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Phil AmmannAugust 26, 2015

With Planned Parenthood under attack once again, the GOP “war on women” is far from over, so says the latest email from progressives at American Bridge 21st Century. Jeb Bush, who earlier said he was “not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues,” has changed his position – and not for […]

Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2015

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Congressional District 13 Democratic candidate Eric Lynn remains the only live human being who has announced his candidacy for the congressional seat being vacated by Republican David Jolly next year. Attempting to exploit that reality, as well as to continue to introduce himself to Pinellas County voters who may not be familiar with the first-time […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

In a just, accountability-fueled society, Florida Republican lawmakers would pay a price next year for the shenanigans they’ve been up to this year. As reported by the AP’s Gary Fineout, the nine-day June special session that occurred after House Speaker Steve Crisafulli pulled his members off the floor 72 hours before the session was scheduled […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2015

A new Quinnpiac poll of Floridians shows that despite the increasingly harsh rhetoric about immigration in the GOP presidential primary, a majority of Floridians (53 percent) support allowing most undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and eventually apply for U.S. citizenship. An additional 12 percent say the undocumented should be allowed to stay in the U.S., […]

Associated PressAugust 23, 2015

President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse — just in time for a daunting fall. After a string of sunny seasons gripped by controversy, crises and plummeting popularity, the summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama’s presidency. Late June victories in the Supreme Court on health care […]

Mitch PerryAugust 20, 2015

The news that the Go Hillsborough campaign has re-introduced the prospect of the Hillsborough transportation tax going from a half-cent to a full penny apparently alienated a few county commissioners who didn’t get a heads-up that County Administrator Mike Merrill was about to do that Monday. Now that they’ve got that out of their system, […]

Mitch PerryAugust 19, 2015

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Protests are scheduled for this Saturday in front of Planned Parenthood facilities across the country, including 14 locations throughout Florida. More than 50 pro-life groups are listed as members of the “ProtestPP” National Day of Protest coalition. According to the organizers’ website, the goal is to “raise awareness of the heartless and even illegal activities of Planned […]

Guest AuthorAugust 18, 2015

By now the videos of Planned Parenthood executives casually discussing abortion outcomes over lunch have been broadly distributed and widely viewed. They have occasioned an appropriate and long overdue conversation on the nature of women’s health care, its availability and adequacy. Merely marketing oneself as a source of women’s health care is insufficient. Health care, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 18, 2015

By now the videos of Planned Parenthood executives casually discussing abortion outcomes over lunch have been broadly distributed and widely viewed. They have occasioned an appropriate and long overdue conversation on the nature of women’s health care, its availability and adequacy. Merely marketing oneself as a source of women’s health care is insufficient. Health care, […]

Frank TorresAugust 18, 2015

A grassroots pro-life group rallied at the downtown Orlando offices of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson Tuesday morning to encourage ending funding for Planned Parenthood. About 60 protesters from a group calling itself “Women Betrayed” held signs and called for action by elected officials to stop giving resources to the group, which has come under fire about recent allegations of human […]

Tag: Planned Parenthood

Email insights: American Bridge answers Jeb Bush’s Planned Parenthood dog-whistle

Eric Lynn comes out for Planned Parenthood and pro-women platform in first web ad

Mitch Perry Report 8.25.15 – Will Florida GOP Legislature pay any price in ’16?

Poll shows most Floridians favor path to citizenship, oppose Planned Parenthood funding cut

Barack Obama sheds summer curse, just in time for daunting fall

Mitch Perry Report for 8.20.15 — The 1% solution for a Hillsborough County transportation tax

Pro-Life groups call for weekend protests at Planned Parenthood facilities

Jeff Atwater: Planned Parenthood and the consequences of speech

Jeff Atwater: Planned Parenthood and the consequences of speech

Pro-life group protests Planned Parenthood at Bill Nelson’s Orlando office