On Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered a decision that could be a death knell for Planned Parenthood health centers across the nation. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court’s conservative supermajority decided that the federal Medicaid Act does not give an individual the right to bring …
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More than 250 celebrity leaders from across multiple industries — including Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, Pedro Pascal, and Addison Rae — have signed a full-page Planned Parenthood ad calling for support of the organization’s lifesaving healthcare initiatives in response to threats under President Donald Trump. Rolling Stone exclusively reveals the …
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Planned Parenthood recognized Olivia Rodrigo‘s work in educating young women about reproductive rights on Thursday by presenting her with its Catalyst of Change Award at the Greater New York Spring Into Action Gala in New York City. Lily Allen presented her with the award. During her acceptance speech, the artist, …
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Cecile Richards, the organizer and activist who transformed Planned Parenthood into a political powerhouse, died on Monday at age 67. A year ago, Richards announced that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer. Richards “passed away at home, surrounded by her family and …
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Dear women and girls of America, These last two years have been incredibly hard. Practically overnight, women lost a right we had counted on for nearly 50 years — and an entire generation lost the freedom to make their own decisions about their lives and futures. If hearing the news …
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Jane’s Revenge’s “first communiqué” was posted online on May 8, the same day the empty headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Wisconsin Family Action, were set on fire, and a few days after a draft of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe was leaked publicly. A message was left on the …
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As numerous states continue to enact total or near-total abortion bans in the wake of the repeal of Roe v. Wade, Latto has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to release a new public service announcement urging her fans to speak out in favor of abortion rights and access. The video …
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For the past seven years, Dr. Sarah Traxler has flown into South Dakota twice a week: first to meet with her patients at the Sioux Falls Planned Parenthood (and recite a 12-page state-mandated disclosure) and again 72 hours later, once the state’s mandatory waiting period had elapsed, to perform their …
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It used to take three days to get an appointment at the Planned Parenthood in Southern Illinois. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, that wait has grown to three weeks. At the same time, the clinic’s daily patient load has more than tripled. “Folks from Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, …
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As the former president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards helped transform the federation of women’s healthcare clinics into a political juggernaut, all while deflecting both Republican efforts to strip the organization of federal funding and vicious attacks on her character by religious fanatics. When Richards left the organization after 12 …
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