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At the same time, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about whether South Carolina can disqualify Planned Parenthood from being reimbursed by Medicaid for services that have nothing to do with abortion. In fact, South Carolina banned abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy, except in narrow circumstances, in 2023.

The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (HR 38) — Authored by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, this bill allows citizens with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to conceal carry across state lines and in other states, protecting their constitutional rights no matter the state. Shreve is one of 165 co-sponsors.

Missouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban.

A Planned Parenthood chapter is accused of violating its tax-exempt status by hosting Harris-Walz 2024 campaign offices, per an IRS complaint by 40 Days for Life.

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio has acquired the Women's Med Center in Kettering, a suburb of Dayton. It's the first acquisition for Planned Parenthood in Ohio since voters passed the constitutional amendment to protect access to abortion in 2023.

Two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., Massachusetts residents gathered on Boston Common for People’s March 2025.

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region acquired Women's Med Center in Kettering, in response to Dr. Martin Haskell’s retirement plans.

A Planned Parenthood in Florida violated its tax-exempt status by providing a workspace for Vice President Kamala Harris presidential election campaign in addition to other activities, according to

They marched from Monument Square to City Hall. Speakers called for unity and collective action to protect abortion rights and federal programs that help the most vulnerable citizens.

Investigators with the Nashville Fire Department are searching for two individuals who allegedly set fires near a Planned Parenthood location in December 2024. NFD is asking for the public’s help to identify two people of interest who were caught on camera setting fires in containers next to the Planned Parenthood on Dr.

Fear about possible changes to contraception coverage is motivating a number of Mainers to get IUDs and other forms of long-lasting birth control.