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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An international pro-life group has discovered that 11 of the 15 members of the Committee on Preventive Services for Woman of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the group that advised the Department of Health and Human Services HHS to force all private health insurers to pay for FDA-approved contraception, are either tied to major pro-abortion groups or to politicians who support that ideology.
Pro-Lifers Should Fight Proposed Government Access to Medical Records
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A proposed new rule by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which would give the government unfettered access to health records on every single citizen is being called as an excessive power grab that will result in giving the government "undue power over life-and-death medical decisions."
Government Web Site Tells Parents: "Children are Sexual Beings"
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The website of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is now offering sex education advice to the public, such as telling teens it's okay to experiment with homosexuality and assuring parents that even infants are "sexual beings" and therefore curious about their bodies.
Planned Parenthood: Fewer Children Saves Taxpayer Dollars
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a recent radio interview, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards said the government should make the public funding of birth control a priority because fewer children saves money in the long run.
Healthcare Rationing Research Gets Underway
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the first of what will be $1.1 billion of taxpayer money has been given to four research groups charged with setting up a network of the controversial "patient-centered outcomes research centers" that will determine the effectiveness of different medical treatments, which many believe will be used to ration care when ObamaCare gets underway in 2014.
Government Suppresses Positive Results of Abstinence Ed Study
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the same agency in charge of enacting ObamaCare, is not allowing behavioral scientists to view the data in a study that found the majority of parents and adolescents think sex belongs in marriage.
Official says Obama’s “Robust” Conscience Protection Promise is Phony
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though President Barack Obama promised a “robust” conscience clause protecting health care workers, a former official of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says his $635 billion off-budget reserve fund includes principles that will deny health providers the freedom to choose not to kill unborn babies through abortion.
Sebelius Confirmed
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Yesterday afternoon, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, a position that may allow her to inject her strident pro-abortion views into the nation’s health care system.
Abortionist Invests $250,000 in Gov. Sebelius Campaign
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Letters have recently surfaced proving that the controversial late-term abortionist, Dr. George Tiller, personally contributed more than $200,000 to his political action committee in order to help Gov. Kathleen Sebelius win the 2002 Kansas gubernatorial race.
Gov. Sebelius Caught Hiding Donations from Abortionist
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The President’s choice for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), pro-abortion Catholic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, has been caught trying to hide the truth about campaign donations she received from America’s most notorious late-term abortionist, George Tiller.