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Health Secretary Sebelius named in report over ‘recent’ secret government emails
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, as well as a former director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal officials, were found to be using secret government email accounts in a review published by the Associated Press on Tuesday. But as Think Progress reported, what the AP…
Pennsylvania girl’s family pushing for placement on adult lung transplant list
The family of Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl in severe need of a lung transplant, is upset with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for not doing more to help with her condition. “Sarah is being left to die,” said the girl’s father, Fran Murnaghan told ABC…
Report: Sebelius asking health industry for help with Obamacare
Faced with repeated congressional interference, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has gone to the health care industry and other civic leaders for financial help in promoting the Affordable Care Act, The Washington Post reported on Friday. Sebelius has allegedly reached out to industry executives, church groups and…
Judge blasts Obama administration request for a stay to his Plan B as ‘alternative reality’
Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York gave no quarter to the Administration in his ruling this morning declining to issue a stay to his April ruling that made emergency contraceptives available over the counter pending the outcome of the Administration’s appeal. Korman not only repeated his…
Judge Orders the HHS to Relent on Emergency Contraception
There’s very little doubt, I suspect, in the minds of anyone that Kathleen Sebelius’s choice, which was vigorously defended by President Obama (and suspected to come from him), to overrule the FDA’s decision to make Plan B emergency contraception available over-the-counter without age restrictions, was pure politics. Anti-choicers have been…
Federal judge strikes down age restrictions on over-the-counter emergency contraception
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York ruled Friday morning that emergency contraception, more commonly known as the “morning after pill” or “Plan B,” should be made available to women of all ages over the counter, according to the New York Times. The judge blasted Secretary of…
Republican rep.: Shift funds to abstinence-only because sex ed is ‘dangerous’
A Republican U.S. congressman from Illinois is calling to take funds from traditional sex education, which he claims are “dangerous” for kids, and reallocated the money to abstinence-only programs with “incredible success records.” During a radio interview with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Tuesday, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL)…
WATCH LIVE: Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Georgetown Univ.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at commencement ceremonies at Georgetown University. Some Catholic leaders have objected to Sebelius’ speech because of an Obama administration mandate requiring all health insurance to cover contraception for women. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast May 18, 2012. …
Bachmann: ‘Health care dictator’ could force one-child policy
While most of the media was covering the results of Super Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) appeared on the GBTV program Real News From The Blaze to warn that the Obama administration’s contraception mandate could lead to one-child policies like those in China. “Women have a lot to lose under…
Suit seeks to make ‘morning-after pill’ available to girls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Reproductive rights advocates on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Brooklyn to make the “morning-after pill” immediately available to girls of all ages without a prescription. The move by a coalition headed by the Center for Reproductive Rights attempts to override a decision by U.S. Secretary…
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