Sting Videos Part Of Longtime Campaign Against Planned Parenthood
The young man behind two undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood seemed to come out of nowhere. No one had heard of David Daleiden, or his non-profit, the Center for Medical Progress, when he...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Controversy Raises Questions About Fetal Tissue Research
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A federal judge in California has temporarily banned the release of anymore videos featuring members of an...
View ArticleAfter A Divorce, What Happens To A Couple's Frozen Embryos?
Soon after their wedding, Dr. Mimi Lee and Stephen Findley decided to create five embryos. Lee had just been diagnosed with breast cancer, and she worried that treatment would leave her infertile. Now...
View ArticleHouse Begins Series Of Hearings On Defunding Planned Parenthood
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: House Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood, and that effort began today with the first in a series of...
View ArticleGay Parents Face Issues With Birth Certificates In Some States
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: In the state of Kentucky, Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk, made big news when she refused to issue same-sex...
View ArticleAmid Controversy, Head Of Planned Parenthood Testifies Before Lawmakers
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: The head of Planned Parenthood testifies before Congress today. A House committee is investigating videos...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Undergoes Congressional Scrutiny Over Sting Videos
House Republicans questioned the head of Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, on whether the women's health group needs federal funding. The testimony comes after the release of a series of videos that...
View ArticleFor At-Risk Kids, Mentors Provide Far More Than Just Homework Help
When West Baltimore's Renaissance Academy High School hired four African-American mentors earlier this year, student Jalone Carroll wanted nothing to do with them. He figured they would come "mess...
View ArticleFrom Deadbeat To Dead Broke: The 'Why' Behind Unpaid Child Support
On a recent Saturday afternoon at his West Baltimore rowhouse, Harrelle Felipa fields a steady stream of interruptions as he breads a large plate of fish and chicken for dinner.His 4-year-old son wants...
View ArticleSome States Are Cutting Poor Dads A Deal On Unpaid Child Support
When the state of Maryland wanted to reach dads who were behind on their child support payments, it started in the boarded-up blocks of West Baltimore, in neighborhoods marked by drugs, violence and...
View ArticleBaltimore Residents Wary As Freddie Gray Trials Slated To Begin
It's been seven months since protests over the death of an unarmed black man after his arrest erupted into looting and arson, leading Baltimore's mayor to declare a curfew and call in the National...
View ArticleQuestions In The Freddie Gray Case — And Answers From The Ongoing Trial
Updated for testimony from Dec. 9.Officer William Porter is the first of six Baltimore police officers who stand accused of playing a role in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died...
View ArticleFirst Officer On Trial In Freddie Gray Case Takes Stand
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A Baltimore police officer on trial in the death of a young black man took the stand in his own defense today....
View ArticleThe Freddie Gray Trial Asks: What Happened Inside That Van?
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We want to bring you up-to-date now on one of the stories that's been part of the national conversation about...
View ArticleBaltimore Judge Declares Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks In Freddie Gray Case
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