planned parenthood

I Met Hillary Clinton

by Cara July 23, 2008

And no, I do not lie in the titles of my posts: Look, that’s me (secondish row back, second from left, white shirt, brown hair)!!! With Hillary Clinton!!! When we went to lobby day at the Hill, I was more or less expecting the same thing I’ve seen when lobbying in Albany.  State legislators don’t [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week: Bill O’Reilly is Getting Desperate Edition

by Cara July 22, 2008

You may have seen Planned Parenthood’s new ad with John McCain staring uncomfortably and helplessly for 8 full seconds when asked about whether or not health insurance should have to cover birth control if it covers Viagra. And of course, they would have been inexcusably negligent to not produce such an ad — McCain handed [...]

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Planned Parenthood Summit, Day One

by Cara July 21, 2008

As you may remember, Planned Parenthood recently endorsed Barack Obama for president. Of course Obama is a very busy man at the moment, so he couldn’t personally make the summit (though he did last year) — but he did send along a video message. That was a pretty sweet and energizing way to open things [...]

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Bragging, Whining, Chuckling

by Cara June 13, 2008

Well, look at that. I am, yet again . . . behind on everything! This last week has been busy. I’ve been (to a minor extent) involved with the planning of a retirement party for the CEO of my Planned Parenthood affiliate. She’s an amazing woman. Anyway, the event was last night, so planning obviously [...]

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Bad Ass Women’s Activist of the Week: Ellen Fairchild Edition

by Cara June 3, 2008

Ellen Fairchild died on May 24th at the age of 95. Fairchild was a former director of Planned Parenthood Syracuse, which is now Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region — the affiliate I work for. Fairchild was responsible for opening the nation’s first legal abortion clinic — PPRSR’s statement notes that, boldly enough, she did [...]

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