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Planned Parenthood

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Peter Magowan, Former Giants President, Among Romney's Top Bay Area Donors

    Californians would have loved 2002 Mitt Romney. That guy was the bleeding heart who pushed universal health care in his state; the conservationist who would attack a coal plant by saying "I will not create jobs that kill people!"; a man who signed a Planned Parenthood candidate questionnaire affirmi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    SOPA, Limbaugh, Komen: This Is What Happens When the Mob is Right

    ​There is far too much cheerleading for the "wisdom of crowds." The undiscerning among us, often motivated by an understandable (if often mindless) disgust with institutions, tend to employ buzzwords like "crowdsourcing" and to preach the idea that "the people" are always right even if "the people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    The Craziest Anti-Planned Parenthood Ads

    Planned Parenthood doesn't shy away from provocative gimmicks in its efforts to promote sex education and reproductive health; earlier this week, we brought you the news that the nonprofit has launched a new campaign encouraging people to "check in" to a special social network when they don condoms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Planned Parenthood Wants You to 'Check In' When You Have Sex

    ​The nonprofit family-planning and sexual-health group Planned Parenthood has been much in the headlines over the past month. After a scandal over a potential loss of foundation funding, PP was hit with the bizarre accusations of a conservative Indiana state legislator who claimed the organization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Indiana Republican Bob Morris Admits He's Really Scared of Girl Scouts

    ​Indiana doesn't make it in the news too often, and sadly, for the people of the Hoosier state, this is what happens when it does get its 15 minutes of fame.Paranoid Republican Rep. Bob Morris reportedly accused the Girl Scouts of being a radical branch of Planned Parenthood. More specifically, he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    S.F. Komen Affiliates "Thrilled" to Continue Funding Planned Parenthood

    ​The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation relieved its six California affiliates today when it pledged to reverse its unpopular policy to stop funding Planned Parenthood and its breast cancer prevention programs.During Komen's grant review process, the foundation decided that any organizations b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    There Are Two Conservative Girl Scout Cookie Boycotts This Year

    ​According to an article in Salon yesterday, this year Girl Scout Cookies are under attack. Yes, cookies. Conservative activists have spotted a tenuous link between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood -- apparently, some scouts attended an event at which a Planned Parenthood UK brochure arguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    What Should Republicans Be Searched for Before Boarding a Plane?

    ​Recently, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a tea party Republican from Southern California, was arrested at an airport for trying to carry a concealed firearm on a plane. It got us thinking: What else should Republican lawmakers be searched for before they board your airplane? $317 million in funding fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    1951 Planned Parenthood Pamphlet Pretty Much Says Life Begins at Conception

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Gift of Life Author: None listed, although the publishers thank a reverend, a minister, and a rabbi. Date: 1951 Publisher: Planned ... More >>

  • Music

    October 12, 2011

    Bouncer Spies the Clipboard Peeps at House of Shields

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Gift of Life Author: None listed, although the publishers thank a reverend, a minister, and a rabbi. Date: 1951 Publisher: Planned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Bouncer Visits House of Shields, a Beer Cave for the Clipboard Peeps

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I found it ironic that I was walking to the House of Shields one afternoon when I found myself bombarded with people in bright pink T-shirts from Planned Parenthood. I, like most Tea Party Patriots, associate the organization with birth control, or "shields" ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2011

    Gross Profit: Money Given to Clipboard Kids Rarely Makes It to Nonprofits

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I found it ironic that I was walking to the House of Shields one afternoon when I found myself bombarded with people in bright pink T-shirts from Planned Parenthood. I, like most Tea Party Patriots, associate the organization with birth control, or "shields" ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2011

    The Politics of Sexual Health

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I found it ironic that I was walking to the House of Shields one afternoon when I found myself bombarded with people in bright pink T-shirts from Planned Parenthood. I, like most Tea Party Patriots, associate the organization with birth control, or "shields" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    John Boehner, GOP Speaker, Stops in S.F. Tonight

    Please don't leave your heart in San Francisco ​The fact that GOP House Speaker John Boehner is being hosted in the South Bay by high-powered tech executives this week begged the question: Does the pro-life pol truly define Silicon Valley -- home of the limousine liberals?What question never cross ... More >>

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