Politics/elections

Planned Parenthood's political wing is making what could be its final attempt to alienate female voters from Mitt Romney before the election.

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) is spending $853,000 to run a 60-second radio ad on Colorado, Ohio and Virginia airwaves until Tuesday.

The ad accuses Romney of holding views on women that "seem like they're from the 1950s." It also paints Obama as the right choice on the economy. 

Mitt Romney has pulled even with President Obama when it comes to the question of whom voters trust on Medicare, according to a new poll.

October's Kaiser Health Tracking poll found that in one month, Romney brought Obama's lead on Medicare issues from 16 points down to 5, a gap that was not statistically significant in the poll.

Those figures represent the leanings of likely voters. Among seniors, Kaiser found that Romney leads Obama on Medicare by 5 points (48 percent to 43). 

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Celebrities have cut a video for Planned Parenthood's political arm to encourage votes for President Obama.

The two-and-a-half minute "Yes We Plan" video echoes will.i.am's much-viewed "Yes We Can" video backing Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

The new film does not mention GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney or specific policy debates, but alludes to disagreements between Romney and Obama over abortion rights and the mandate that most employers cover birth control for free in their health plans. 

Medicare fails to sway senior votes.

Insurers, hospital stocks register presidential election jitters.

For every one life saved, three women are over-treated after mammograms.

Cancer doctors often delay referrals to hospice care.

The ad stars Lena Dunham, creator of HBO's "Girls," who says her "first time" voting was for Obama.

Sen. Scott Brown (R) is out with a new ad appealing to women in Massachusetts, a key bloc that he and Democrat Elizabeth Warren have sparred over throughout the campaign for the state's Senate seat.

Indiana Senate candidates Richard Mourdock and Joe Donnelly are deadlocked at 44 percent apiece, according to an internal poll.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is not on the side of women.

The creative force behind HBO's hit comedy "Girls," Lena Dunham, appears in a suggestive new Obama campaign video, likening voting to "your first time."

There's no question a Romney presidency could spell the end of Roe v. Wade, President Obama said in an interview with Rolling Stone.