NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
Obamacare: Inexplicable Failure to Relieve Doctor Shortage
President Obama is spending this country into a state of financial collapse akin to Greece–or worse, California. And yet, when a little more money could have helped ease our growing doctor shortage, Obamacare failed to provide the fix.
Here’s the story: Back in 1996, in a truly boneheaded move, the Clinton Administration capped the money Medicare spent on subsidizing the training of medical residents–on the pretext that it wanted to prevent a doctor glut! (We should be so lucky.) That cap, which hasn’t changed in more than ten years, prevents us from increasing the number of doctors–which is really dumb given that even without Obamacare, there will be more patients clamoring for medical care, which can only have the effect of raising costs.
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Antibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of Birth Defects
Taking antibiotics during pregnancy can increase the risk of birth defects, according to a study conducted by researchers from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities and published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Although approximately 30 percent of women take at least one antibiotic between three months before conception and the date of delivery, many of the drugs have not been extensively tested for their safety on developing infants.
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Another Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic Built Next To A Black Neighborhood
A new Planned Parenthood clinic is under construction in Virginia Beach, right next to the Lake Edward neighborhood, a predominantly black community. Of course, this is business as usual for the group which many black leaders say is responsible for carrying out a genocide against black babies. According to the Center for Disease Control, there were 11,156,700 black babies aborted between 1973-2001. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 13,000,000. We hear so much how violence is taking a tremendous toll on the black community and of course it is, but it cannot begin to compare to disaster of abortion.
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Neb. Private Donors Offer Funds To Restore Prenatal Services To Undocumented Low-Income Women
Unidentified donors have offered private funds to restore prenatal services that were discontinued on March 1 for about 1,600 low-income Nebraska women, including about 870 undocumented immigrants, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
For nearly 30 years, Nebraska provided prenatal care to women through Medicaid, regardless of immigration status, because their children would be natural-born U.S. citizens and therefore eligible for Medicaid. Late last year, the federal government informed Nebraska that it must cease providing such care to undocumented immigrants through Medicaid because doing so violates federal rules.
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Sebelius Out of Touch if She Thinks Americans Happy About Abortion Funding
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has again shown how out-of-touch she is with the American people when she made statements today that indicated she believes that people "will be happy" about the new law once they learn more about it.
"It makes me wonder what cave Sebelius has been hiding in if she isn't aware that people have been discussing Obama's health care proposals for over a year. They have been discussed on news and talk shows ad nausea," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "The people are acutely aware of what the bill means in terms of abortion coverage and government takeover. That is why an overwhelming majority oppose it."
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President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid Show Anti-Woman Bias with Abortion Mandate
Ignore National Cancer Institute Branch Chief's Admission of Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
A spokesperson for the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer said today that President Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid are damaging the health of women and their future children with a healthcare bill that promises to increase the rates of abortion, breast cancer and premature birth. The Coalition's president, Karen Malec, said:
"The Triumvirate - Obama, Reid and Pelosi - and all members of Congress were put on notice of an explicit admission from National Cancer Institute branch chief Louise Brinton that 'induced abortion and oral contraceptive use were associated with increased breast cancer risk' in a study led by Jessica Dolle last year. [1] Despite more than a half-century of research supporting an abortion-breast cancer link and statements in medical texts that childbearing sharply reduces breast cancer risk, the Triumvirate rammed a healthcare bill through Congress that requires federal funding of abortions.
"Evidently, they do not care if women suffer and die of breast cancer. Patrick Carroll, a statistician and actuary with the Pensions and Population Research Institute in London reported in his study of Click here for the entire article.
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