Surrounded by a group of civic and religious leaders, Fresno City Councilmember Garry Bredefeld held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to protest a planned $1 million grant to a local Planned Parenthood clinic. The grant was approved as part of the state budget, but is facing staunch opposition from...
Planned Parenthood ‘Pink’ Bus Tour Brings Pro-Choice Message to Fresno
Fresno City Council members joined Planned Parenthood officials and a faith leader on Tuesday in northeast Fresno to urge the community's continued support for reproductive rights and access to abortions. The "Powered by Pink" bus tour, which kicked off in Sacramento on Saturday, made its first official stop for...
Roe v. Wade’s Apparent Demise Draws Fresno Cheers and Jeers
News that the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be on the verge of overturning a nearly 50-year-old decision to legalize abortion in America predictably prompted drastically divergent reactions from abortion opponents and pro-choice supporters, respectively. Although abortion rights supporters have long anticipated that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe...
Joe Biden Reverses Position on Federal Dollars for Abortions
ATLANTA — After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions. "If I believe health care is a right, as I do, I can no...
Justices Won’t Hear States’ Appeal Over Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three justices. The court's order reflected a split among its conservative justices and an accusation from Justice...