Planned Parenthood of Illinois is closing four clinics, cutting staff and beefing up its telehealth care as the organization continues to deal with financial issues. Appointments will end in March at the four clinics in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and in Ottawa, Decatur and Bloomington. None of the health centers provided procedural abortion care.

Paula Christensen, of Huntington Beach, displays signs Saturday during a Planned Parenthood protest on Newport Boulevard held ahead of the presidential inauguration. Waving banners and posters bearing messages promoting reproductive rights, equity and justice, local Planned Parenthood supporters on Saturday staged demonstrations throughout Orange County ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration Monday.

Cecile Richards, who led Planned Parenthood for over a decade, lost her battle with cancer on Monday. Richards, 67, who was diagnosed in late 2023, passed away surrounded by family, her family said. “This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie. Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives," her family wrote, sharing the news of her death. Richards served as the head of Planned Parenthood for 12 years,...

Cecile Richards led Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018, making her the organization’s longest-serving president. Signage outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Mo., on June 24, 2022. Signage outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Mo., on June 24, 2022. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and a prominent figure in the pro-abortion movement, has died. She was 67.

Cecile Richards , who served as president of the women’s health organization Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018, died on Monday, Jan. 20, her family confirmed to PEOPLE. She was 67. Her death follows a 2023 diagnosis of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. “This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie. Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives,” Richards' family — husband Kirk Adams and their...

Planned Parenthood, which continues to receive the bulk of its taxpayer dollars through Medicaid reimbursements and the Title X Family Planning Program, has repeatedly failed to abide by mandatory reporting laws regarding child sexual abuse. Yet, both Medicaid and Title X require participants to comply with state and federal laws regarding the reporting of abuse. When legislation was proposed in 2015 to defund Planned Parenthood, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that Planned Parenthood received approximately $450 million annually in just funds.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Despite the crucial fact that federal money cannot be used for abortions, Republicans have been trying to cut off all sources of federal funding to Planned Parenthood since 2007. The money the health care organization receives through various government programs covers birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing, and cancer screenings, but archconservatives want to shut down the country’s largest abortion provider by excluding it from these programs.

Planned Parenthood, the biggest player in America’s abortion industry, is being accused of violating federal tax law by helping Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the Democrat nominees in last year’s presidential race, in Florida. Fox News reports a complaint has been filed by the organization “40 Days for Life” with the Internal Revenue Service charging the abortion corporation provided office space to the Democrats. That would violate the restrictions to which the organization agreed for being given a tax-exempt status. “40 Days” is one of the nation’s leading pro-life organizations,...

A top official at the Texas Medical Board has stepped down after far-right state lawmakers launched a pressure campaign over his reported employment with a Planned Parenthood laboratory. Agency spokesperson Spencer Miller-Payne confirmed in an email that Medical Director Robert Bredt submitted his retirement paperwork on Jan. 7 and left the same day. Bredt had been in the high-profile role since July 2012, according to the Texas Tribune’s salary guide, which tracks the employment of state officials. Harrison and Cain posted a copy of Bredt’s CV, which showed that he...