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Abortion advocates challenge Hoag ban
Hoag Hospital's decision to stop performing elective abortions in the wake of its affiliation with a Catholic health-care group has sparked an outcry among women's rights advocates, who say the move diminishes access to high-quality reproductive care....Tags: Feminism, Plan B (drug), Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, Abortion
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Birth control without permission
We all know that every day, people in Mexico come across the border in pursuit of something they can't find in their country. What you may not know is that every day, people in the United States go across the border to Mexico for the same reason. They...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Plan B (drug)
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Mailbag: Newport is overspending on Civic Center
The cost of Newport Beach's City Hall just keeps on rising. We will now need an additional $6.5 million to finish the project; we are now up to $139 million. After financing this project over the next 30 years, it could very well exceed $237 million....Tags: Social Issues, Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Birth Control, Health Treatments
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Mom won't approve HPV vaccination
Dear Amy: I am an 18-year-old senior in high school. I am about to graduate and go to college. Each time I go for a yearly checkup, my doctor suggests that I get the HPV vaccine. My mother, who is a little skittish, hems and haws and ultimately decides...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Planned Parenthood, Preventative Medicine, Human papillomavirus
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Wisconsin Republicans pass anti-abortion ultrasound bill
ReutersBy Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin June 13 (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican-led state Assembly passed a measure on Thursday to make it more difficult to get an abortion by requiring women first undergo an ultrasound. The bill, which also requires...Tags: Judges, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Scott Walker, Abortion
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Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
ReutersSOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Demographics, Bodies of Water, Conservation
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UPDATE 1-Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
Reuters* Kiribati uninhabitable in 30-60 years: President * Rising sea levels, population boom twin crises for tiny Pacific nation * Family planning viewed with scepticism in deeply religious Pacific * Radical solutions to house population being considered...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Demographics, Bodies of Water, Conservation
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U.S. judge approves FDA plan to drop limits on morning after pill
ReutersBy Karen Freifeld and Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday approved a U.S. Food and Drug Administration plan to allow unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, a one-pill version of the emergency...Tags: Judges, Brooklyn (New York City), Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
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Mailbag: Providing abortions is not a service
I was disappointed to see the letters in your mailbag section all held the same opinion — that Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian was wrong to ban abortions at its facility. I hope you will publish other opinions as well about this matter. I, for...Tags: Infertility, Social Issues, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion
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Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold
NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration's appeal in the legal fight over morning-after pills has been officially put on hold until a judge weighs a new plan to allow girls of all ages to buy the contraceptives without a prescription, according to a...
Tags: Judges, Manhattan (New York City), Feminism, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug)
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Q & A: OTC morning-after pill sales coming, but not yet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away — but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama...
Tags: Feminism, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Jay Carney, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug)
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Baltimore Ravens - TeamReport
ReutersNFL Team Report - Baltimore Ravens - INSIDE SLANT The Ravens officially cut Pro Bowl fullback Vonta Leach on Tuesday. The Super Bowl champions released Leach after they were unsuccessful in attempts to restructure his contract to lower a $4.33...Tags: Sean Considine, New York Giants, Football, Brandon Williams, Daryl Smith
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