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Board OKs petition form for abortion proposal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...Tags: Washington, DC, Planned Parenthood, Rick Snyder, Social Issues, Abortion
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FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the...Tags: Birth Control, Plan B (drug), Judges, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Justice
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CDC: 1 in 8 U.S. women binge drink 3 times a month
CBS NewsThe dangerous activity of binge drinking -- defined as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks at one time -- can take a toll on anyone's health. And, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals in a new report, it's an under-recognized...Tags: Social Sciences, Consumer Goods Industries, Beverage Industry, Schools, Abusive Behavior
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Court blocks Indiana defunding of Planned Parenthood
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana stepped between women and their physicians when it enacted a law that blocked Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 7th U.S....
Tags: Birth Control, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Abortion
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Legal language pivot of Ind. abortion drug fight
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A legal loophole could become the latest weapon in the fight over abortion rights as opponents push Indiana to rewrite a law that defines abortion clinics so it includes facilities offering the procedure without surgery by...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Group delivers signatures asking for GOP apology over 'vagina' rebuff
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan groups upset over last month's silencing of a female Democratic lawmaker who said "vagina" during a House debate about anti-abortion legislation and another who said "vasectomy" held a rally Wednesday, declaring they'...Tags: Abortion Issue, Planned Parenthood, Crime, Law and Justice, Rick Snyder, Social Issues
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Medicaid official rules against Indiana abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said. The state had asked the Centers for...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Judges, Family, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice
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More abortion restrictions anticipated in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The owner of Mississippi's only abortion clinic says she expects legislators to keep trying to put new restrictions on the facility and the procedure, regardless of how a federal judge rules in a fight over a new state law....Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Two female Michigan lawmakers silenced after vagina, abortion comments
Freedom of speech has it limits at least in the Michigan House of Representatives. State Reps. Lisa Brown, D-West Bloomfield, and Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga, were told today that they wouldn't be recognized to publicly speak on any matters before the House...Tags: Abortion Issue, Medical Procedures and Tests, Freedom of the Press, Health, Social Issues
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Planned Parenthood offers free Pap tests next week
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will offer free Pap tests at 19 of its health centers next week. The free tests are in celebration of National Women's Health Week. Locally, the free testing will be on May 17 in...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Planned Parenthood, Health, Social Issues, Cancer
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Feds to stop funding Texas women's health program
HOUSTON (AP) — The federal government will stop funding a Texas health program that serves 130,000 low-income women because of a state law that bars abortion-affiliated clinics from getting public money. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Rick Perry, Cancer, Kathleen Sebelius
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FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy emergency contraception without a prescription. Teva Pharmaceuticals wants its Plan B morning-after pill to become the first truly over-the-counter form of...Tags: Plan B (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, Health, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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