Category: Planned Parenthood

Data Hacked for 400,000 Planned Parenthood LA Patients

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood was hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients, but there is no indication that the information was used “for fraudulent purposes,” the group said. A hacker installed computer malware between Oct. 9 and Oct. 17 and “exfiltrated” files containing patient names and possibly addresses, insurance,…


City Council Votes to Make Mason Ohio a ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’

Mason became the second city in Ohio to criminalize abortion within city limits after a tense city council vote on Monday evening. Located 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati, Mason, with a population of about 30,000 people, voted to ban abortions after four out of seven members of the city council supported the ordinance, which goes…


Ohio and 11 States Sue Biden Administration Over Abortion Funds

Ohio on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, which had recently allowed taxpayer dollars to be used by clinics to support abortions. The lawsuit, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, is joined by 11 other states. The states are seeking to restore the Trump administration rule so that medical clinics cannot obtain…


Former Planned Parenthood Abortion Doctor Led to Pro-Life Perspective by ‘Hand of God’

A former abortion doctor who worked for Planned Parenthood in the mid-1990s had an unexpected realization that she’d made a huge mistake—and this change of heart set her on a journey to the side of being pro-life. She believes God was instrumental in guiding her on that journey. Dr. Patti Giebink from Chamberlain, South Dakota, entered…


Biden Reverses Trump Ban on Federal Funds for Clinics Referring Women For Abortion

The Biden administration on Monday rolled back a Trump-era rule that bans clinics that receive federal family planning funding from referring women for abortions. Beginning Nov. 8, clinics receiving federal funds will be allowed to refer pregnant women for abortions. It revokes former President Donald Trump’s February 2019 regulation that required organizations that perform abortions and make…


Alabama Leads 20 States Supporting South Carolina In Abortion Lawsuit

Twenty states led by Alabama are supporting South Carolina’s defense of a new abortion law, arguing that a federal judge was wrong to pause the entire measure instead of just the portion being challenged in court. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall argued that U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis was wrong to pause the entire measure in a July…


Iowa Supreme Court Lets State Block Govt Funding for Planned Parenthood’s Sex Education Program

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state can block companies like Planned Parenthood from providing sex education programs funded by government funds. The 6-1 decision upholds a 2019 law passed by the Republican-led state legislature that would block any abortion provider from receiving funds from two federal grants to carry out youth sex education…


Court Dismisses Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Lawsuit Against City of Lubbock, Texas

A judge dismissed a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood against the City of Lubbock, Texas, where residents voted to approve a measure that outlaws abortion in the city. In explaining why the suit was dismissed, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix said Planned Parenthood lacked jurisdiction. “Because plaintiffs fail to show, as they must, that they…


Dinesh D’Souza: Margaret Sanger’s Racist Legacy

Commentary In my movies, “Hillary’s America” and “Death of a Nation,” I portrayed Margaret Sanger, the founder and longtime leader of Planned Parenthood, as an out-and-out racist. My evidence for this was overwhelming: Sanger was never an advocate of birth control per se; she wanted birth control of the people she considered unwanted people in…


‘I Could See the Little Legs, Arms’: Woman in Poverty Shares Trauma of Taking Abortion Pills, Vows to God ‘Never Again’

Growing up in poverty, in an abusive family in Guatemala, Dalia wasn’t ready for a relationship when she met the father of her children. After emigrating to California, she first saw Ernesto Iniguez, who lived next door to her apartment, when she was in high school. Dalia thought he was “so handsome,” and they fell…