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Harrisburg, PA (LifeNews.com) -- In a ruling involving a mentally disabled man whose legal guardians sought the power to end his medical care, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has determined that state law requires life-preserving treatment for people who are not near death and have not refused treatment. The Alliance Defense Fund and allied pro-life attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 53-year-old David Hockenberry, who has had acute mental disabilities since birth, arguing that his legal guardians should not be allowed to deny him life-preserving treatment while he is not terminal or unconscious.Hockenberry’s guardians unsuccessfully attempted to deny him...

Flo Certified as Humanist Counselor Humanists of Utah now has two certified Humanists Counselors. Florien Wineriter's application was approved by the Division of Humanist Counseling, AHA, during the closing session of the Humanists Counselor Summer Institute held in Columbia, Maryland August 16-18. Flo attended the institute where he received information on conducting Humanist rites of passage such as weddings, life celebrations, and funerals. Following private interviews with two officials of Division of Counseling, Flo was one of three new counselors certified during closing ceremonies of the Summer Institute. Humanist Counselors, AHA, are entitled to the rights and priveleges granted to...