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Operation Rescue to upload 1,000-plus documents to its abortion-provider database

By Ashley Lopez | 02.13.12 | 3:58 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Operation Rescue announced today that it has received more than 1,000 documents that it will upload to its database of abortion providers. More…

Anti-abortion group launches database of abortion providers

By Ashley Lopez | 01.17.12 | 6:14 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Operation Rescue has launched a new website that contains a database of abortion providers all over the country. More…

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Anti-abortion group looking into Planned Parenthood relationship with HHS Sec. Sebelius

By Ashley Lopez | 10.28.11 | 11:54 am | More from The Florida Independent

Operation Rescue has joined other anti-abortion groups in Kansas in a campaign accusing U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of being involved in the 2004 destruction of records related to allegations made against Planned Parenthood. At the time, Sebelius was serving as Kansas’ governor. More…

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Kansas group attacks Health and Human Services secretary for Planned Parenthood case

By Ashley Lopez | 10.24.11 | 5:02 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The anti-abortion group Kansans for Life is taking aim at U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for a 2005 case involving Planned Parenthood. More…

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Operation Rescue offers ammunition to House GOP trying to pass anti-abortion insurance bill

By | 10.13.11 | 9:40 am

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Anti-abortion-rights group Operation Rescue has released its most recent undercover look More… at the American abortion industry, using excerpted audio recordings to show “millions of tax dollars are already paying for abortions each year.”

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Anti-abortion Operation Rescue calls Priests for Life financial allegations an ‘unfounded attack’

By Ashley Lopez | 09.14.11 | 4:50 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue announced today that it is standing behind the leader of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone. Pavone was recently suspended from “engaging in active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, as a result of concerns about financial improprieties.” More…

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Operation Rescue president: FACE Act enforcement is political move to silence abortion protests

By Ashley Lopez | 09.01.11 | 2:39 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In a recent story on NPR about the  Obama administration’s ramped-up enforcement of the FACE Act, Operation Rescue President Troy Newman says the enforcement is really just a “political tool” to shut down abortion protesters. #
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Upcoming anti-abortion rights conference presupposes demise of Roe v. Wade

By | 08.31.11 | 11:01 am

The youth-focused anti-abortion rights group Students for Life of America (SFLA) recently announced its upcoming annual national conference More… with a theme of “Envision,” as in “Envision … a World Without Abortion.”