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Bush, Our Ex-Boyfriend

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Family Planning, Midnight Regulations, Conscience Objector, Leavitt, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Religious Objection, Hhs, Nfprha, Planned Parenthood, Aclu, Pro-Choice, Bush, George Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Bush is the ex-boyfriend we've finally gotten out of our life only to discover he left an unpleasant souvenir, like an STD. A particularly nasty strain too, in the form of new HHS regulations.

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Obama Selects Anti-Tobacco Lobbyist William Corr For HHS Deputy Secretary

Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Appointments, Obama Appointees, Hhs, Hhs Deputy Secretary, William Corr, Bill Corr, Politics News

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Rick Warren and the Bad Old Days: They Aren't Over Yet

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conscience Rule, Hhs, Leavitt, Rick Warren Invocation, Barack Obama, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Invocation, Obama Invocation, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

I wish progressives would get half as mad about today's Health and Human Services decision to publish "its "conscience rights" rule as they are about Rick Warren.

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Bush Just Couldn't Leave Quietly

Nancy Northup | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Reproductive Rights, President Obama, Reproductive Health, Hhs Contraceptives, Obama Administration, Hhs, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, President Bush, Politics News
Nancy Northup

New HHS regulations only serve to exacerbate existing problems and achieve nothing at all. Obama should take immediate action and stop the damage to women's health before it starts.

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Not Home Yet: The Terrible Carnage of Bush's Final Days

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, White House, Water Pollution, Doj, Environment, Endangered Species, Hhs, Air Pollution, Endangered Species Act, Bush, Epa, Obama Administration, Bush Environmental Policy, Clean Air Act, Bush Final Weeks, National Parks, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

As if eight long years of hell under Bush were not enough, we now have to suffer this accelerated push to destroy our future in the last days of his reign of terror.

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Bush Administration Still Can't Get Health Care Policy Right

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 12.22.2008 | 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 12.22.2008 | 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 12.20.2008 | 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 12.19.2008 | 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 12.08.2008 | 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 11.24.2008 | 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 11.23.2008 | 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 10.23.2008 | 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 10.20.2008 | 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 09.23.2008 | 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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MoveOn.org Urges Opposition to HHS Regulations Redefining Contraception as Abortion

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.18.2008 | 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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Leave the Hanger

August J. Pollak | Posted 08.12.2008 | 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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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Timetable, Cindy McCain, Gas Tax Holiday, Campaign, Withdrawal, Ubs, Tax Haven, N-Word, Pete Stark, Nuts, UBS Bank, 2008, Condoleezza Rice, Dennis Kucinich, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Contraception, Swiss Bank, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Carl Levin, Health Care, Override, Abortion, The Pill, Elitist, John Conyers, Impeach, Time Horizon, Private Plane, Barrel, Non-Carbon, Congress, Joe Biden, Green, 08, Imperial Presidency, Barack Obama, Election, Ted Kennedy, 08 Election, Elections, Birth Control, Mddotw, Elitism, Contraceptive, Maliki, Gas Prices, Impeachment, Iraq, Arizona, Diplomacy, Bush, Iran, Electricity, Elite, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Hhs, Health and Human Services, Offshore Account, John McCain, War, Let Them Eat Cake, 2008 Elections, Jesse Jackson, 2008 Election, Golf, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Aspirational Goals, Oil Prices, Medicare, Veto, Fundraising, Politics News
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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Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?

David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

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