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(National Review) [On October 8], I was scheduled to meet with officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Management and Budget (OMB) to discuss the profound legal and policy defects in a proposed rule governing the Title X family-planning program. But instead of keeping their commitment and hearing my presentation, they canceled the meeting and officially published the rule [on October 7]. Hearing from members of the public with expertise in agency matters has been a routine practice of both Republican and Democrat administrations for decades. Yet it is clear that HHS under...

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a disastrous chain of events, a set of “wanted” embryos quickly became “unwanted” after an artificially impregnated women was informed by her fertility clinic that they had accidentally implanted the embryos of another woman by the same name.The woman’s solution was to take the morning-after pill (which, ironically, pro-abortion forces insist is simply a form of contraception and cannot cause an abortion) and abort the nascent life within her.The Associated Press reports that the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services at the University of Connecticut Health Center has agreed to pay a $ 3,000 fine...

Hit with declines in funding from the economic crisis and the Madoff scandal, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America is laying off around 20% of its staff. Roughly 30 people were let go earlier this week, according to a source who works for the nonprofit. Executives at Planned Parenthood confirmed the layoffs, but declined to give more details. “As with many other nonprofit organizations, Planned Parenthood has had to make staff reductions at our headquarters due to the challenging economic times facing our country,” said Maryana Iskander, chief operating officer at the agency. “While taking this action is never easy,...

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