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Unfortunately, these rules will probably be invalid on January 21st.

Thread by me.

Bush Administration Finalizes Rule Protecting Medical Professionals on Abortion

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Bush administration has finalized the new rules that protect both medical professionals and medical staff who don’t want to be involved in abortions or abortion referrals. The Department of Health and Human Services released the final rule that will go into effect on January 20.

The new regulations are intended to clarify and enforce existing federal laws that protect the choices of health care providers who have moral objections to abortion...

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Haleigh Poutre Update

This sentence is a travesty!

Stepfather gets 12-15 years

SPRINGFIELD - Jason D. Strickland will spend 12 to 15 years in state prison on charges in the child abuse case that left his stepdaughter Haleigh Poutre with a severe brain injury.

Judge Judd J. Carhart Thursday imposed consecutive prison terms of eight to 10 years and four to five years, saying Strickland's "action, or inaction" had caused substantial harm to the child and that he had violated one of life's most precious gifts - the care of a child.

A jury on Nov. 26 convicted Strickland in Hampden Superior Court of charges he allowed serious injury to be caused to the then 11-year-old Westfield girl in 2005. The defense had argued that Strickland had believed his late wife, Holli A. Strickland, Haleigh's adoptive mother, when she told him the child was self-abusive...