In conjunction with the widely-successful National Pink Out Day yesterday, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards voluntarily appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to answer questions about their funding. The hearing was prompted by the highly-edited videos that were intentionally cut-and-pasted together to make it look as though Planned Parenthood was making a profit off of the selling […]

When we first moved to Dexter, Michigan nine years ago, among other important things like finding a new doctor and a veterinarian for my pets, I needed to find a new hair stylist. I set out to a salon one day that was recommended to me by a person I knew in the area. I was greeted in the lobby […]

Most of the GOP candidates are aligning themselves with those who find themselves “appalled and disgusted” by what they’ve seen or claim to have seen in doctored and intentionally deceptive videos produced to re-energize a key GOP wedge issue. They are equating the legitimate transfer of embryonic and fetal tissue with trafficking in “baby body parts.” This is a new […]

While anti-choice activists try to take down the organization with misinformation, it’s imperative to defend the facts. For #PinkOut Day, the most important thing I can share is the truth. The truth is something supporters of Planned Parenthood like me have on our side. While opponents peddle lies, all we have to do is tell the truth. I wrote the […]

I’m willing to concede that all of the recent fervor over defunding Planned Parenthood is generally well-intentioned. Those who would defund Planned Parenthood truly feel that they’re sticking up for what they believe in, and that pulling funding for Planned Parenthood would (a) reduce the overall number of abortions performed in the US and (b) constitute some kind of magic […]

Today is National Pink Out Day, a day when we all come together to show that we support Planned Parenthood and are disgusted with the lies and deceptions being spewed by their detractors in an attempt to ACORN them. Today at Eclectablog, you will hear from many of our writers about their perspectives on the importance of standing with Planned […]