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Where Are the Adults in DC?
 Where Are the Adults in DC? 
NICHOLAS KRISTOF
Apr 10, 2011 7:50 AM CDT

Where Are the Adults in DC?

Both parties are 'incompetent and cowardly,' says Kristof

(Newser) - Both the Democrats and Republicans are acting like squabbling adolescents, slams Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . "It’s unclear where the adults are, but they don’t seem to be in Washington," he says, adding "it’s painful how vapid the discourse is and how...

Budget Talks Hinged on Planned Parenthood

How the deal came together

(Newser) - When Barack Obama and John Boehner met Thursday night, one issue loomed over the rest: Planned Parenthood. Boehner was insisting that any budget deal would have to defund the organization, something Obama was utterly opposed to, sources tell Politico . Joe Biden said that if that point prevented a deal,...

Planned Parenthood Fight Holding Up Budget Deal

Mountaintop mining also an issue

(Newser) - A battle over Planned Parenthood funding has emerged as one of the major sticking points in the stalled federal budget talks, reports the Huffington Post . House Speaker John Boehner said late last night that the party would not approve a budget if any money went to Planned Parenthood through Title...

GOP Rep: Let's Fund Anti-Abortion Activists

Cliff Stearns' bill would help crisis pregnancy centers

(Newser) - Congressional Republicans have made it clear that they don't want to fund Planned Parenthood , but at least one thinks the federal government should be funding anti-abortion activists, Mother Jones reports. Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns introduced a measure that would provide federal funds to crisis pregnancy centers, clinics—often run by...

South Dakota Enacts 3-Day Waiting Period for Abortions

Women also have to go to anti-abortion counseling centers

(Newser) - Women who want to get an abortion in South Dakota must now wait a full three days after meeting with a doctor under a measure signed into law today by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the AP reports. It's the longest such waiting period in the nation. The law also requires that...

Rush: Planned Parenthood Doing the Klan's Job?

Limbaugh surely knew latest comment would get headlines

(Newser) - Another day, another controversial soundbite from Rush Limbaugh. Yesterday, the radio show host took on the subject of New York’s racial anti-abortion billboard , calling New York City “the abortion capital of the world” and bemoaning, in particular, the “60% abortion rate among black women in New York...

Racial Anti-Abortion NYC Billboard Yanked

Ad targeting African-Americans sparked deluge of complaints

(Newser) - A New York City billboard that pictured a young black girl under the slogan "The most dangerous place for African-Americans is in the womb" was taken down after a single day. The outdoor advertising company involved said it was taken down for reasons of public safety after workers in...

Daily Show Video: If GOP Wants to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Why Not Defund NASA, FAA Too?
 Kill NASA, FAA Funds 
 Over Abortions, Too 
the daily show
Feb 23, 2011 8:27 AM CST

Kill NASA, FAA Funds Over Abortions, Too

After all, they could be indirectly involved in abortions

(Newser) - The GOP wants to cut funding for Planned Parenthood , even though, as Jon Stewart pointed out last night, the “vast majority of Planned Parenthood services are not abortion-related.” But, Rep. Mike Pence has argued , by funding its non-abortion services, we’re really just freeing up cash to be...

Congresswoman on Abortion: 'I Lost a Baby'

Jackie Speier delivers impassioned speech

(Newser) - Congresswoman Jackie Speier gave a shockingly personal floor speech in defense of Planned Parenthood yesterday, telling her fellow legislators about her own abortion. “I had a procedure at 17 weeks pregnant with a child who moved from the vagina into the cervix,” said the California Democrat. “I...

Mike Pence Wages War on Planned Parenthood

Lawmaker trying yet again to cut off funding

(Newser) - The biggest threat to Planned Parenthood isn’t that 'sting' video , it’s Mike Pence. The Indiana Republican is on a one-man mission to cut off all the group’s federal funding. For three years in a row, he’s introduced legislation to ban any entity performing abortions from receiving...

Pelosi to Women: GOP Waging Assault on Your Health

Three GOP-backed bills threaten abortion access

(Newser) - The GOP and its barrage of abortion-linked bills are a menace to women's health, says an incensed Nancy Pelosi, who calls the "extreme legislation" the "the most comprehensive and radical assault on women's health in our lifetime." And she worries that women aren't fired up enough about...

Planned Parenthood to Retrain Workers After Sting

After which, any employee who goes against policy will be fired

(Newser) - Planned Parenthood plans to retrain thousands of its staffers in the coming weeks, in the wake of the release of an ACORN-esque sting video that showed an employee offering advice to a fake pimp on how to skirt rules to get medical care and abortions for underage prostitutes. Planned Parenthood...

Meet Lila Rose, Behind Planned Parenthood Sting

Founder of Live Action is an anti-abortion activist on a mission

(Newser) - The woman behind the Planned Parenthood sting that resulted in an employee getting fired is a 22-year-old anti-abortion activist named Lila Rose. She's made headlines before , but nothing to this extent, and it's a safe bet we'll be hearing more from the founder of the group Live Action, writes Libby...

ACORN-Esque 'Sting' Hits Planned Parenthood

But group says video was edited, doesn't reflect policies

(Newser) - An anti-abortion group has released an undercover video that appears to depict a Planned Parenthood employee giving advice to—you guessed it—a pimp and a prostitute. The employee, a New Jersey office manager named Amy Woodruff, advises the pair on how to get medical care for underage, illegal immigrant...

Man Tried ACORN 'Sting' on Planned Parenthood

It didn't work, and the FBI is investigating

(Newser) - The FBI is looking for a man suspected of trying to incriminate Planned Parenthood in a scam that resembles the hidden-camera sting that took down ACORN , reports TPM Muckraker . Eight clinics across five states had similar experiences over a single week: a young man came in looking for treatment for...

Women Don't Trust Palin on Abortion: Poll

54% of all voters think Planned Parenthood trustworthy; 24% think same of Palin

(Newser) - Most American voters—particularly women—don’t trust Sarah Palin on women’s health issues like abortion, sex ed, and birth control, a Planned Parenthood poll finds. While 54% of voters consider Planned Parenthood trustworthy on women’s health, only 24% find Palin trustworthy on the matter. The numbers inch...

Abstinence-Only States Have More Teen Pregnancy

Study shows big regional disparities

(Newser) - While US teen pregnancy rates are falling overall, some states currently have dramatically higher rates than others, according to a new CDC study—and they just happen to be states emphasizing abstinence-only sex education. In New England, for example, 2008 birth rates stood at less than 25 per 1,000...

Anti-Abortion Paladino Rents to Planned Parenthood

Candidate says lease left him no choice

(Newser) - Carl Paladino's distaste for man-on-man action didn't stop him renting to a gay club , and his firm anti-abortion views haven't stopped him collecting rent checks from Planned Parenthood. The New York candidate—who says he opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest—is the landlord for a Niagara...

The Truth About 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers'

Don't visit one expecting abortion counseling

(Newser) - Crisis pregnancy center: Sounds like a place where a woman with an unplanned pregnancy could discuss her options—all her options. But it’s not. Despite ads touting “free abortion alternatives,” you won’t hear discussion of the morning after-pill at these centers. Rather, enter a crisis pregnancy...

District's Kindergarten Sex-Ed Plan Spawns Uproar

Montana district battles blowback

(Newser) - Parents flooded into a Montana school board meeting last night to give their two cents—some for, some against—on a new proposed sex-ed program that would bring the birds and the bees into kindergarten. Young kids would be taught the proper medical terms for “private parts” like "...

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