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Washtenaw County gives Planned Parenthood $100K to help fund services

By Caroline Llanes • Nov 22, 2019
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The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners has approved $100,000 in funding for Planned Parenthood. This comes after a federal rule change that bars Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding. The one-time allocation will help the organization provide reproductive health and family planning services for six months until the public health department can cover such services.

Planned Parenthood of MI will lose 20 percent of budget with Title X pullout

By • Aug 20, 2019
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Planned Parenthood announced it will withdraw from the federal Title X program which funds contraception and family planning services for low-income patients.

In five-hour meeting, Muskegon County board votes to terminate Planned Parenthood lease

By • Apr 17, 2019
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People started gathering more than an hour before the meeting.

Planned Parenthood calls legislative budget cuts a politically expedient move

By • Jun 13, 2018
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The Michigan Legislature has approved a new budget that cuts funding to Planned Parenthood. The new provision would stop money for family planning and reproductive services from going to any group that also performs abortions. 

This budget now heads to Governor Snyder’s desk for final approval. 

Lori Carpentier is president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan. She spoke with Stateside about implications of these potential cuts. 

Does the Constitution protect Planned Parenthood?

By Jack Lessenberry • May 11, 2017
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If you listen to the rhetoric about Planned Parenthood from Republican congressmen and legislators, you might think it is the world’s biggest abortion mill.

It’s not. Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization that primarily provides contraception, pregnancy and disease testing, and has long gotten federal and state aid for providing what are essentially public health services.

State Republicans introduce bills to de-fund Planned Parenthood

By • Feb 20, 2017
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Michigan legislators in the House and Senate are trying to de-fund Planned Parenthood.

Identical bills introduced last week, one in the House and another in the Senate, would prohibit the state from contracting with any healthcare service providers that perform abortions. The bills would also prohibit the allocation of any state or federal funds to such agencies.

Lt. Gov. signs bill making it illegal to profit from sale of fetal tissue – which is already illegal

By • Dec 28, 2016
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Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has signed a bill making it illegal to financially benefit by selling or distributing a fetus or any fetal tissue – a practice that's already illegal.

Surge of donations since election to progressive organizations

By Virginia Gordan • Nov 16, 2016
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Like their national counterparts, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Planned Parenthood of Michigan  have seen dramatic increases in contributions  in the week since Election Day to help them fight any efforts by the Trump administration to undermine their causes.  

"Given the very overt threats to our work and the women we serve throughout the campaign, people turned to Planned Parenthood and felt like what they could do is offer their time and their resources," said Lori Carpentier, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Michigan.