<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - planned-parenthood</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/planned-parenthood</link><description>Newsvine - planned-parenthood</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:42:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 01:45:42 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Texas: New Women's Health Program can meet demand</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has signed up more than enough doctors to treat the poor women who depended on Planned Parenthood for family planning services and check-ups, the commissioner said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16398122-texas-new-womens-health-program-can-meet-demand</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16398122-texas-new-womens-health-program-can-meet-demand</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>program</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>texas-health</category><category>human-services-commission</category><category>texas-women-health-program</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 20:51:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas judge OKs ban on Planned Parenthood funding</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood's family planning programs for poor women, a state judge ruled Monday, requiring thousands to find new state-approved doctors for their annual exams, cancer screenings and birth control.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16269585-texas-judge-oks-ban-on-planned-parenthood-funding</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16269585-texas-judge-oks-ban-on-planned-parenthood-funding</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>health</category><category>program</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>women-health-program</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:28:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: Oklahoma can end Planned Parenthood deals</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday denied a request by Planned Parenthood to temporarily block Oklahoma from terminating a contract with the agency to provide nutritional services to low-income mothers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sean Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16130614-judge-oklahoma-can-end-planned-parenthood-deals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16130614-judge-oklahoma-can-end-planned-parenthood-deals</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:37:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Appeal against 3-day wait for SD abortion dropped</title>
<description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood filed notice Friday that it is dropping its appeal of a legal provision that requires women seeking abortions in South Dakota to wait three days.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristi Eaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristi Eaton]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16071445-appeal-against-3-day-wait-for-sd-abortion-dropped</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16071445-appeal-against-3-day-wait-for-sd-abortion-dropped</guid><category>us</category><category>abortion</category><category>appeal</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:28:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge rules against Texas in women's care dispute</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas' request to force the U.S. Health and Human Services to continue funding its Women's Health Program was denied Friday, as a judge sided with federal authorities who say the state's exclusion of Planned Parenthood violates HHS guidelines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nomaan Merchant]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nomaan Merchant]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069876-judge-rules-against-texas-in-womens-care-dispute</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069876-judge-rules-against-texas-in-womens-care-dispute</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>health</category><category>program</category><category>human-services</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>texas-women</category><category>health-program</category><category>human-services-department</category><category>women-health-program</category><category>texas-women-health-program</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:32:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>No charges in stabbing outside Planned Parenthood</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oregon prosecutors have decided an anti-abortion protester was acting in self-defense when he stabbed a man who attacked him outside a Planned Parenthood office.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549048-no-charges-in-stabbing-outside-planned-parenthood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549048-no-charges-in-stabbing-outside-planned-parenthood</guid><category>us</category><category>stabbing</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:12:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Planned Parenthood sues Oklahoma over WIC funding</title>
<description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood is suing the head of the Oklahoma Department of Health over the agency's decision to withdraw federal funding for three clinics in the Tulsa area that provide food and nutritional counseling to low-income mothers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15115806-planned-parenthood-sues-oklahoma-over-wic-funding</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15115806-planned-parenthood-sues-oklahoma-over-wic-funding</guid><category>us</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>oklahoma-department</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:19:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Planned Parenthood stays in Women's Health Program</title>
<description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood will continue to receive funds from a joint Texas and federal program providing health care to low-income women, despite the state's promise to exclude its clinics by Nov. 1 because they are affiliated with abortion providers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836463-planned-parenthood-stays-in-womens-health-program</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836463-planned-parenthood-stays-in-womens-health-program</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>program</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>women-health-program</category><category>texas-women-health-program</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Self-defense claim in Planned Parenthood stabbing</title>
<description><![CDATA[An anti-abortion protester accused in a stabbing outside a Planned Parenthood in Oregon said Wednesday he was just trying to stop a man who was beating him and is relieved he's expected to live.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Barnard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Barnard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14654265-self-defense-claim-in-planned-parenthood-stabbing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14654265-self-defense-claim-in-planned-parenthood-stabbing</guid><category>us</category><category>stabbing</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>southern-oregon</category><category>oregon-planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:09:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court blocks Ind. defunding of Planned Parenthood</title>
<description><![CDATA[Indiana stepped between women and their physicians when it enacted a law that blocked Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charles Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646242-court-blocks-ind-defunding-of-planned-parenthood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646242-court-blocks-ind-defunding-of-planned-parenthood</guid><category>us</category><category>indiana</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:42:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court blocks Ind. defunding of Planned Parenthood</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has ruled that Indiana can't cut off funding for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14645965-court-blocks-ind-defunding-of-planned-parenthood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14645965-court-blocks-ind-defunding-of-planned-parenthood</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>indiana</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:24:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Oklahoma to end Planned Parenthood contracts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma is withdrawing federal funding to three Planned Parenthood clinics in Tulsa that for 18 years has allowed them to provide food and nutritional counseling to low-income mothers &#8212; a decision that mirrors efforts in other conservative states to defund the group and one its director described Thursday as a "short-sighted political maneuver."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sean Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14226611-oklahoma-to-end-planned-parenthood-contracts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14226611-oklahoma-to-end-planned-parenthood-contracts</guid><category>us</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>health</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 20:20:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas hearing on Planned Parenthood gets emotional</title>
<description><![CDATA[State lawmakers, hospital system administrators and dozens of women urged Texas officials Tuesday not to sever funding to Planned Parenthood under a law barring state support for clinics affiliated with abortion providers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13664678-texas-hearing-on-planned-parenthood-gets-emotional</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13664678-texas-hearing-on-planned-parenthood-gets-emotional</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>program</category><category>us-news</category><category>tx</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>women-health-program</category><category>texas-women-health-program</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 23:19:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Insider book details Komen-Planned Parenthood rift</title>
<description><![CDATA[Criticizing major players on both sides, former Susan G. Komen for the Cure vice president Karen Handel has written a blistering insider's account of the prominent cancer charity's decision to halt grants to Planned Parenthood and its swift retreat in the face of an intense, widespread backlash.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Crary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Crary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13662323-insider-book-details-komen-planned-parenthood-rift</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13662323-insider-book-details-komen-planned-parenthood-rift</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>komen</category><category>karen-handel</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Planned Parenthood awaits funding cutoff in Texas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood said Wednesday that Texas clinics are operating like normal for now, even as state officials move to quickly freeze funding after a federal court gave Republican lawmakers a victory in their efforts to punish health providers linked to abortion services.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13419182-planned-parenthood-awaits-funding-cutoff-in-texas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13419182-planned-parenthood-awaits-funding-cutoff-in-texas</guid><category>us</category><category>program</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>health-program</category><category>women-health-program</category><category>texas-women-health-program</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:30:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court: Texas can cut off Planned Parenthood funds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas officials are vowing to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood after a federal court sided with the state in a challenge over a new law that bans clinics affiliated with abortion providers from getting money through a health program for low-income women.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/21/13400150-court-texas-can-cut-off-planned-parenthood-funds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/21/13400150-court-texas-can-cut-off-planned-parenthood-funds</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>women</category><category>health</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>women-health</category><category>texas-women-health</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:36:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Charges against Kansas abortion clinic dropped</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Kansas prosecutor on Friday dropped all remaining criminal charges against a Kansas City-area Planned Parenthood clinic accused of performing illegal abortions, ending what was believed to be the first attempt in the U.S. to prosecute a facility affiliated with the group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanna]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Hanna]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13338527-charges-against-kansas-abortion-clinic-dropped</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13338527-charges-against-kansas-abortion-clinic-dropped</guid><category>us</category><category>case</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>criminal-case</category><category>kansas-city-area-planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former Susan G. Komen executive has book deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former Susan G. Komen executive at the heart of the organization's clash with Planned Parenthood has a book deal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13260151-former-susan-g-komen-executive-has-book-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13260151-former-susan-g-komen-executive-has-book-deal</guid><category>us</category><category>books</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>komen-executive</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:31:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b74c0a41-7fec-4dff-b002-d08397d106c3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b74c0a41-7fec-4dff-b002-d08397d106c3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Feb. 7, 2012 file photo shows Karen Handel, former ice president for public policy for Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity, speaking during an interview in Atlanta.   Handel, the former Susan G. Komen executive at the heart of the organization's clash with Planned Parenthood has a book deal. Howard Books, an imprint of Simon &amp; Schuster, announced Monday, Aug. 13, that Karen Handel's &quot;Planned Bullyhood&quot; will come out Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=111830a8-8c8b-46db-8c06-35c894487486.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="322" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=111830a8-8c8b-46db-8c06-35c894487486.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="191" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Feb. 7, 2012 file photo shows Karen Handel, former ice president for public policy for Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity, speaking during an interview in Atlanta.   Handel, the former Susan G. Komen executive at the heart of the organization's clash with Planned Parenthood has a book deal. Howard Books, an imprint of Simon &amp; Schuster, announced Monday, Aug. 13, that Karen Handel's &quot;Planned Bullyhood&quot; will come out Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Komen founder to step down as chief executive</title>
<description><![CDATA[As her sister was dying from breast cancer, Nancy G. Brinker made a promise to her: She would do everything she could to wipe out the disease.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Stengle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamie Stengle]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13187886-komen-founder-to-step-down-as-chief-executive</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13187886-komen-founder-to-step-down-as-chief-executive</guid><category>us</category><category>up</category><category>health</category><category>leadership</category><category>us-news</category><category>shake</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>shake-up</category><category>komen</category><category>nancy-brinker</category><category>leadership-shake</category><category>leadership-shake-up</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 01:05:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18a6f197-d9ca-417f-873e-3db4958511ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="511" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18a6f197-d9ca-417f-873e-3db4958511ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2009 file photo, Nancy Brinker, founding chair of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Brinker, who has long been the public face of the charity, will relinquish her chief executive's role for a position focused on fundraising and strategic planning, according to a statement released Wednesday Aug. 8, 2012 by the Dallas-based organization. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>26 charges against Kan. abortion clinic dismissed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Kansas judge on Thursday dismissed 26 misdemeanor charges against a Kansas City-area Planned Parenthood clinic, honoring a prosecutor's request to further narrow a criminal case over allegations the clinic performed illegal late-term abortions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanna]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Hanna]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13093704-26-charges-against-kan-abortion-clinic-dismissed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13093704-26-charges-against-kan-abortion-clinic-dismissed</guid><category>us</category><category>case</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>criminal-case</category><category>kansas-city-area-planned-parenthood</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 02:18:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Medicaid official rules against Ind. abortion law</title>
<description><![CDATA[Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charles Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12627204-medicaid-official-rules-against-ind-abortion-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12627204-medicaid-official-rules-against-ind-abortion-law</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>indiana</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>planned-parenthood-medicaid</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2012 17:23:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Planned Parenthood launches anti-Romney TV ad</title>
<description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood is launching a TV ad campaign in three battleground states suggesting that women's rights would suffer if Republican Mitt Romney is elected president. The political arm of the women's health care organization has endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11959741-planned-parenthood-launches-anti-romney-tv-ad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11959741-planned-parenthood-launches-anti-romney-tv-ad</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 19:17:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Arizona gov. signs Planned Parenthood funding ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill to cut off Planned Parenthood's access to taxpayer money funneled through the state for non-abortion services.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11546049-arizona-gov-signs-planned-parenthood-funding-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11546049-arizona-gov-signs-planned-parenthood-funding-ban</guid><category>us</category><category>arizona</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>jan-brewer</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 02:31:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: Texas can't cut funds to Planned Parenthood</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas cannot ban Planned Parenthood from receiving state funds, at least until a lower court has a chance to hear formal arguments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11542682-judge-texas-cant-cut-funds-to-planned-parenthood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11542682-judge-texas-cant-cut-funds-to-planned-parenthood</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>health</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>women-health</category><category>texas-women</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 20:15:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Appeals judge stops Planned Parenthood injunction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals judge stepped into the fight over the Texas Women's Health Program on Tuesday, saying he wanted to hear arguments on whether the state should be prevented from enforcing a law that bans Planned Parenthood from participating in the program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472866-appeals-judge-stops-planned-parenthood-injunction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472866-appeals-judge-stops-planned-parenthood-injunction</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>health</category><category>us-news</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>women-health</category><category>texas-women</category><category>health-program</category><category>texas-women-health</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>