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In a resounding victory for constitutional principles and the rule of law, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker just delivered a decisive blow to the abortion industry’s latest attempt to circumvent the democratic process and force taxpayers to subsidize their operations. In Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the court correctly denieda preliminary injunction that would have blocked implementation of the “Big Beautiful Bill’s” provision that defunds major abortion providers. This victory comes alongside the parallel Massachusetts case, Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy, where Planned Parenthood Federation of America challenged the same legislation. While a...

Defunding Victories: 41 Planned Parenthoods Have Closed or Announced Closure Washington, D.C. – The nation’s leading political pro-life group has launched an interactive map tracking Planned Parenthood closures, as the One Big Beautiful Bill’s defunding provision begins to hit America’s largest abortion businesses. This year, 34 Planned Parenthoods have closed their doors and seven have announced they will. SBA Pro-Life America’s new tracker includes a table with Planned Parenthood closures while also pointing to community health centers within a 50-mile radius where women on Medicaid can receive better, more comprehensive care. The map is now live at lifesavinglaws.com under the...

In another major pro-life victory, Planned Parenthood said it will shut down its clinics in Louisiana Sept. 30 after losing access to federal funding under President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” While Planned Parenthood is barred from performing abortions in Louisiana, the organization has been a key player in directing patients to receive out-of-state abortions, The Hill reported. Pro-life advocates praised the shutdown as a decisive blow to the abortion industry’s influence in the state. Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said on X that he has “fought hard as Attorney General and now as Governor to rid our state of...

According to new report, opposition to abortion is more ‘extreme’ than rape.A European abortion lobby is warning against “religious extremism” on the rise across the continent, singling out Catholicism and ignoring the threat posed to Europe by Islam. The 158-page report “The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Reclaiming Power,” published by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF), faults “religious extremism” for the phenomenon of “accelerating financial expansion of movements working to dismantle decades of hard-won sexual and reproductive rights across Europe.”The EPF report derides the “anti-rights and religious extremist actors in Europe” working to oppose...

CV NEWS FEED // Baltimore prosecutors will retry Patrick Brice on a felony first-degree assault charge for violently attacking an elderly pro-life advocate outside a Planned Parenthood facility in 2023. A jury convicted Brice Feb. 6 of two counts each of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment for the attack on then 84-year-old Dick Schafer and 73-year-old Mark Crosby, CatholicVote reported. The jury acquitted him of the first-degree charge in Schafer’s case and failed to reach a verdict on the charge related to Crosby. Brice’s sentencing on the unresolved felony charge involving Crosby — initially scheduled for March 20 — was...

Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant gave zero prison time to a violent criminal named Patrick Brice, even though there is video proof that he brutally assaulted two people, ages 84 and 72. One of the victims has permanent damage to one of his eyes from the assault.

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia has partnered with several democratic lawmakers to launch Bros for Repro.’ The group includes male lawmakers running in tight races who are committed to “amplifying the voices of men who champion reproductive rights and bodily autonomy—not just as allies, but as active leaders in the movement.” Specifically, they want to see a surge in Democratic voters so that once they win, they can pass a constitutional amendment to entrench abortion rights in the state. One of these ‘bros’ is Del. Joshua Cole, who told MSN: “I would just ask that we speak up, we show...

So far this year, the Planned Parenthood abortion business has closed 33 centers. Despite what the abortion giant and the media would have Americans think, they all participated in abortions. Some would kill babies directly with surgical abortions. Others would kill babies by selling the dangerous abortion pill that also kills and injures women. Still others would make abortion referrals – with Planned Parenthood locations in pro-life states arranging abortions in other states or using telehealth to sell abortion pills to women in violation of state pro-life laws. The closures don’t mean that every baby the Planned Parenthood center would...

A federal judge on Monday expanded a preliminary injunction and blocked Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Provision barring funding for Planned Parenthood nationwide. Earlier this month Judge Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued a TRO and temporarily blocked the reconciliation bill’s provision barring funding for Planned Parenthood. Last Monday, the judge granted a preliminary injunction in part extending a block on barring funding for Planned Parenthood. Today, Judge Talwani expanded her injunction nationwide. The judge’s ruling comes after the US Supreme Court largely restricted lower courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. CNN reported: A federal judge in Boston has widened her block on...

The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing more centers – with another 5 closing in northern California thanks to the defunding bill President trump signed that took $300 million in taxpayer dollars away from the abortion giant. California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the state’s largest abortion company, have lost $300 million in federal funding following the new federal law that defunds America’s biggest abortion business. The congressional reconciliation bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month, prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for nonprofit health clinics that kill babies and receive more than $800,000 in federal...

Following the Congressional bill that President Trump signed to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business nationwide, it is closing centers left and right. After announcing that it is closing it humongous abortion center in Houston, Texas, another Planned Parenthood affiliate announced that two centers in Oho would be closing, even though abortions are still legal in the Buckeye State. Planned Parenthood facilities in Hamilton and Springfield will shut down on August 1, and the abortion giant said defunding was the reason why. “This was not a decision made by Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region,” Southwest Ohio Planned Parenthood president and...

The abortion business Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast will close two Houston-area abortion centers, including its 78,000-square-foot Prevention Park facility, once the largest abortion center in the Western Hemisphere, in a move pro-life advocates hailed as a “tremendous victory” for their movement. The closures, set for September 30, come amid financial pressures and political challenges, leaving four other Houston-area clinics to be acquired by Planned Parenthood’s largest Texas affiliate. With Texas having banned abortions for a few years now, and President trump signing the bill to defund the abortion giant, its two main sources of funding have dried up. Shawn Carney,...

Houston, TX — Scattered among three different affiliates, Planned Parenthood currently operates 30 brick-and-mortar clinics in the state of Texas – none of which have been able to perform abortions since 2022, and none of which have been allowed Medicaid reimbursements since 2021. Despite Planned Parenthood’s constant outrage over being recently defunded at both the state and federal level – touting that it offers “other services” in order to downplay a grisly business model centered around killing prenatal children – last week’s news out of Texas proved what more and more Americans are coming to suspect: the only things keeping...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an early Wednesday morning press release announcing a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) for its deceptive messaging about the abortion pill Mifepristone.Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his Office has filed a lawsuit against the national Planned Parenthood Federation of America for violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood has systematically misled women about the dangers of chemical abortions in order to cut costs and drive up revenue at the risk of women’s health and safety. “The national Planned Parenthood organization is actively endangering...

California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the state’s largest abortion company, have lost $300 million in federal funding following the new federal law that defunds America’s biggest abortion business. The congressional reconciliation bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month, prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for nonprofit health clinics that kill babies and receive more than $800,000 in federal funding annually, effectively cutting off federal support for California’s 114 Planned Parenthood clinics. Although the law is temporarily on hold because of a liberal judge in Massachusetts, the California Planned Parenthood affiliate will lose funding because it...

The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing yet another center — the 19th center this year. Planned Parenthood’s Evansville, Indiana center, a facility long targeted by pro-life advocates, will permanently close its doors to in-person appointments on Sept. 4. The decision marks a significant victory for the pro-life movement in Southwest Indiana. The closure, announced by Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK), comes amid what the abortion organization describes as mounting financial and political pressures. The decision to shutter the clinic at 125 N. Weinbach Ave. follows years of advocacy from groups like Right to Life of...

In true Lena Dunham fashion, the controversial writer and actress has launched her latest show promoting abortion with the help of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain. Key Takeaways: * Actress and writer Leha Dunham’s new show, “Too Much,” is now on Netflix. * Like her previous show, “Girls,” “Too Much” includes scenes promoting abortion. * Planned Parenthood worked with Dunham on both shows to depict abortion in a positive light. * Dunham has been the subject of controversy for her public statements on abortion. The Details: Netflix launched Dunham’s newest show, “Too Much,” earlier this month. Like her...

An abortion business in New Hampshire has been accused of attempting to groom and indoctrinate young girls by promoting its business using American Girl Dolls, which have long been marketed to girls 12 and under. While it is unclear if the American Girl company approved the use of its dolls in this manner, its own TikTok account shows it has shifted some of its marketing to young adults — many of whom grew up with the dolls and remain fans. Key Takeaways: * Lovering Health Center, a New Hampshire abortion business, used American Girl Dolls in a recent Facebook post...

In a historic victory for Nevada families, Nevada Right to Life has succeeded in finally enforcing the state’s parental notification law — nearly 40 years after it was passed. Planned Parenthood has officially dropped its decades-long lawsuit, clearing the way for parents to be notified before a minor undergoes an abortion. Since 1985, Nevada Right to Life has been the only organization relentlessly fighting to get this law enforced, shouldering the financial burden and actively seeking every legal avenue to bring justice for families. Thanks to their unwavering dedication, supported by legal counsel James Bopp, Jr. of The Bopp Law...

The Planned Parenthood abortion business has confirmed it’s shutting down a center it operated in Tyler, Texas. As LifeNews reported Tuesday, Planned Parenthood facility in Tyler, Texas, has reportedly permanently closed its doors, with a sign posted on July 17, 2025, marking the end of operations at 601 Turtle Creek Drive. Now the abortion giant has confirmed this, posting on its web site, “In-clinic services will end at this health center on 7/17/25, but Tyler area patients can still access services by making a telemed appointment.” Pro-life advocates hailed the closure as a victory in the ongoing effort to end...