Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Federal judge stops Texas law on women’s health

  April 30, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge today stopped Texas from preventing Planned Parenthood from getting state funds through the Women’s Health Program. 26

• Spin Control: Video exchange puts McKenna on hot seat

  April 29, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Candidates should act as though cameras are everywhere, because most likely they are. That’s the lesson of a 30-second exchange between Rob McKenna, the state attorney general who … 2

• Spin Control: War or no war, there’s plenty to fight about

  March 25, 2012 in City on Page B3 Whether there’s a War on Women being waged by politicians around the country is open to debate. There is definitely a War over the War on Women, and Washington has …

• They’re back: Social issues overtake U.S. politics

  February 10, 2012 All of a sudden, abortion, contraception and gay marriage are at the center of American political discourse, with the struggling — though improving — economy pushed to the background. 5

• Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants

  February 3, 2012 in News, Nation/World After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. 68

• Cancer charity halts grants to Planned Parenthood

  February 1, 2012 in News, Region The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between … 54

• Detective obtain fetal tissue as part of rape investigation

  September 23, 2011 in City on Page A7 Spokane police investigating a child rape allegation served a search warrant for an aborted fetus at Planned Parenthood this week. Detectives obtained a sample of fetal tissue and maternal matter …

• Judge blocks Planned Parenthood cuts

  June 24, 2011 in Nation/World A federal judge blocked the parts of Indiana’s tough new abortion law that cut off most of Planned Parenthood’s public funding in the state because the organization provides abortions. U.S. … 2

• Spokane’s Planned Parenthood fined by state

  October 29, 2010 in City Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest will pay the state $345,000 after settling a 2009 audit that uncovered the clinic used incorrect codes and provided insufficient documentation for some claims … 34

• Audit: Planned Parenthood overbilled Medicaid

    August 12, 2009 in City on Page A1 Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest required unnecessary office visits by its poorest patients, a practice that led to excessive payments from the taxpayer-financed Medicaid program, according to a recent … 2

• Planned Parenthood unhurt by racism charge

  March 14, 2008 in City on Page B3 Planned Parenthood of Idaho has had no decline in donations or demand for health services in the wake of accusations that it encouraged a donation aimed at aborting black babies. …