Abortion

• Faye Wattleton, the first African American woman president of Planned Parenthood, will speak at a reproductive rights gala in Atlanta. • The Trump administration's proposed freeze on federal family planning grants is a key issue Wattleton will address. • Wattleton, who served as Planned Parenthood president from 1978-1992, advocates for resistance against policies restricting reproductive rights. • The gala, "A Night for Our Rights," is a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Southeast.

Pro-life lawmakers from across the country are demanding that Congress put an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood, calling on Republicans to use their “trifecta” in Washington. The letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and Kentucky Rep. Brett Guthrie and signed by 183 legislators, urges Republican leadership to include a measure to defund “Big Abortion” in the budget reconciliation bill, which is scheduled for markups on Tuesday.

FIRST ON FOX: A measure in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" aimed at cracking down on federal payments for abortion providers could run into a buzzsaw of opposition from moderate House Republicans. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., held a conference call with GOP lawmakers on Sunday night unveiling his panel's portion of the Republican reconciliation bill. During the question and answer portion of the call, Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., asked for clarity on several aspects, including a provision to make "large groups who provide abortion...

Editor’s note: This piece contains a graphic description of abortion. This is the first piece in a two-part series about abortion survivors. It’s no secret that the pro-abortion lobby ignores, silences, and degrades the voices of anyone who disagrees with their movement. This includes silencing the voices of those who were born as a result of a failed abortion. Melissa Ohden was born alive after a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977. This method of abortion, which is a days-long process, is rarely used nowadays. This abortion procedure involved injecting...

In August 2022, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made a guest appearance on a local conservative talk radio show. It was two months after the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion was now illegal in Alabama. And Marshall addressed rumors that he planned to prosecute anyone helping people get abortions out of state. “If someone was promoting themselves out as a funder of abortion out of state,” Marshall explained to the host, “then that is potentially criminally actionable for us.” This particular threat launched an epic...

President Trump’s choice for a deputy secretary post said he “strongly supports” conducting a safety review of mifepristone, the abortion pill found in a recent study to be more dangerous than its label suggests. James O’Neill, the president’s pick for the No. 2 position at the Department of Health and Human Services, addressed the safety issue during his Thursday confirmation hearing while being questioned by Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican. Mr. Hawley cited the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s study of insurance data on 865,727 cases, which found that 10.93%...

A retired Republican US Supreme Court justice who became a liberal darling and cast a key vote to uphold abortion rights has died. Justice David Souter died peacefully at his New Hampshire home on Thursday at the age of 85. His cause of death was not revealed by the Supreme Court on Friday. Fellow Republican President George HW Bush appointed Souter to America’s highest court in 1990. He was nicknamed the ‘stealth candidate’ when he was nominated to replace William J Brennan Jr, who was seen as a leader of...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The newly named Pope Leo XIV has previously condemned abortion and called for gun control. Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the United States, and his papacy begins at a time of political tensions in the country. He now leads more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide, including about 53 million Catholics in the U.S. What He Has Said About Abortion Leo XIV has repeatedly criticized...

The Bulletin discusses the abortion-pill court case, this week’s Israel-Iran clash, and the popularity of Twitch influencer Hasan Piker. In this episode of The Bulletin, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa discuss the current abortion-pill court case with CT’s political correspondent. Then, Jonathan Schanzer joins the show to talk about this week’s clashes between Israel and Iran. Finally, Russell, Mike and Clarissa discuss Twitch streamer and influencer Hasan Piker who offers a mash-up of hot topics and politics. What do people love about him? GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: • Join the...