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NewsMacabre abortion mill went unchecked for nearly two decades
A 300-page grand jury report on a lurid abortion mill in Philadelphia reveals that Pennsylvania health officials deliberately chose not to enforce laws to ensure abortion clinics provided the same Read more...
Anti-abortion legislation flanks repeal vote
Almost immediately after the vote this week to repeal the health reform bill, congressmen introduced a pair of anti-abortion bills that show just how serious House Republicans are about changing the Read more...
Abortion dispute endangers hospital's Catholic status
In the wake of a decision by Phoenix-based Catholic facility St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to proceed with an abortion on a dying woman last May, the city's Catholic bishop has given the Read more...
Unlicensed doc's multistate abortion operation under investigation
A Maryland doctor who has been performing abortions in the state without a license is being investigated by the Maryland Board of Physicians and police after one of his patients filed a report Read more...
St. Vincent's, North Shore-LIJ deal falls apart
Money and religion appear to be the two biggest factors in the death of a deal that would have seen North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System move into St. Vincent's Hospital's old emergency room Read more...
Physicians work to bring abortion into the mainstream
If young doctors succeed in making abortion part of mainstream medicine, the practice could lose its outsider status, the New York Times reports. Despite OB-GYNs' optimistic predictions that Read more...
Amendment to overturn ban on abortions at military facilities causing a stir
A provision to defense authorization bill S.3280 that would allow for privately financed abortions to servicewomen at military hospitals is coming under heavy scrutiny from both Democratic and Read more...
Catholic hospitals draw criticism from both sides after nun allows abortion to proceed
The excommunication and reassignment of a nun who permitted physicians at her Arizona-based Catholic hospital to proceed with an abortion has caused some to question the safety of Catholic hospitals Read more...
Physicians face conflicts between faith and medicine
In the first study examining physicians' personal feelings about practicing medicine at religiously affiliated organizations, one in five primary-care physicians reported experiencing conflict over Read more...
Catholic bishop calls for removal of hospitals from pro-reform association
Voicing concerns over the new health reform law's stance on abortion coverage, Rhode Island Catholic bishop Thomas Tobin requested that two hospitals sponsored by his diocese--St. Joseph's and Fatima Read more...
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