HHS Contraception
Inimai Chettiar on October 13, 2008 - 8:00am
The Bush Administration claims that the benefits of the new HHS provider conscience regulation outweigh the costs. But they reached this conclusion without using any data or proof.
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Emily Douglas on October 6, 2008 - 5:59pm
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has a filed a comment objecting to HHS's new provider conscience regulations.
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Scott Swenson on October 1, 2008 - 4:00pm
As the reality of governing-by-deregulation-talking-points trickles down upon us, is it too much to hope that voters might see through social conservative talking points too?
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Scott Swenson on September 29, 2008 - 9:01am
Bloggingheads.tv presents a 55 minute discussion of reproductive health in the election, mostly centered on the Bush Administration effort to deny patient conscience rights, between Rob Stein of The Washington Post, and William Saletan of Slate.
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Scott Swenson on September 26, 2008 - 3:13pm
HHS is characterizing the number of comments as "higher than average" and RH Reality Check has obtained estimates from several organizations suggesting at 200,000 comments are in opposition. Don't forget the 225,000 petitions turned in before the rule was issued, as Americans attempt to prevent ideology from trumping medical science.
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Scott Swenson on September 26, 2008 - 8:00am
Dismiss talk of witch-hunters as fringe wing-nuttery at your own risk, public health advocates know better after dealing with witch-doctors and AIDS. The challenge is distinguishing the good witches from the bad.
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Brady Swenson on September 25, 2008 - 11:20am
Last chance to fight hypocritical and deceptive HHS rule; Powerful personal story about one woman's experience with abortion; Will Gloucester High provide contraception?; Texas judge orders woman to stop having children; LA Time against parental notification in California; and more.
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Dr. Wendy Chavkin on September 25, 2008 - 8:00am
Whatever religious values medical providers hold, we must also respect our patients' right to know all of their treatment options. For us, patients come first.
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Scott Swenson on September 24, 2008 - 2:24pm
The opposition to proposed rules denying patient conscience rights continues to increase as the deadline approaches.
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Emily Douglas on September 24, 2008 - 1:06pm
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Patty Murray met yesterday with Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to express their disagreement with proposed HHS regulations that would broaden existing provider conscience protections.
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