The Trump administration issued a rule on Friday barring organizations that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning money, a step that could cut millions of dollars in funding to Planned Parenthood and direct it toward religiously-based, anti-abortion groups. The rule, which has been expected for months, is almost certain to be challenged in… Read More »
Shirell Powell is suing St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx over the case of mistaken identity, saying she and other relatives were put through more than a month of unnecessary grief. (Google) A New York City woman is suing a hospital after she claims she authorized doctors to stop life support for a man she… Read More »
Dec. 14th’s lower court ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional has again thrust health care back on the national agenda. It also gives journalists a chance to redeem themselves from what I have argued has been poor news coverage that helped fuel the public backlash against the law from the beginning. A lot… Read More »
Trisha Lewis on the Late Late Show. Photo: RTE ‘I’m not made of stone, I’m made of a lot of stones… I’m a human’ – Trisha Lewis (30) on mean comments thrown at her over her weight Independent.ie An Irish woman who has lost 96 pounds in less than a year has spoken of the… Read More »