A woman who fought her parents in court for what she believed was her right to die has changed her mind, reports state. Grace SungEun Lee, 28, of Flushing, New York, has been battling inoperable brain cancer and is paralyzed from the neck down. She is hooked up to a feeding tube and ventilator at […]
Presidential incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney participated in the first of three presidential debates last night, squaring off on everything from the economy to Obamacare and big government. The debate took place at the University of Denver and was moderated by PBS News Hour host Jim Lehrer. Lehrer presented a number […]
A Nazarene pastor, a liberal faith-based group and others are voicing their objection to the recent lawsuit filed by the arts and crafts store Hobby Lobby, which was the first Christian business to challenge Obamacare’s morning-after pill mandate, stating that the drug is a necessary form of birth control. However, Hobby Lobby is contending that […]
An appeals court in the state of Illinois has upheld a lower court ruling, which declared that pharmacists in the state have the right to refuse to sell abortion-inducing drugs to their clients. The opinion, released by a three-judge panel of Justices Knecht, Steigmann and Pope, is part of a seven-year battle fought by pharmacists […]
An international symposium on maternal healthcare in Dublin has concluded that abortion is never medically necessary to save the life of a mother. Eamon O’Dwyer, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynaecology at NUI Galway and a conference organizer, said its outcome would provide “clarity and confirmation” to doctors and legislators dealing with these issues. The […]
Health care grabbed the spotlight Sunday with less than two months until Election Day in the deadlocked race. Mitt Romney said he would retain some popular parts of the new health care law he has pledged to repeal, while President Barack Obama focused attention in all-important Florida on the Republican ticket’s stand on Medicare, an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday refused to order the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research, despite complaints the work relies on destroyed human embryos. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court decision throwing out a lawsuit that challenged federal funding […]
The Obama administration’s contraception mandate takes effect Wednesday to cheers from liberal women’s groups and protest from religious freedom advocates. Tuesday the administration heralded the implementation of eight facets of Obamacare’s preventative-care coverage for women, the contraceptive mandate among them. “President Obama is moving our country forward by giving women control over their health care,” […]
A federal judge has moved to block the enforcement of a section of Obamacare that was stated to conflict with Christian and religious values. Senior Judge John L. Kane of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted a preliminary injunction against the health care mandate on Friday, specifically the requirement that […]
The American Cancer Society recently claimed that the abortion provider Planned Parenthood “delivers more children than any other medical practice in the U.S.” Its comments came in the form of a letter of response to a pro-lifer that expressed disapproval of the organization’s financial support of Planned Parenthood when she received correspondence requesting a monetary […]