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Biden: Planned Parenthood ‘Under Law Cannot Perform Any Abortion;’ Planned Parenthood: We Did 985,731 In 3 Years By Terence P. Jeffrey October 15, 2012 (CNSNews.com) - Vice President Joe Biden said at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse on Friday that Planned Parenthood “under law cannot perform any abortion.” Planned Parenthood itself has published fact sheets indicating that it did 985,731 abortions in just the three years from 2008 through 2010. These included 324,008 abortion in 2008, 332,278 abortions in 2009, and 329,445 abortions in 2010. Biden made his remark in response to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney position that he would...

The Michigan Planned Parenthood abortion business was denied a chance to extend their lease at centers in Three Rivers, Sturgis and other cities. A WLKM report indicates the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency recently decided not to renew the leases of the Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan facilities. The radio station indicates Planned Parenthood locations in Hillsdale, Coldwater, Sturgis and Three Rivers were affected by the agency’s 60-day notice not to renew. WLM reports Three Rivers will be relocated to another site that will take time to open due to renovations but no replacement site has been located in...

Apparently Bart Stupak is not happy that right-to-life groups have had the nerve to criticize his key role in the passage of a health care bill that contains massive government funding of abortion and leaves medical professionals unprotected if they refuse to participate in abortion. What to do? Well, attack those right-to-life groups, of course and then, put in a good word on behalf of the largest abortion provider in the nation, Planned Parenthood. Stupak did an interview with the Washington Times on Tuesday and he said, “Planned Parenthood does not do abortions … in my district. Planned Parenthood has...

Senate Omnibus Funds Planned Parenthood, UNFPA, Ditches Abstinence Washington, DC -- The omnibus spending bill the Senate will consider this weekend could pave the way for funding abortions in the nation's capital for the first time in 13 years. There are other winners and losers in the legislation -- with Planned Parenthood and the UNFPA dining at the Congressional trough. http://www.lifenews.com/nat5768.html

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said on Fox News Sunday that the U.S. House bill containing the pro-life Stupak Amendment changes long-established law. Sen. Stabenow is referring to the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits Medicaid from funding abortions, and is a provision that Americans United for Life successfully defended before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980. The “settled policy” is that the American public does not want federal funds paying for abortions or for insurance plans that cover abortions; however, in the current U.S. Senate health bill, the abortion lobby has snuck in abortion funding and coverage through accounting schemes and deceptive...

The wonderful darlings over at Planned Parenthood are handing out more than 700 pounds of condoms encased in a pink matchbook that reads: “Protect Yourself From John McCain (In This Election).” One question: 700 pounds? Is there nothing else to do in Denver? For goodness sakes, take in a ballgame. The back reads, “10 Things Everyone Should Know About John McCain,” and includes one of 10 "frightening" facts about McCain’s record on reproductive rights. For example, No. 10: “Has voted against women’s reproductive rights and privacy 125 times in his 25 years in Washington, D.C.” No. 9: "Said he was...

At a press conference yesterday on the Capitol steps in Sacramento, Planned Parenthood was among a group of about two dozen organizations pleading with the legislature not to make additional cuts to state health spending in order to balance the budget. For more than a year, Planned Parenthood has been pleading poverty – but the abortion provider doesn’t seem short on cash when it comes to waging a political campaign against Proposition 4. As of July 31, the various Planned Parenthood affiliates in California had contributed nearly $2 million to a war chest aimed at defeating Sarah’s Law, a family...

(CNSNews.com) - Despite a drop in donations and the first fall in income from clinics in its history, the nation's biggest abortion provider made a record profit last year, thanks to the American taxpayer. Pro-lifers want this to stop. During its 2005-2006 fiscal year, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America performed a record 264,943 abortions, attained a record profit of $55.8 million and received record taxpayer funding of $305.3 million. According to its annual report, income is divided roughly into three major categories: clinic income (fees charged to customers at clinics); donations (gifts from corporations, foundations and individuals); and...

WASHINGTON, March 17 — After receiving reports that two more women died after taking abortion pills, Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest provider of abortion and contraceptive services, announced that it would immediately change the way it gives the medicines. The change partly resolves a long-running dispute between Planned Parenthood and the Food and Drug Administration over the safest way to provide pill-based abortions. The F.D.A. has now received reports that six women in the United States died after taking RU-486, or Mifeprex. A seventh died in Canada. The two most recent deaths and two of the previous four underwent their...

What has happened to the organizations for young people that were supposed to reflect -- even advocate -- our Judeo-Christian ideals? Take, for instance, the Girl Scout Promise. It states, “On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.” Then there is the statement for the Young Men's Christian Association that asserts the organization's mission is: "To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all." Recently there were two instances that demonstrated the loss of...

CNSNews.com) - A pro-life group says Planned Parenthood's latest annual report reveals the "hypocritical nature" of the organization. "Planned Parenthood claims it seeks to reduce abortion, but its abortion numbers are skyrocketing," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of the American Life League's STOPP International project. According to Sedlak, Planned Parenthood has performed over 3 million abortions in its own facilities since 1970 - and that includes 227,385 abortions performed in 2002-2003, a 6.7 percent increase over the 213,026 performed in 2001-2002, he said. Moreover, Sedlak noted in a press release, when Planned Parenthood opened an abortion clinic in Bryan, Tex.,...

The issue: Michelle Malkin's claim that Planned Parenthood is hurting families. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michelle Malkin needs to stop fooling herself ("Planned Parenthood's Privileged Predators," Opinion, Dec. 3). She blames the death of Holly Peterson on the abortion pill RU-486, when Peterson's death could be attributed to a misdiagnosis, or the poor treatment she received at the hospital. Malkin seems to want to go back to the days when abortions were illegal and women hurt themselves having abortions, which ended up causing much more damage than RU-486 ever has. Robert Pendley Beacon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, Michelle Malkin, for exposing Planned Parenthood for...