U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Trump Rules Involving Abortions

GENE JOHNSON / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Taxpayer-funded clinics in the Title X program for low-income women are barred from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lawsuit: Trump Family-Planning Rule ‘Politicizes’ Medicine

DAVID CRARY / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2019 The AMA and Planned Parenthood oppose a rule barring family planning clinics funded by Title X from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Administration Over Birth Control Access

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 2, 2018 Trading in contraceptive methods for shame- and abstinence-based programs "is wrong, it's bad for public health, and it’s outside the law," a plaintiff says of the federal guidelines. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Netherlands Is Starting a Fund to Counter Trump’s Global Anti-Choice Efforts

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 After a Trump order bans aid to groups that "offer abortion counseling" in developing nations, Dutch Trade and Development Minister Lilianne Ploumen, pictured, announces plans to "fill the gap." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abortions

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Sorry Arizona, SCOTUS Says You Can’t Stop Funding Planned Parenthood Over Abortion

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Texas Judge Allows Ban on Planned Parenthood Funding

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2013 Texas can cut funding to qualified doctors and clinics that advocate for abortion rights for poor women, a state district judge ruled Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unintended Consequences

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Feb 23, 2011 House Republicans voted to increase the number of abortions, raise federal health care costs and swell the welfare rolls. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Will Rip Away the ‘Global Gag’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2009 In the next move of a partisan ping-pong game over women's reproductive health, Obama is slated to reverse the despicable "global gag rule" that refuses U.S. aid to foreign health clinics that even mention the word that begins with an A. And sounds like "shma-shmortion." It's abortion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ellen Goodman: Fox in the Henhouse

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jan 18, 2007 President Bush has done it again, appointing a doctor who opposes family planning to run the nation's family planning program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )