every family. Anyway, I saw her expressing outrage with Planned Parenthood on her Facebook page – I am assuming as the result of some Fox News or Breitbart piece […]
By Kimberley Johnson on July 28, 2015
Planned Parenthood, Sarah Silverman, scientific research, Women's Health
Healthcare, Science, Women's Issues
Planned Parenthood (PP) is a favorite target for anti-choice activists. Their latest smear campaign against PP involves a series of undercover videos showing executives discussing the transactions regarding fetal tissue. Comedienne Sarah Silverman defended the use fetal tissue as well as reinforcing the fact that abortion is legal. Abortion is still legal in the great U.S of […]
By Samuel Warde on July 18, 2015
Controversy, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Health Services, Reproductive Healthcare, Women's issues
Controversy, Women's Issues
An official statement by Planned Parenthood has been made regarding the highly edited and misleading viral video which emerged this week. The original video was recorded in 2014 with intent to smear the reputation of the healthcare organization. It shows a Planned Parenthood senior medical director having lunch with undercover anti-choice activists posing as potential […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 10, 2015
Abortion, anti-choice, Planned Parenthood
Reproductive Rights, Women's Issues
A new survey by the Associated Press (AP) reveals a 12 percent decrease in abortion rates in the U.S. since 2010. The states with the highest decrease are: Hawaii (30 percent), New Mexico (24%), Nevada (22%), Rhode Island (22%), and Connecticut (21%). It’s worth noting that none of these states have recently passed laws limiting […]