I had the opportunity to hear Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, speak earlier this evening. She ended her speech by reminding people that, 96 years ago, Margaret Sanger was arrested for handing out information on birth control to poor, immigrant women in Brooklyn. Richards then mentioned that, last month alone, some 4.4 million […]
As you may have heard, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced a few days ago that they would no longer be funding Planned Parenthood’s efforts to screen poor women for breast cancer. (Last year, Komen had funded these activities to the tune of $600,000.) According to the breast cancer organization’s founder, Nancy Brinker, the […]
Arizona Senator John Kyl, while making the case on the floor of the Senate for the elimination of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, said that abortions account for “well over 90%” of what the well-respected women’s health organization does. Then, when it was pointed out to the Senator that abortion services actually only account for 3% […]
