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About 250 Hollywood stars joined with Planned Parenthood last week in a full-page New York Times ad that called for continued taxpayer funding of the abortion industry giant. “I’m for Planned Parenthood,” proclaims the ad. The celebrities, among them singers Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, and Cyndi Lauper, and actor George Lopez, cite three reasons for their support, including because they’re for “freedom” and for “health care.” Their third reason echoes Planned Parenthood’s common deceitful claim that they support getting “the government” out of decisions about abortion. In reality, Planned Parenthood and its allies are, in this very ad, pushing for...

Darren Beattie, the State Department’s acting undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, is being criticized for some alarming statements he has posted on social media regarding sterilization and population control. The Independent reported on numerous odd and even disturbing social media posts authored by Beattie — some less than one year ago. In 2021, he wrote, “Interesting moral universe we live in where abortion is celebrated, but the notion of giving smart people incentives or cash to start families is so far out of overton window no sitting politician of either party would dare advocate it.” He repeated a...

Students for Life Action (SFLAction) has launched a month-long June campaign pressuring 12 Republican senators to back the House-approved budget bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and major abortion providers. The campaign aims to integrate the House’s pro-life language into the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which narrowly passed the House May 22. The Senate is now expected to revise the bill before it reaches the president’s desk in early July. “Our message to our friends is simple: No matter what your concerns, work to get the House language in the Senate budget. That means cutting off...

Texas lawmakers passed bills that will help build a Pro-Life culture, but House leadership ignored the biggest threat to women and babies: abortion pills. State officials began the 2025 legislative session in January with a major opportunity to stop the abortion industry. An estimated 30,000 Texan babies are killed each year by out-of-state procedures and abortion drugs, which also endanger mothers. Texas Right to Life urged the Legislature to save these children with two Pro-Life Priority Bills: 1 The Woman and Child Protection Act (SB 2880) to combat abortion pills; and 2 The Stop Tax-Funded Abortion Travel Act (SB 33)...

America’s eighth-largest school district handed taxpayer cash to Planned Parenthood to train teachers that biological sex is a “myth,” according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Philadelphia School District (PSD), which oversees almost 200,000 students, paid Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania (PPSP) nearly $40,000 in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV grant funds to provide up to 70 trainings which decry biological sex as a “myth,” support medical child sex-changes and normalize men in women’s sports, according to documents obtained by the DCNF through a public records request. Planned Parenthood delivered Comprehensive Sexual Education to more...

A new report revealed that Planned Parenthood is selling hormonal birth control as “gender-affirming care” to minor girls who wish to suppress their menstrual cycles without parental permission. KEY TAKEAWAYS: A new report from the American Principles Project revealed evidence that Planned Parenthood is targeting gender-confused minors. At least two Planned Parenthood affiliates offer hormonal birth control as “gender affirming care” to underage girls to “stop periods” without parental knowledge. Hormonal birth control is widely available to minors in the United States, and is readily available to minors without parental consent in half of US states, plus Washington D.C. One...

Disney-owned ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel blasted President Donald Trump and the Congressional Republican-backed “Big Beautiful Budget Bill” for defunding abortion mill operator Planned Parenthood and claimed it offers “life-saving care.” The far-left TV host took to his BlueSky account on Sunday to plead for people to support the abortionists and urged his fans to call their Senators to oppose the budget cuts. “Donald Trump’s BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL wants to defund Planned Parenthood and leave more than a million patients without access to care. Call your Senators to let them know you support the life-saving work they do. #IFightForPP,” he...

A private attorney who worked as an attorney and public policy director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced she is running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The announcement follows another former Planned Parenthood’s successful bid to be elected to the same state Supreme Court earlier this year. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor is running to unseat current Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, who is running for reelection. Taylor has spent her career as a private attorney, judge, state legislator, and an attorney and pubic policy director for Planned Parenthood. She implied she may not...

Planned Parenthood North Central States announced it plans to close four clinics in Iowa amid financial challenges. The organization said it will close its clinics in Ames, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Urbandale in addition to four of its clinics in Minnesota in the coming year. It will also layoff 66 staff members and offer 37 others reassignments. Planned Parenthood said in a press release that the decision to restructure and close the clinics "comes as patient needs and preferences have changed, the broken aspects of our health care system have intensified, the organization’s Minnesota Title X funds have been...

Sacramento, CA – Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC) recently published a scathing press release attacking California Governor Gavin Newsom after he dared to propose using $1.6 billion generated by Prop 35 for something other than financially propping up Planned Parenthood’s poorly run abortion clinics. The release claims Newsom’s cuts would remove one-third of the abortion giant’s annual budget in California – a budget that PPAC seems to think the state of California is required to fund. Describing itself as “irreplaceable,” PPAC emphasized California “must ensure Planned Parenthood health centers can keep their doors open,” calling on the state legislature...

Planned Parenthood is raising alarm over California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “shocking” and “cruel” budget proposal, which it claims will reduce its annual budget in the state by one-third. The proposal would move $500 million from a fund designated for “family planning and women’s health care” to help offset the state’s $12 billion budget deficit. KEY TAKEAWAYS: A $12 billion budget shortfall in California led to a proposed half billion-dollar funding redistribution away from Proposition 56 (funding family planning/reproductive healthcare) toward Proposition 35 (a Medi-Cal expansion). Planned Parenthood claims the move will “immensely harm patients in California” by creating “even more...

The full House of Representatives has passed the reconciliation bill to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The bill passed 215-214. Two Republicans voted against the bill — Reps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson — and another, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, voted “present.” Rep. Andrew Garbarino and Rep. David Schweikert missed the vote. “We’re going to get it [to Trump’s desk] by Independence Day, July 4th,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday regarding the budget bill. The House Energy and Commerce Committee signed off on the bill first last week and then the House Budget Committee followed suit...

wo major battle fronts are happening right now in the fight to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. In the Courts, Planned Parenthood is suing to force pro-life states to continue to pay for abortions. Liberty Counsel is on the case. Fund the fight to Defund Planned Parenthood at the U.S. Supreme Court and a special Challenge Grant will DOUBLE the impact of your gift. After witnessing the horrors our client Sandra Merritt revealed in her undercover videos which exposed Planned Parenthood’s evil baby parts for sale scheme, South Carolina banned Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Sandra’s videos showed Planned...

Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report, which revealed a record-breaking 400k abortions for 2023-24, also shows a significant increase in spending on programs related to sex education. According to Planned Parenthood’s 2023-24 annual report, spending on sex education programs was up more than 10% (approximately $6 million) from the prior year’s reporting, with yearly increases since 2021-22. This equates to almost $60 million spent for the year and raises Planned Parenthood’s spending on sex education by $166 million since 2021-22. Screenshot: Planned Parenthood annual report 2023-24 (on link) In 2019, Live Action News reported on whistleblower testimony that confirmed the...

Planned Parenthood’s leaders launch into its 2023-2024 annual report with a markedly sad tone: “It’s been over two years since the U.S. Supreme Court took away our constitutional right to abortion.” Very quickly, however, readers can see the truth: that never before in its history has the abortion giant been so well-funded by American taxpayers, and never before has it ended more unborn lives than this past year – nearly three years since the Supreme Court held there is no right to abortion in the US Constitution. “Abortion bans have made pregnancy more dangerous, put patients and providers at risk...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed the reconciliation bill that Republicans plan to advance in Congress to cut the massive size of the federal government. The good news for pro-life Americans is that the measure includes language to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. The abortion giant just announced that it killed over 420,000 babies in aboritons in its most recent year and mamade over $2 billion. There were several amendments by pro-abortion Demcorats to take out the pro-life language in that committee. They all failed. Nearly all committee Republicans voted against an amendment brought by pro-abortion Democrat...

May 12, 2025 – Fredericksburg, Virginia) American Life League cries “foul” on Planned Parenthood’s annual report, released on May 12, 2025. One of the key reasons that the Planned Parenthood watchdog organization labels the report as disingenuous is the absence of any mention of abortion pill numbers, which in some states make up a staggering 80% of all abortions. “Leave it to Planned Parenthood to reveal their billions of dollars in abortion income on the heels of Mother’s Day weekend,” remarked American Life League national director Katie Brown Xavios, calling the move “horrifically inappropriate.” “We didn’t need any other concrete...

Planned Parenthood released its 2023-2024 annual report on Monday, and it shows that Planned Parenthood continues to perform a record number of abortions. The service figures in this latest annual report cover October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. This report is the first full account following the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Women’s Health Services that overturned Roe v. Wade. The report shows that Planned Parenthood performed 402,230 abortions, or about 4 of every 10 abortions nationwide, and that abortions outnumbered prenatal care 57 to 1. “Planned Parenthood performed a record number of abortions and...

Planned Parenthood’s affiliates spent $3.4 million helping women travel for abortion last year, according to a new report from the organization. Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider. Nationwide, its facilities aborted more than 400,000 unborn children last year. Planned Parenthood’s annual report for 2024 brags that its affiliates spent $3.4 million helping more than 12,500 women travel for abortion under its “patient navigation program.” Planned Parenthood’s regional affiliate owns facilities in Little Rock and Rogers. However, Arkansas’ good, pro-life laws generally prevent those facilities from performing abortions. But last summer, Family Council learned Planned Parenthood had secretly acquired...

Many parents believe sex education is simply part of a standard education, but a closer look at its origins paints a disturbing picture of its true nature. Few are aware that some of the power players in sex education today have an extensive history with the porn industry, direct ties to a researcher who recruited pedophiles for his ‘research,’ and ties to a man who wanted to destigmatize bestiality. Many of the founders and originating leaders of SIECUS (originally known as the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States) — a member of the Future of Sex Education...