Accused Clinic Shooter Says His Victims Are ‘Casualties’ of ‘War’
Robert Lewis Dear Jr., who admitted his guilt in a court outburst in the shooting death of three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, told a local TV station that he has no remorse...
View ArticleTed Cruz Targets Federal Policy Protecting Abortion Providers, Patients
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-AZ) have probed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide documentation about complaints under a federal law that protects access to reproductive health-care...
View ArticleJudge: Anti-Abortion Protesters in Kentucky Must Stay Out of Buffer Zone...
UPDATE, JULY 24, 5:23 p.m.: The court on Monday issued an order stating the parties had agreed that the temporary restraining order will remain in effect until it expires August 4. The parties agreed...
View Article‘You Could Die by a Bullet’: New York Anti-Choice Protester Hurled Threats...
For more of our coverage on the New York clinic picketers trial, click here. “You never know when death may come.” “You could die by a bullet.” That’s what Randall Thomas said to clinic escorts...
View ArticleAlleged Missouri Planned Parenthood Arsonist Used ‘Molotov Cocktail-Type Device’
A Missouri man whose wife posted on Facebook that Planned Parenthood “kills people” was charged Monday with arson in connection to a February 10 fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia,...
View ArticleThis Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, Get to Know the People Who Make...
There are myriad paths to reproductive health, rights, and justice work. For AJ Haynes, it involved “margaritas and a cover band, as any good story should.” Haynes, a counselor for the Hope Medical...
View ArticleIn Alabama, an Anti-Choice Protester Tried to Run Over an Abortion Clinic Escort
It was a day like any other at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa. In a nondescript office park, abortion clinic escorts shielded incoming patients from the graphic signs and verbal abuse of...
View Article‘It’s All About Power’: Mississippi Anti-Choice Group Targets Buffer Zone...
Laurie Bertram Roberts is familiar with the scene outside the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Mississippi. She volunteered as one of the abortion clinic’s first patient escorts in 2013,...
View ArticleI Watched ‘Richard Jewell.’ Where Was Anti-Choice Terrorist Eric Rudolph?
Clint Eastwood’s historical drama Richard Jewell misses the mark. The film follows the story of Richard Jewell, a security guard wrongly accused of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing after he found...
View ArticleI’m a Proud Abortion Provider. Here’s Why.
Every day, I walk through the doors of the Planned Parenthood health center where I work with a smile, often singing along to a song playing on my headphones. Many find this surprising considering...
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