Planned Parenthood

At issue is whether a state, in this case, South Carolina, can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

Richards, a lifelong activist, led Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.

Cecile Richards, the longtime activist for women's rights and former head of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling brain cancer.

It’s been two years since Texas implemented new health education standards for students, but advocates say the opt-in instruction still isn’t comprehensive.

Texas officials sued the organization last year in federal court for more than $1.8 billion, claiming it committed Medicaid fraud when it filed reimbursements at a time when the state was seeking to expel it from the program.

Abrams told the crowd that more than a year after the overturn of Roe V. Wade, abortion rights activists have been aligning with some conservatives who fear the consequences of the Supreme Court decision in states like Texas.

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back abortion rights, the nation's most prominent abortion provider says it will rethink its structure and cut staff.

Texas native Cecile Richards has worked for reproductive health care and rights her entire career.

The law allows private citizens to sue anyone who performs or helps someone get an abortion after roughly six weeks. If successful, the plaintiff could be awarded at least $10,000.

Planned Parenthood clinics in South Texas have stopped providing any abortions as a new law went into effect Wednesday that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The two other Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state — Gulf Coast and Greater Texas — will still provide abortions in the rare cases when a pregnancy is detected in that early timeframe, as the law permits.