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 […]
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 […]
Distressed over the Supreme Courts’ recent decision in Obergefell vs. Hodges, recognizing marriage equality as a Constitutional right, Republicans in Congress have introduced a bill that would legalize discrimination against gay couples. Described by Slate as “a bizarre bill,” The basic purpose of the absurdly titled First Amendment Defense Act is presented squarely in its […]
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 […]
We had an interesting discussion in our Liberals Unite Writers Group yesterday about Facebook’s new “friends” icon for gender equality that I wanted to share with you all. Ed, one of our writers and editors, began by posting the following to the writers group late Thursday: Explaining that she was busy and lacked the “time […]