By Bob Allen The Kentucky Baptist Convention’s top leader is urging state lawmakers to pass legislation to defund Planned Parenthood in the coming year. Paul Chitwood, executive director of the state’s largest religious organization, voiced support on Kentucky Today, a convention-owned…
Texas faith leaders support Planned Parenthood funding
By Bob Allen More than 50 Texas faith leaders called on Gov. Greg Abbott to reinstate Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in an open letter released Dec. 10. Abbott, a Republican elected after former Gov. Rick Perry decided not to…
Pastor says Planned Parenthood leader hates God, loves death
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist pastor in Florida responded to Friday’s shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado by claiming Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards hates God and loves death. In video of his…
Kentucky Baptist group to urge defunding of Planned Parenthood
By Bob Allen The Kentucky Baptist Convention announced plans Oct. 28 to vote on a resolution calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood at the convention’s annual meeting Nov. 10 in Elizabethtown, Ky. “The horror of Planned Parenthood’s murder and…
Is Gov. Huckabee right?
To be fair, since earlier this summer I wished Sen. Lindsey Graham a Happy Birthday ( here), I am now wishing ex-Governor Mike Huckabee a Happy Birthday. Huckabee celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday, and as I said in the article…
Ted Cruz recruiting pastors in push to defund Planned Parenthood
By Bob Allen Sen. Ted Cruz will hold a nationwide conference call for pastors Aug. 25, seeking evangelical support for his presidential campaign by going after Planned Parenthood. Cruz (R-Texas), a Southern Baptist and pastor’s son, invited pastors to join…
Alabama governor seeks to end Medicaid agreement with Planned Parenthood
By Bob Allen Alabama’s Southern Baptist governor announced Aug. 6 that he is ending the state’s Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood, citing controversial videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting of organs from aborted fetuses. Gov. Robert Bentley indicated…
Bush says he ‘misspoke’ at SBC event
By Bob Allen Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign quickly back-tracked from comments he made Tuesday at a Southern Baptist Convention missions conference that half a billion dollars of taxpayer money is too much to spend on women’s health issues. Democrats jumped…
St. Louis mention in Planned Parenthood video riles Missouri abortion foes
By Bob Allen Southern Baptists in Missouri renewed calls for annual inspections at the state’s only abortion clinic after a controversial video exposé of Planned Parenthood mentioned St. Louis as a possible location to obtain fetal tissue. Susan Klein, legislative…
Pastor calls Planned Parenthood exposé ‘journalistic distortion’
By Bob Allen The pastor of a historic New York City church with Baptist ties says much of the recent brouhaha over abortion rights has to do with the fact that Planned Parenthood caters exclusively to women. “I think it’s…
Moore hopes Planned Parenthood controversy will galvanize pro-life evangelicals
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention’s top public policy official says he hopes a controversial viral video claiming to show Planned Parenthood is selling fetal organs for profit will move evangelicals from right thinking to action on the sanctity…
SBC leader calls for probe into Planned Parenthood video
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention’s top spokesman for public policy concerns said “it is time for the reborn to stand up for the unborn” after viewing an undercover video purported to show a Planned Parenthood official discussing the…