Planned Parenthood

Herbert A. Davis, real estate broker

2013-04-29 08:48:00

Herbert A. Davis, a Baltimore real estate broker and decorated World War II veteran, died Monday of progressive supranuclear palsy at Keswick Multi-Care Center. He was 87. "Herb was always very enthusiastic and just a great guy," said Dorothy F. "Patsy"...

Abortion and personal responsibility

2013-04-20 11:00:00

In regard to The Sun's editorial on Kermit Gosnell, you should be ashamed of yourselves ("Kermit Gosnell and the 'liberal media,'" April 16). Blaming the alleged murder of seven children on the fact that women don't have access to birth control and...

For unwed moms, 25 is the new 15

2013-04-01 03:00:00

It is no longer teenagers stumbling into pregnancy and parenthood about whom we should be fretting. Those numbers continue to drop, because the kids are having less sex and using more contraception. No, it is the 20-something women who are putting...

Column on abortion doesn't answer who will support babies and mothers [Letter]

2013-03-08 12:00:00

While I respect where Ms. Santo is coming from I can't sit by and not address some issues she neglected.��If every life begins at conception — where is that support when that baby is born? It is one thing to say every life is sacred and then stand...

Leopold resigns as Anne Arundel executive

2013-02-01 18:21:54

John R. Leopold stepped down Friday as Anne Arundel County executive, bringing an apparent end to the decades-long career of an idiosyncratic and charismatic force in Maryland politics who as recently as a year ago was considering a run for statewide...

Sun needs to present both sides of abortion debate

2013-01-29 08:15:00

On Sunday, January 27, The Baltimore Sun printed an article about Planned Parenthood that was, of course, pro-abortion in slant ("Safe, legal abortion for 40 years"). In all fairness, there should have been space devoted to a pro-life article as well,...

Where is the pro-life opinion?

2013-01-29 12:00:00

I read your article in The Sun entitled "Keep abortion safe and legal" (Jan. 27) by Jenny Black, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Maryland. I know that it was printed to acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision. In the...

Safe, legal abortion for 40 years

2013-01-27 05:00:00

Forty years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in every state in its historic Roe v. Wade decision. It affirmed that the constitutionally protected right to privacy includes every woman's ability to make her own personal medical...

Refurbishment of Everyman is a show-stopper

2012-12-28 16:15:00

The sight of a newly resplendent Everyman Theatre made me get off a bus the other day as I was heading west on Fayette Street. I had to get a closer look at the city's newest gem. Throughout this year, I've been popping into the entrance of the former...

Officials at Komen Maryland say they're $1M short of fundraising goal

2012-12-31 04:44:00

Facing a year of financial trouble that started with a national controversy over dropping monetary support for Planned Parenthood, Komen Maryland told its donors on Friday that the organization is $1 million short of reaching its current fundraising goal....

Letter: Another Democrat speaks out about the election

2012-11-21 11:29:00

Editor: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan had not finished deconstructing their campaign apparatus after the Nov. 6 elections, before their supporters in Harford County decided to serve up wine made out of their sour grapes upon reading my friend Wendy Sawyer's...

Werner Fornos

2013-01-22 14:20:00

Werner H. Fornos, who fled post-World War II Germany as a teen and became an advocate for global population control after serving in the Maryland House of Delegates, died of diabetic complications Jan. 16 at his home in Basye, Va. The former...

Trucker shot after attacking Indiana cop outside Planned Parenthood clinic

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Planned Parenthood community health worker Elizabeth Valdez hands out condoms and business cards to the crowd gathered at the bus stop at Third Street and Paulin Avenue in Calexico on Monday. Valdez had just finished an hour-long class about reproductive health with the crowd..Julio Morales photo.

2013-05-03 08:44:00

Planned Parenthood community health worker Elizabeth Valdez hands out condoms and business cards to the crowd gathered at the bus stop at Third Street and Paulin Avenue in Calexico on Monday. Valdez had just finished an hour-long class about reproductive health with the crowd.

2013-05-01 23:36:00