News on Defunding Violence
The defunding of Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood was legislatively set to last one year, and so expired at midnight on July 4. Congress can still extend that defunding, but needs to be encouraged to do so. Legislators inclined to have such defunding need to have it stressed to them how important this is. See also our blog post on Planned Parenthood’s Financial Fraud.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has an amendment to H.R. 8595, the State Department Appropriations bill, to strike $3.3 billion in Foreign (Military) Aid for Israel. In addition to favoring reductions in military spending, we stand with Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers whose efforts at peace and justice are being severely hampered by sales of lethal technology to the Israeli military.
For our U.S. readers, you can contact your House Representative and Senators on either one or both of the above legislations. While it’s usually advised to keep communications to one issue, you can use discernment about whether the particular person you’re communicating with would find one point more credible with the other point present. If not, you can send two messages, or select the one that excites you most.
Updates on Resources about Planned Parenthood
The Problems at Planned Parenthood website has a large set of health violation documents, lawsuits, and similar documentation organized under each Planned Parenthood (PP) location in the United States (with a start on other countries). Recently added:
>>> Official police or fire department documents showing hundreds of dates on which ambulance calls were made to specific PP locations, sometimes detailing why 911 was called.
>>> Updated reports collecting patient and employee online reviews on these topics:
Latest on the Blog
Rachel MacNair pulls from lawsuits and employee reviews to detail Planned Parenthood and Financial Fraud. While Medicaid and insurance fraud are clearly not as bad as killing, they can facilitate killing. Making a case against fraud can also aid in making the case against the organizations doing the killing.
Quote of the Week
Kent Online, June 17, 2026
She’s referring to a bill for assisted suicide in the UK – though she’s been a “pro-choice” campaigner on abortion and doesn’t seem to catch that her principles here would apply there as well.
“Choice” doesn’t take place in a vacuum. People make decisions within families, institutions and cultural contexts. They are shaped by access to care, levels of support, and perceptions of their own worth. That is especially true at the end of life.
When considering ending their lives, vulnerable people will likely be under the influence of potentially deadly pressures not always easily detected. Is their illness burdening the lives of friends and family? Are they costing too much on the NHS?
At the same time, the devastating news of serious ill health or impending death can create a kind of internal pressure that does not lend itself to rational decision-making. Sick people are just as impacted by depression and suicidal thoughts as physically healthy people.