Planned Parenthood

Montana clinics preemptively restrict out-of-state patients' access to abortion pills

5:00am July 07, 2022

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but four of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

Bryan Peden, an anti-abortion supporter stands outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., and waves his King James version of the Bible, as he cries out to women entering the medical facility to not have and abortion, Saturd

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

4:12am July 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

Nate Darnell holds a cross while surrounded by chanting abortion-rights demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Roe established abortion rights. 20 years later, Casey paved the way for restrictions

10:19am May 06, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The 5-4 decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey upheld Roe in 1992 but paved the way for more restrictions on abortion access.

Planned Parenthood: Abortion will remain legal in North Carolina but the future is uncertain

11:03am May 04, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

A leaked draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the Roe v.

Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol on April 13, 2022 in Frankfort, Ky., as Kentucky lawmakers debate overriding the governor's veto of an abortion measure.

How Kentucky Republicans blocked all abortions for more than a week

6:51pm April 22, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Even without a Supreme Court ruling, a new Kentucky law shut down abortions for several days before a federal court stepped in. Abortion rights groups fear it's just the beginning.

MacKenzie Scott with her then-husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in 2017.

MacKenzie Scott makes a record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood

10:41pm March 23, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Scott, who divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, has given away more than $12 billion to nearly 1,200 groups.

A protester prays ahead of the North Texas March for Life, celebrating the passage and court rulings upholding the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, on Jan. 15.

National

Abortions in Texas fell 60% in the first month after its new law took effect

6:06pm February 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The numbers offer a fuller picture of the sharp drop in patients that Texas doctors have described in their clinics over the past five months.

Investigators and officials have ruled that the New Year's Eve fire at a Knoxville Planned Parenthood building was intentional.

National

A fire that destroyed a Planned Parenthood building was intentionally set

4:36pm January 07, 2022

by Tien Le

The New Year's Eve fire that caused a "total loss" of the Planned Parenthood building in Knoxville, Tenn., has been ruled an arson, investigators say.

Planned Parenthood volunteer Sarah Mahoney checks a list of addresses in Windham, Maine to see which door to knock on next.

Health & Safety

A new way to talk about abortion? In Maine, using deep conversation to reach voters

4:27pm January 04, 2022

by Patty Wight

Is it possible to have calm, in-depth discussions about a fraught issue like abortion? Maine's Planned Parenthood thinks so, and is using "deep canvassing" to garner support without confrontation.

President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. His budget proposal drops a decades-long ban on public funding for abortion.

Biden's Budget Proposal Reverses A Decades-Long Ban On Abortion Funding

1:51pm May 31, 2021

by Sarah McCammon

Biden's budget follows through on a campaign promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions. It's not clear the change will be approved by Congress.