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Planned Parenthood could be forced to pay back $1.8 billion to Louisiana, Texas

A lawsuit contends that Planned Parenthood continued to file Medicaid claims in Louisiana or Texas from 2016 to 2020 despite its eligibility being in dispute.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Sep 29, 2025Sep 30, 2025

Judges strike down Florida law allowing minors to get abortions without parental consent

A three-judge panel of the US Fifth District Court of Appeals struck down the judicial bypass provision of Florida’s restrictions on underage abortions, ruling it inconsistent with the 14th Amendment and parental rights.

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Calvin Freiburger

• May 20, 2025

Pro-life worker fired by Southwest Airlines for opposing abortion activism continues legal battle

Pro-life flight attendant Charlene Carter is continuing her fight against Southwest Airlines in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after the airline fired her for criticizing her union’s promotion of the pro-abortion Women’s March.

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Matt Lamb

• Jun 10, 2024Jun 10, 2024

Federal judge upholds South Carolina heartbeat law in blow to Planned Parenthood

Judge Daniel Coble rejected Planned Parenthood’s latest legal challenge to South Carolina’s heartbeat law after the state’s supreme court upheld the law last year.

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Calvin Freiburger

• May 22, 2024May 22, 2024

Major pornography website shuts down in Texas due to new age verification law

‘Sites like PornHub are on the run because Texas has a law that aims to prevent them from showing harmful, obscene material to children,’ Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said.

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Ashley Sadler

• Mar 18, 2024Mar 18, 2024

Supreme Court agrees to review pivotal FDA abortion pill case

A ruling could upend the legal status quo of abortion yet again just in time for the 2024 elections.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Dec 13, 2023Dec 14, 2023

Landmark censorship case likely headed to Supreme Court as Justice Alito pauses order blocking White House from contact with social media

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday paused an order that would have restricted the Biden administration from communicating with social media companies after two lower courts found key government officials likely violated the First Amendment by pressuring the companies to censor information about COVID-19.

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Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., The Defender

• Sep 16, 2023Sep 18, 2023

Supreme Court temporarily allows Biden admin to continue urging social media censorship

The Biden admin had asked for a stay on an ‘unprecedented’ lower-court ruling preventing government officials from urging social media companies to censor posts.

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Ashley Sadler

• Sep 15, 2023Sep 18, 2023

Federal judges block Biden FDA from allowing abortion pills to be sent through the mail

'This is a significant victory for the doctors and medical associations we represent and, more importantly, the health and safety of women,' Alliance Defending Freedom said.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Aug 17, 2023Aug 18, 2023

Planned Parenthood warns supporters that Texas Medicaid lawsuit could put them out of business

Planned Parenthood faces up to $1.8 billion in fines from the state of Texas over Medicaid fraud allegations.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023

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Planned Parenthood could be forced to pay back $1.8 billion to Louisiana, Texas

Pro-life worker fired by Southwest Airlines for opposing abortion activism continues legal battle

Federal judge upholds South Carolina heartbeat law in blow to Planned Parenthood

Major pornography website shuts down in Texas due to new age verification law

Supreme Court agrees to review pivotal FDA abortion pill case

Federal judges block Biden FDA from allowing abortion pills to be sent through the mail

Planned Parenthood warns supporters that Texas Medicaid lawsuit could put them out of business