Columbia clinic performed just over 100 abortions between October 2017 and October 2018, said Emily Miller, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Great Plains. ... More recently, Planned Parenthood Kansas City stopped care in August when the state failed to renew its..…
We're seeing these bans in states and where we know they have health care outcomes, said Jacqueline Ayers, president of government relations and policy at Planned Parenthood Action Fund... Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri did not expand Medicaid under ACA, creating..…
But pro-choice activists argue that conservative lawmakers aren’t avoiding a legal battle so much as they’re delaying it: Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi has called Tennesseee’s trigger law “blatantly unconstitutional,” and promised to challenge it..…
Proponents of abortion access are expected to file lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the similar to legislation passed Arkansas, North Dakota, Iowa, Kentucky and Mississippi. If this is what it takes, we'll see you at Supreme Court, said Iris Harvey, chief and president..…
Leana Wen, president of Planned Parenthood, released a statement in response to the bill signing: “Mississippi’s six-week abortion ban is a dangerous policy that criminalizes a safe, standard medical procedure and will endanger women’s lives…. ... Planned..…
'If they do not believe in the sanctity of life, these that are in organizations like Planned Parenthood, we will have to fight that fight. ... Mississippi is one of several states that have considered bills this year to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is found. ..…
Right now, 11 states have taken action to defund Medicaid programs Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas. But the optics certainly would not look good for Planned Parenthood even on different legal grounds, could..…