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Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor
A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces job-discrimination laws.
The proposed rule would prohibit recipients of federal money from discriminating against doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to perform or to assist in the performance of abortions or sterilization procedures because of their "religious beliefs or moral convictions."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/18/america/abort.php
“Scheme to cover up a fraud”
Federal court records show how Planned Parenthood over-billed government for millions -- and may get away with it
At 5:38 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, Mark Salo, then chief executive of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties, sent a panicked email to his colleagues at Planned Parenthood’s eight other California affiliates. The email contained a dire warning – and hinted at the need for a possible cover-up. The state Department of Health Services had begun an audit in San Diego, with similar audits planned at every other affiliate. The results, said Salo, “could kill many of us.”
The problem? For years, Planned Parenthood of San Diego and other affiliates elsewhere in the state had been over-billing the government by millions of dollars for contraceptives purchased at deep discounts – a policy specifically prohibited by state and federal regulations governing the program, called FPACT – “Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment.” Rules for the program, jointly funded with state and federal funds, specifically required that providers of services under the program be reimbursed only for the cost of acquiring the contraceptives, but Planned Parenthood had been billing far in excess of cost, in some instances more than 20 times what they paid.
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=e9f8ba3c-2f62-48ff-bb21-073f9774e149
Swedish feminists: Abortion should be human right
A Swedish feminist party says it will push for abortion to be considered a human right as it campaigns for a seat in the European Union parliament.
Feminist Initiative spokeswoman Veronica Svard says the party is responding to religious groups' lobbying for the issue of free abortion to be removed from the European agenda.
She said Monday that "women must have the right to decide over their own bodies."
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/134069/Swedish-feminists-Abortion-should-be-human-right
