ICYMI: Planned Parenthood Chat/Text Program Helps Young People Get Information and Access Health Care
Last week, Planned Parenthood celebrated half a million real-time conversations on sexual and reproductive health as part of Planned Parenthood’s Chat/Text program, which allows young people to live-chat with a trained health educator from a cell phone or computer.
Dec. 28, 2015
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD COMMENDS HHS FOR TISSUE DONATION AUDIT
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General announced today that it will be reviewing federal oversight of fetal tissue research.
Dec. 28, 2015
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD RELEASES NEW VIDEO ON MORNING OF SENATE VOTE ON 20-WEEK ABORTION BAN
As the Senate readies to vote on H.R. 36 — a bill that would ban all abortions at 20 weeks post-fertilization with extremely limited exceptions — Planned Parenthood released a video, “April’s Story: One Woman’s Experience of Having An Abortion at 21 Weeks.”
Dec. 28, 2015
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CBO Report Estimates Defunding Planned Parenthood Could Cost Government $130 Million
A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that defunding Planned Parenthood would cost taxpayers a net of $130 million dollars over ten years.
Dec. 28, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Debuts New Video Series for Young People on Consent
Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America released a series of four new videos to educate young people about consent that model the skills they need to communicate and negotiate in relationships.
Dec. 28, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Applauds Pop Culture Efforts to Push Past Stigma Around Sex and Abortion
Today, the films Grandma and Sleeping With Other People debut nationwide. In different ways, both films challenge the stigma around sex, sexuality, and safe and legal abortion.
Dec. 28, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month by Standing with the Latino Community
Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America commemorated the start of Hispanic Heritage Month by standing with the Latino community in the United States and around the world.
Dec. 28, 2015
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CONGRESS JOINS CALL FOR FULL, UNEDITED SOURCE FOOTAGE OF DECEPTIVELY EDITED VIDEOS
Earlier today, The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to the Center for Medical Progress for all of its unedited source footage related to its recent smear campaign against Planned Parenthood.
Dec. 28, 2015
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ICYMI: House Judiciary Committee Hearing Turns Into Political Circus on Abortion
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing provocatively titled “Planned Parenthood Exposed, Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices at the Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider.”
Dec. 28, 2015
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