Planned Parenthood

A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic told a television station Wednesday that the shooting was spur-of-the-moment, and that he targeted the reproductive health organization because it's "murdering little babies."

Long before Robert Lewis Dear opened fire at a Colorado Planned Parenthood, the national organization had a target on it. But a New Jersey chapter says it won't be intimidated.

The following are the latest on a shooting near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. This is a developing story.

A Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to get admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.

Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs.

The House Budget Committee approved Republican legislation Friday that would scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law, block federal payments to Planned Parenthood -- and likely lead to a presidential veto.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House GOP leaders have summoned their divided conference for a make-or-break discussion on how to fight taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood without having the battle lead to a government shutdown next week.

The Senate is preparing to vote on legislation that would keep the government open beyond next Wednesday's deadline at a price Democrats are certain to reject -- stripping taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood.

Republicans called on Democrats to show empathy for fetuses that they said could feel pain as they pushed the Senate toward a showdown Tuesday on GOP legislation banning most late-term abortions, a vote they seemed sure to lose.

Seeking to avert a government shutdown, Republican leaders drove a bill blocking Planned Parenthood's federal funds through the House on Friday, hoping to contain conservatives' demands for a politically risky showdown with President Barack Obama by striking a quick blow against abortion.