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O.C. hospital that halted elective abortions targeted for protest
Demonstrators said they will gather Thursday outside a prominent Newport Beach hospital to protest its decision to halt elective abortions. Hoag Hospital’s decision was announced after it partnered with a Catholic healthcare provider, though...
Tags: General Practitioners, Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Iran presidential race down to choice of 2 conservatives
TEHRAN — When Iranians go to the polls Friday, they will bid an unceremonious farewell to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the populist with the zip-up windbreaker who ran afoul of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even as he became Iran's provocative face...
Tags: News Agency, Elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Saeed Jalili, Tehran (Iran)
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On Plan B contraceptive, the White House gets it right -- finally
The White House has smartly reversed its opposition to allowing girls of all ages to buy the Plan B One-Step contraceptive pill over-the-counter. The Obama administration still resists the sale of cheaper, more generic versions of the emergency...
Tags: Health Treatments, Plan B (drug), Birth Control, Politics, Food and Drug Administration
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Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling
From the Associated PressThe federal government on Monday told a judge it would reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The Department of Justice, in the latest development in a...Tags: Women's Health, Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice, Plan B (drug), Justice System
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Obama administration reverses course on Plan B pill
The Obama administration dropped its long-standing opposition to over-the-counter sales of a controversial morning-after pill Monday and decided to permit consumers of any age to buy Plan B One-Step without a prescription. In papers filed in federal...
Tags: National Government, Justice System, White House, Judges, Government
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Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk boycotts White House visit
Matt Birk stands by his convictions. The retired, six-time Pro Bowl center opted not to visit the White House this week with his Baltimore Ravens teammates because he disagrees with President Obama’s stance on abortion. The Ravens visited the...
Tags: Super Bowl, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Walter Payton, White House
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Supreme Court rejects ban on funding Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to allow Indiana to block Medicaid funding of Planned Parenthood clinics because they perform abortions. Without comment, the high court let stand decisions by a federal judge in Indiana and the U.S....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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The Rev. Andrew M. Greeley dies at 85; outspoken Catholic priest
A self-described "loud-mouthed Irish priest" ("And may they carve it on my gravestone!" he once quipped), the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley rejected a conventional definition of his vocation. Denied a parish, the Roman Catholic priest created his own pulpits...
Tags: Research, Bruce Springsteen, Colleges and Universities, Fiction, Corrupt Practices
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Justice System, Plan B (drug)
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Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti dash across L.A. to shore up support
After remarks by Magic Johnson and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel's turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election Greuel's way on Tuesday. "They always...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Elections, Local Elections, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
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Greuel casts herself as an underdog; Garcetti shuns overconfidence
After remarks by Magic Johnson and Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel’s turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election her way on Tuesday. “They...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Elections, Magic Johnson, Politics
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: Family, General Practitioners, Medical Procedures and Tests, Social Issues, Drugs and Medicines
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