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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups

Martinek sent a letter to IRS saying that members had debated its request not to organize Planned Parenthood protests, but wanted definitions of "organize, picketing, protesting" to ensure...

Arkansas GOP eyes Planned Parenthood funds next

It's a measure that's aimed at cutting off public funding to Planned Parenthood, which doesn't perform surgical abortions in Arkansas but distributes the abortion pill at two facilities in the...

Planned Parenthood to rally at Texas Capitol

Planned Parenthood has affiliated health educators who have taught sex education in some school districts statewide, but the practice isn't widespread.

Sex-ed plan would keep groups like Planned Parenthood out of schools

She said state law requires all sex education programs to promote abstinence, and said Planned Parenthood professionals have to be approved by school district health oversight committees.

Senators mull contentious sexual education bill

The contentious measure by tea party Sen. Ken Paxton was hailed Tuesday by abortion opponents as a way to "exclude Planned Parenthood" from Texas classrooms.

Ind. Senate approves tougher abortion pill rules

Doctors' offices would also be exempt from those extra regulations, and opponents and supporters said those requirements would affect only one clinic - a Planned Parenthood facility in Lafayette.

Gloria Steinem calls Texas Gov. Rick Perry 'dictatorial, unacceptable American'

And it prevented Planned Parenthood -- a family planning group long criticized by abortion opponents because of its separate affiliates that provide abortions -- from participating.

Gloria Steinem said Texans should 'dis-elect' Gov. Rick Perry

And it prevented Planned Parenthood -- a family planning group long criticized by abortion opponents because of its separate affiliates that provide abortions -- from participating.

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

Yes, some Planned Parenthood facilities in Texas provide abortions and referrals among a long list of other reproductive health services.

Newspaper: Few women's program sources confirmed

The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a law in 2011 excluding from the program providers that support abortion rights, which almost exclusively affected Planned Parenthood.

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IRS chief helped create plan to use planted question to unveil scandal

Martinek maintains that the IRS said her application was ready for approval but first required a...

Fired IRS chief defends staffers' actions

But Republican lawmakers pushed back, reading from the IRS questionnaires reportedly sent by...

ATLANTA: Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's...

Blogs

Is Abortion About To Doom Republicans Again?

Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice...

E.W. Jackson: 'I Don't Have Anything To Rephrase Or To Apologize For'

Jackson had compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan, said President Barack Obama had a...

Kirsten Anderson, Former Iowa Senate GOP Staffer: I Was Fired For Bringing Up...

Defunding Planned Parenthood is a winning issue.

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GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK

"Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was.

Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK

snowdogg on Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK

What Cecile Richards Has Learned From Todd Akin

It's clear what Planned Parenthood stands for: the right of women to make their own decisions...