As I’ve been saying for a while now, Planned Parenthood is on life support. Clinics around the country have been closing nearly every week. Here’s one of the latest. A sign posted to the door of the Planned Parenthood location on Euclid Avenue said, ”Because our Title X funds have been withheld, this health center...
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is a big and potentially fatal loss for Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider. Scanning the headlines about this decision, Axios’ gets it right: “Supreme Court ruling on patients rights’ could devastate Planned Parenthood.” The case decided today is called Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and it arose...
Getty Images A significant number of Labour MPs are threatening to vote against the government’s working-age welfare reform plan when it comes before the House of Commons next week. The reforms are designed to reduce the overall working-age welfare bill by about £5bn a year by the end of the decade. The rebel MPs have...
Peter Saull Political editor, BBC East Midlands BBC Labour’s Natalie Fleet said she used to tell her friends: “I can’t be an MP – I was a teenage parent” “You’ve ruined your life, not only for you, but for your unborn daughter.” Natalie Fleet fell pregnant at 15 and says she was made to feel...
The Metropolitan Police chief has said he is “shocked and frustrated” at a planned protest in support of Palestine Action in London on Monday. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, “actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest”. It comes as...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is making changes to her package of welfare reforms in an attempt to reassure Labour MPs who are considering rebelling against the plans. Kendall has tried to soften the impact of planned benefits cuts worth £5bn a year by 2030 before MPs vote on...
A man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators attending a march for Israeli hostages in Colorado on Sunday planned the attack for a year, investigators say. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, who is charged with a federal hate crime as well as state charges of attempted murder, assault and use of an explosive device, made...
Four Just Stop Oil protesters who were planning to glue themselves to the taxiway at Manchester Airport have been jailed. Officers arrested Indigo Rumbelow, Margaret Reid, Leanorah Ward and Daniel Knorr as they were making their way to the airport on 4 August 2024. They were equipped with heavy-duty bolt-cutters, angle grinders, glue, sand, Just...
America’s largest abortion provider is struggling against a downward trend since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision clarified that abortion is not a constitutional right but a matter for state laws. Last August the NY Times reported that abortion clinics all over the country were going broke. In February of this year the Times offered a...
Paul Glynn and Steven McIntosh Culture reporters Watch: How Gary Lineker’s long BBC career came to an abrupt end Gary Lineker has confirmed he will leave the BBC after presenting his final episode of Match of the Day on Sunday. The 64-year-old had been expected to continue fronting coverage of the men’s FA Cup and...
Civil servants in Devon and Cornwall have taken to picket lines as they strike over the planned closure of offices. Staff from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are taking part in a strike opposing new attendance policies, recruitment strategies and the closure of six offices across the UK, including those in...
Five children were killed or wounded in a US strike on a ceramics factory on Sunday. The U.S. has killed over 100 people in Yemen in less than a month of bombardments, Yemen health officials say, killing dozens of civilians as the Trump administration escalates its attacks on the region. The Yemen Health Ministry reported...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that may cut off Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding. Planned Parenthood says the move violates the Medicaid Act’s “free choice of provider” provision, which says patients are entitled to choose their own doctors. The case, brought by the state of South Carolina, could impact the...