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Religious physicians take stance on family planning
Insurers aren't the only ones up in arms over the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) recent requirement of health plans to provide free contraceptives and other preventive health
Macabre 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
One in five docs are at odds with faith-based policies
One in five primary-care physicians who practice at faith-based institutions feel conflicted about the organization's faith-based patient-care policies , according to a first-of-its-kind study. Most
