Calls on Congress to Focus on Legislation That Would Advance health and Equity for Women NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2012. Planned Parenthood Federation of America today said it strongly opposes legislation in the House that would impose harmful restrictions on women’s health care and interfere with the doctor/patient relationship. Planned Parenthood[Read More…]
Opinion
April Jobless Rates Down Over the Year in 342 of 372 Metro Areas; Payroll Jobs Up in 246
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 31, 2012. Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 342 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 25 areas, and unchanged in 5 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ten areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 32[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Statement on Hoax Campaign
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Statement from Leslie Kantor, MPH, vice president of education for Planned Parenthood Federation of America “As a nonprofit health care provider with nearly 800 health centers, Planned Parenthood provides access to professional, nonjudgmental, affordable reproductive health care, ensuring nearly three million patients receive preventive and lifesaving[Read More…]
Op-ed by President Obama: Keeping Faith With Vietnam Veterans
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2012. The full text of the op-ed by President Barack Obama is printed below. The piece was published today in Military.com, Military Times and Stars and Stripes. Keeping faith with Vietnam veterans By President Obama Today, all across America, we’re coming together to remember our men and[Read More…]
Gains in Consumer Confidence Continue, Depend on Job Growth
ANN ARBOR, Mich–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2012. Consumer confidence improved in each of the past nine monthly surveys, rising to its highest level this month since October 2007, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Statement on Gallup Poll Results on U.S. Attitudes Toward Abortion and Birth Control
Statement by Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards on Gallup Poll Results on U.S. Attitudes Toward Abortion and Birth Control: “Abortion is a deeply personal and often complex decision for a woman. NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012. “What this poll makes clear is that labels like ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’ simply[Read More…]
Rasmussen Poll: Majority Of Voters Favor Legalizing Marijuana Like Alcohol
Asbury Park, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012. Nearly six out of ten American voters believe that the personal use of marijuana should no longer be a criminal offense, and 56 percent of Americans say that the substance ought to be legalized like alcohol, according to a nationwide Rasmussen telephone poll of 1,000[Read More…]
Sierra Club Applauds President Obama’s Support of Production Tax Credit for Wind
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012. Today, President Obama visited a manufacturer of wind turbine blades in Newton, Iowa to call on Congress to renew the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. The PTC helps level the playing field and is critical for providing the certainty that the wind industry needs[Read More…]
Census Bureau Releases Estimates of Undercount and Overcount in the 2010 Census
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. The U.S. Census Bureau released today results from its post-enumeration survey, providing a measure of the accuracy of the 2010 Census. The results found that the 2010 Census had a net overcount of 0.01 percent, meaning about 36,000 people were overcounted in the census. This sample-based[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Statement on Birth Control Lawsuits Filed by University of Notre Dame, New York Archdiocese, and Others
“It is unbelievable that in the year 2012 we have to fight for access to birth control,” says Planned Parenthood. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012. Today’s lawsuits filed against the Obama administration’s birth control benefit seek to restrict women’s access to low-cost birth control, which is both a basic economic and[Read More…]
