4 (1 votes) Healthcare Prof: ~ “FRC Submits Comments to HHS on Conscience Protection,” Family Research Council Blog: In a blog entry, the Family Research Council released comments it submitted to HHS on the proposed federal regulation that would allow wellness care providers who receive federal grants to opt out of care they object to [...]
Healthcare Prof: The antiabortion group West Virginians for Life last week filed a legal objection in federal court that seeks to have the state’s new political advertising law ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that it prevents the group from promoting its position to potential voters, the Charleston Gazette reports. The group is asking U.S. District [...]
3.75 (4 votes) Healthcare Prof: In an opinion piece, Salon columnist Lynn Harris says that a proposal to ban abortion in South Dakota is back in “sheep’s clothing” on the November ballot. According to Harris, polls showed the primary “liability” of a 2006 proposal to ban abortion, which was defeated by a 55% to 44% [...]
5 (1 votes) Healthcare Prof: The European Court of Human Rights, which rules on cases in which applicants feel they cannot receive adequate legal redress in their home countries, is considering whether to take up an Irish case that would determine whether a woman within the country has a right to an abortion to preserve [...]
5 (2 votes) Healthcare Prof: The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking the release of ten years of medical records from a Planned Parenthood clinic where a teen had an abortion in 2004 the AP/Google.com reports. The suit has been filed by the parents of the 14 year old girl, [...]
Healthcare Prof: On Tuesday at a rally, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D), who opposes abortion rights, voiced his opposition towards the state’s Amendment 48 — a November ballot initiative that would define a fertilized egg as a person inside the state constitution — the Denver Post reports (Hoover, Denver Post, 10/7). About 50 people joined [...]
3.67 (3 votes) Healthcare Prof: 5 (1 votes) The recent announcement by the Bush administration that U.S.-financed contraceptive supplies no longer can be distributed by six African countries through the British aid organization Marie Stopes International is the “latest bout of reproductive health madness,” in accordance with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. He argues [...]
Healthcare Prof: The “sleeper issue” with the presidential campaign is the potential for Supreme Court nominations under the next president, who “could have a tremendous impact on the Court well into this century with even one nomination,” Wendy Long, counsel towards the Judicial Confirmation Network, writes in a Washington Times opinion piece. Based on Long, [...]
3 (2 votes) Healthcare Prof: ~ “Media, Obama Afraid of Abortion Issue,” John Jakubczyk, ProLifeBlogs.com: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) “does not want to talk about his radical abortion position” and has deliberately “stay[ed] far away from that very volatile issue” to avoid losing support from Christian voters, Jakubczyk writes in a blog [...]
3.67 (3 votes) Healthcare Prof: Young Roman Catholics are more likely to support abortion rights in all or most circumstances than older Catholics, based on a survey of young religious voters conducted by Public Religion Research and released Wednesday by the group Faith in Public Life, the Washington Post reports. The survey, called “Faith and [...]
