‘Morning After’ Pill Cleared for 17-Year-Olds

Apr 22, 2009 - WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will soon be allowed to buy “morning-after” contraceptive pills without a doctor’s prescription after federal drug regulators complied with a judge’s order and lowered the age limit by a year. The decision Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration, which overturns one of the most controversial health rulings of the Bush Administration, was scorned by anti-abortion advocates and hailed by their abortion rights counterparts. The long-running controversy involving Plan B, the emergency contraceptive, has had more of a political impact than a public health one. - 63 Comments

Protests Over a Rule to Protect Health Providers

Nov 18, 2008 - By ROBERT PEAR Published: November 17, 2008 WASHINGTON — A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces job discrimination laws. The proposed rule would prohibit recipients of federal money from discriminating against doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to perform or to assist in the performance of abortions or sterilization procedures because of their “religious beliefs or moral convictions.” It would also prevent hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices and drugstores from requiring employees with religious or moral objections to “assist in the performance of any part of a health service program or research activity” financed by the Department of Health and Human Services. But three officials from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including its legal counsel, whom President Bush appointed, said the proposal would overturn 40 years of civil rights law prohibiting job discrimination based on religion. - 18 Comments

Looks like it's official: FDA to allow 17 year-olds access to Plan-B

Apr 22, 2009 - FDA expands access to Plan B for 17-year-olds Agency will allow drug to be sold over the counter to minors WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration says it will allow 17-year-olds to get the ‘morning-after’ birth control pill without a doctor’s prescription. The FDA said Wednesday it will not appeal a federal judge’s order overturning restrictions that were imposed during the Bush administration. U.S. - 35 Comments

100 Reasons to Vote for Hillary Clinton!!!!

May 01, 2008 - Reason 1 to support Hillary: In Arkansas she was instrumental in straightening out their school system - taking it from one of the worst systems to a role model used by other troubled schools on how to improve public education. Reason 2 to support Hillary: In 2006, she led the fight to kill the anti-gay Republican constitutional amendment that for the first time would have added laws to the Constitution that would INCREASE discrimination Reason 3 to support Hillary: After being pummeled by the public for trying to pass Universal Health care while she was First Lady, she dusted herself off and in 1997, led a federal effort that provided insurance support for children whose parents were unable to provide them with health coverage. Reason 4 to Support Hillary: She was able to secure a raise in research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health. - 2 Comments