The defense in a racketeering and fraud case against anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt hit a snag Tuesday when Planned Parenthood attorneys refuted Merritt’s testimony about inadequate security at an abortion industry conference where she and Daleiden secretly recorded Planned Parenthood doctors.
Read moreA Planned Parenthood doctor who was surreptitiously recorded by anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt at a National Abortion Federation conference in San Francisco said her sense of security was shaken after a video of what she thought was a private conversation about fetal tissue donation was released online.
Read moreDownplaying his role in an alleged conspiracy to infiltrate abortion industry meetings and secretly videotape doctors, a longtime abortion foe testified Tuesday he did not know his colleagues planned to use fake IDs and other deceptive means to gain access.
Read moreOn the first day of trial over abortion foe David Daleiden’s campaign to infiltrate industry meetings and covertly videotape Planned Parenthood doctors, a jury was bombarded with conflicting messages on what the case is about.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked enforcement of Georgia’s restrictive anti-abortion law that makes it nearly impossible for women to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Read moreAfter the federal family planning program saw a 20% drop in participants over the Trump administration’s new abortion restrictions, officials say some $32 million in unused grants will filter back to the entities that stayed put.
Read moreTennessee abortion providers argued in the first day of trial in federal court Monday that the state’s 48-hour abortion delay was unconstitutional because it created too great a burden for their clients.
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A federal judge in California is looking to keep a tight rein on proceedings as Planned Parenthood’s civil lawsuit against the Center for Medical Progress and its founder David Daleiden heads to trial.
Read moreWednesday was the second day of a nine-day preliminary hearing that will determine whether two anti-abortion activists charged with recording people without their consent as part of a heavily edited video meant to embarrass abortion providers will be put on trial.
Read moreA federal judge has blocked Missouri from enforcing an abortion ban set to take effect Wednesday.
Read moreSupporters and opponents of the National Straight Pride Coalition clashed at the Planned Parenthood in Modesto, California, over the weekend in what was a highly charged but mostly peaceful protest.
Read moreA federal judge in San Francisco cleared the way Friday for Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against an anti-abortion group that published selectively edited videos in 2015 that made it appear as if employees were illegally selling fetal tissue for profit.
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Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping into financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases in the wake of its decision to quit a $260 million federal family planning program in a dispute with the Trump administration over abortion.
Read moreCiting a Trump administration “gag rule” barring federally funded clinics from referring women to abortions, Planned Parenthood said Monday it will exit the $286 million Title X program that provides reproductive health care to 4 million low-income and uninsured patients.
Read morePlanned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri in federal court Tuesday in an attempt to stop the state’s sweeping abortion bans.
Read moreA federal judge has refused to dismiss Planned Parenthood’s challenge to an Idaho law mandating early abortions be done by physicians only, finding the health care provider has adequately shown the law would place “an obstacle in women’s path to seeking an abortion” in violation of the 14th Amendment.
Read moreA federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of a set of Arkansas laws that would have eliminated abortions in some cases and likely would have forced the shuttering of the state’s only surgical abortion clinic.
Read moreThe Trump administration is giving taxpayer-funded family planning clinics more time to comply with its new rule that they no longer can refer women for abortions.
Read moreAt federal agency and court levels, the resources America makes available to couples dealing with unwanted pregnancies suffered twin setbacks heading into the weekend.
Read moreArguing that “smear” videos made abortion clinics targets of crime and threats, a lawyer urged a federal judge Wednesday to make those who helped create the “selectively edited” videos pay for Planned Parenthood’s increased security costs.
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