Planned Parenthood Funding

Planned Parenthood’s political power

Sheila Liaugminas | 22 July 2011

There’s a lot in the news about contraception and health care and Planned Parenthood right now. And a lot more that should be.

Budget battles and abortion

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 April 2011

During the course of this contentious week in Washington over federal spending and a government shutdown at the end of it, the issue of abortion has emerged at the height and center of controversy. This isn’t a wonkish debate after all. It’s about core social values. Like….human beings who become the society that drives the economy.

Defund Planned Parenthood

Sheila Liaugminas | 01 July 2010

For the first time since 2002, the nation’s largest abortion provider has been called to an accounting. How much federal funding do they receive and how much do they spend, and therefore ‘need?’ It took 31 U.S. senators and congressional representatives asking for such a report to get the books opened for review. And what they found was a big discrepancy.