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Patients Are Denied Health Care on Ideological Grounds
A recent study by the National Health Law Program reveals that an increasing number of patients are being denied medical care because of the religious, ideological, or personal views of the treating medical personnel or hospital. The kinds of care denied include...
The Growing Tide of State Anti-Abortion Legislation
So far this year, 11 states have successfully passed multiple laws that regulate or restrict abortion, while four additional states have bills that have triumphed through their state houses. Bills range from banning public funding of abortion under health exchanges...
Senate Committee Votes to Increase Overseas Servicewomen’s Access to Abortion
On May 27th the Senate Armed Forces Committee voted to include an amendment in this year’s defense authorization bill that would reverse a ban on using private funds to obtain abortions at U.S. military bases and hospitals (). The amendment was introduced by Senator...
Nun Excommunicated from Catholic Church for Saving Woman’s Life
Last week, Sister Margaret McBride was excommunicated from the Catholic Church after allowing doctors to perform an abortion in order to save the life of a woman. In her capacity as on-call member of the Hospital Ethics committee, Sister McBride reached a decision...
Few Female Police Officers in Pittsburgh’s Suburbs
There are approximately 1,555,770 sworn police officers in the United States. So if the national workforce is 53% male, 47% female (according to the 2008 U.S. Census, though recent estimates have women breaking the 50% mark), then it would reasonable to deduce that...