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The Trump-Pence administration announced changes to Title X funding, last week. The Nixon-era federal healthcare program provides funding for family planning and reproductive health services. Those services, which include cancer screenings, sexually-transmitted infection checks, birth control, and pregnancy testing, primarily serve low-income families and the uninsured. Under the proposed rule changes to Title X, which have yet to be ratified, …

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky is consolidating with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands. Lynne Bunch is the Vice President for Patient Services for Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky. Bunch said the partnership will allow PPINK better access to funding, expertise and services. In a press release on February 1, PPINK stated they’ve been …

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky to consolidate with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands; Indiana Republicans seek to restrict access to abortion; Bill would require graduating high-school students to pass a civics test; Several Bloomington roads temporarily closed this week, due to construction projects. FEATURE WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with J.J. Perry, the …

On March 24, 2016, then-Governor Mike Pence signed into law House Enrolled Act 1337. The law introduced additional stipulations on abortion procedures throughout the state, including a measure which required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound 18 hours before an abortion procedure. Two years later, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, along with the Indiana Chapter of the …

Planned Parenthood is closing their clinic in Fort Wayne due to intimidation. That’s according to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky CEO Christie Gillespie. Gillespie made the announcement that Planned Parenthood will close down their Fort Wayne clinic, during a press conference this afternoon in Fort Wayne. Gillespie said Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky laid off four employees at …

Christie Gillespie is taking the reins of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky. Gillespie came into WFHB’s studios yesterday and spoke with News Director Wes Martin about their work in Indiana, and in Bloomington.

A federal court has blocked some provisions of a new abortion law from taking effect; The Bloomington City Council has approved the development of pocket neighborhoods as a conditional use in single family and core neighborhoods; Bloomington sanitation services will operate on their normal schedule this July 4th. FEATURE Phil Ford is the author of “Dig: Sound and Music in …

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky are working with the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge Indiana’s newest abortion law; The Indiana Department of Health has released a report on Opioid abuse throughout the state; The Bloomington City Council  approved a request to amend a planned unit development; A group of Indiana prosecutors continued their campaign seeking to dissuade the …

The city of Bloomington is looking to charge citizens $150 to access audio and video data from police dashboard cameras and body cams; Last night the City Council also heard a proposal to extend a five-year tax abatement to Bloomington-based HM Mac Development, LLC, for a project to be built where the Chocolate Moose Ice Cream Shop currently stands; Planned …

Earlier today a federal court granted Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky a preliminary injunction regarding Indiana’s new abortion law; Bloomington police are searching for witnesses and a suspect after an attempted abduction on the B-Line Trail; A program aimed at saving three endangered languages has taken a Bloomington-based nonprofit group to North Dakota this summer; Eleven dimly lit intersections …