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Bush Administration Still Can't Get Health Care Policy Right

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hhs Contraceptives, Birth Control, Hhs, Health Care Policy, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Politics News
Rep. Diana DeGette

The Bush Administration's 11th hour attempt to restrict access to reproductive health care is not only abusive, but also threatens everyone's access to other vital health care services.

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Sens. Clinton and Murray Introduce Legislation to Block New HHS Refusal Rule

Emily Douglas | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Refusal, Patty Murray, HHS Contraception, HHS Regulations, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Health, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Contraception, Regulation, Provider Conscience, Patient's Rights, Conscience, Politics News
Emily Douglas

The proposed HHS rule would require any health care entity that receives federal funds certify that none of its employees are required to assist with medical services they find objectionable.

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Tom Daschle: Friend to Many Autism Families

David Kirby | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Autism Thimerosal, Tom Daschle, Obama, Autism, Thimerosal, Hhs, Anthrax, Barack Obama, Vaccines, Tom Daschle Hhs, Tom Daschle Autism, Tom Daschle Vaccines, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News
David Kirby

Senator Daschle is not anti-vaccine, but his record shows his willingness to question -- and even oppose -- vaccine makers and big pharmaceutical interests when it comes to protecting the rights of American medical consumers.

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HHS Has "Failed Entirely" With Conscience Proposal, Says Planned Parenthood and ACLU

Amie Newman | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Women, Conscience, Women's Health, Health, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Hhs, Birth Control, Living News
Amie Newman

The Bush administration quickly released proposed regulations that would have disastrous effects on health care consumers, in particular women seeking contraception.

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Dollars for Deception: How Taxpayer Dollars Support Fake Clinics

Katherine Spillar | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Taxpayer Money, Pregnancy, Women's Rights, Hhs, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Abortion Rights, Politics News
Katherine Spillar

One particularly odious proposed change to HHS regulations would make it even harder than it already is for poor women to get abortions -- or even contraception.

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Video: Birth Control at Risk in Proposed HHS Regulation

Emily Douglas | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Hhs, Department of Health and Human Services, Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Emily Douglas

A proposed new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services... would expand protections for providers who would deny women birth control and other reproductive health services.

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End of the Innocence: McCain, Obama and Vaccines. Oh My!

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Informed Consent, Jenny McCarthy Autism, Autism Thimerosal, Mccain, Obama, Thimerosal, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Vaccines, John McCain, Cdc, Rebecca Estepp, Fda, Campaign Promises, Vaccine Policy, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Autistic Children, Bush Adminstration, Autism Activism, Hhs, Neurotoxin, Nih, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Will the next administration set serious goals of reversing the rate of autism diagnosis by the end of their term or just declare autism a national health emergency and let it go at that?

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Congress to HHS: End the HIV Ban, Once and For All

Steve Ralls | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Health, John Kerry, HIV Travel Ban, Immigration, Hhs, Immigration Equality, Barbara Lee, Michael Leavitt, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Earlier this year, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, led a successful and histor...

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Hillary and Cecile Richards: Basic Care for Millions of Women at Stake

Peter Daou | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Family Planning, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Cecile Richards, Politics News
Peter Daou

I wanted to share an important op-ed on an issue that Hillary has taken the lead on.

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NYT's Bob Herbert Says Pro-Choice is THE Issue on Countdown

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Tom Ridge, Micahel Leavitt, Health, Bob Herbert, Hhs Contraceptives, Contraception, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Pro-Choice, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Undecided women voters are the key, and pro-choice values are a significant advantage in 2008, according to New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.

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The Dept. of Health and Hallowed Services

Cristina Page | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Refusal Clauses, Abortion, Pro-Life, Leavitt, Pro-Choice, Hhs, Contraception, Conscience, Home News
Cristina Page

As Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt has shown himself to be a devoted bureaucrat and a man of moral conviction. ...

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Misconception

Cristina Page | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pro-Choice, Hhs, Birth Control, Abortion, Contraception, Pro-Life, Pregnancy, Politics News
Cristina Page

"Pro-life" campaigns against birth control are based not on scientific evidence, but rather on wishful thinking. If the science isn't on your side, then, the "pro-life" side seems to believe, ignore it.

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MoveOn.org Urges Opposition to HHS Regulations Redefining Contraception as Abortion

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Hhs Contraceptives, Contraception, Hhs, Pro-Life, MoveOn.Org, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Politics News
Scott Swenson

The battle to protect Americans' rights to access contraception in good conscience, based on long-standing and widely accepted medical science, got a big boost from MoveOn.org.

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Love it or Leavitt

Cristina Page | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Relgious Extremists, Abortion, Conscience, Regulation, Contraception, Hhs, Mike Leavitt, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Right to Refuse, Leavitt Blog Post, Politics News
Cristina Page

Women have had to run a gauntlet to get reproductive health care in recent years. If left to the Secretary of HHS, that gauntlet may be the healthcare passage for everyone.

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Leave the Hanger

August J. Pollak | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Morning After Pill, Abortion, Contraception, Hhs Contraceptives, Hhs, Birth Control, Health, Politics News
August J. Pollak

The right-wing mission to legalize not doing your job continues. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out t...

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Amanda Peet vs. the Medical Establishment

David Kirby | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Hhs, Paul Offit, Autism, Cdc, Amanda Peet, Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

This week, actress Amanda Peet called parents who don't vaccinate their kids "parasites," and then essentially went on to lie when she announced that scientists have concluded there is "no association between autism and vaccines."

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion

Cristina Page | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Conscience Objector, Anti-Contraception, Contraception, Hhs, Medicaid, Pro-Life, Refusal Clause, Pro-Choice, Title X, Leavitt, Politics News
Cristina Page

Health and Human Services now proposes that anyone can enforce his or her own definition of abortion "within the bounds of reason." And, it would seem the bounds are pretty far flung.

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The Vaccine-Autism Story: Trust Your Government, or Be a Patriot and Get on Google

David Kirby | Posted 03.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Google, Concession, Poling, Mercury, Hannah Poling, Autism, Hhs, Vaccines, Autism Vaccines, Autism Thimerosal, Living News
David Kirby

A big autism bomb went off yesterday, about how US medical personnel had determined that vaccines had aggravated a little girl's mitochondrial disorder, resulting in autism. Now, the American people are left to interpret what it all means.

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Imus, McCain, Autism, and 08

David Kirby | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Imus, NBC News, Mercury, New York Times, Vaccine Court, Mccain, Autism, Vaccine, Thimerosal, Hhs, Deirdre Imus, Wabc, Living News
David Kirby

The following is an unofficial transcript of my interview this morning by Don Imus. I post it here, without comment, except to thank Don and Deirdre I...

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Progressive Solutions to America's Health-Care Crisis

Sen. Tom Daschle | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Daschle

I have proposed a Federal Health Board, which could address health care problems and would resemble our current Federal Reserve Board for the banking industry.

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The Vaccine-Autism Court Document Every American Should Read

David Kirby | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Oxydative Phosphorylation, Concession, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kennedy Krieger, Vaccine Court, Vaccine, Thimerosal, Autism, Hhs, Autism Vaccines, Mitochondria, Living News
David Kirby

Every American should read this document, and interpret for themselves what they think their government is trying to say about the relationship, if any, between immunizations and a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.

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Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?

David Kirby | Posted 02.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Oxydative Phosphorylation, Concession, Kennedy Krieger, Vaccine Court, Vaccine, Autism, Thimerosal, Mitochondria, Hhs, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder, the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.

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