http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/planb/ en-us Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:20:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305562/posts Rome, Italy (LifeNews.com) -- The world may never know how many thousands of women have been injured, or even killed, by the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug. The best worldwide guess is that 13 women have been killed as a result of the mifepristone abortion pill, but the maker of the drug in Europe is saying 29 women have died. If the information given to the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency (AIFA) by European abortion drug maker Exelgyn is correct, then twice as many women have died from the abortion drug globally than the pro-life community has thought. Currently, eight women have... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305562/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290685/posts The most overturned appellate court has teed up another case for the Supreme Court to consider — and likely soon. The 9th Circuit overturned an injunction in a district court case, allowing the state of Washington to force a pharmacy to stock and dispense morning-after pills, which causes the abortion of an embryo in the early days of a pregnancy. The pharmacy owners had objected, claiming that the law violated their religious practice: HotAir.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290685/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289454/posts The L.A. Times reports that "pharmacists are obliged to dispense the Plan B pill, even if they are personally opposed to the 'morning after' contraceptive on religious grounds, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. In a case that could affect policy across the western U.S., a supermarket pharmacy owner in Olympia, Wash., failed in a bid to block 2007 regulations that required all Washington pharmacies to stock and dispense the pills. Family-owned Ralph's Thriftway and two pharmacists employed elsewhere sued Washington state officials over the requirement. The plaintiffs asserted that their Christian beliefs prevented them from dispensing the pills, which... STEVELACKNER.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289454/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:06:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289140/posts A federal case involving a pharmacy refusing to dispense Plan B–aka the “morning after pill”–based on religious objection also has disturbing implications for assisted suicide in that state. A three panel Court of Appeals panel reversed an injunction and sent the case back to the trial court for further consideration. But in finding that Washington regulations requiring pharmacists to carry and dispense all legal drugs and medications is a rule of general applicability–thus precluding religious conscience-based exemptions–it also means that all pharmacists in the state must dispense death to terminally ill patients in Washington who receive lethal prescriptions. From... Secondhand Smoke http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289140/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248929/posts Late word this evening that will get everyone's attention: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has informed legislative leaders that if three of the six budget-related ballot measures fail next Tuesday, the state faces a $21.3 billion deficit between now and next July. In a letter to the four legislators this afternoon, Schwarzenegger actually offered two new assessments from his budget team of what lies in store for California: a $15.4 billion shortfall if Propositions 1C, 1D, and 1E pass, and the aforementioned $21.3 billion if they fail. This comes after Schwarzenegger told reporters in Culver City today that he intends to release... KQED - Capitol Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248929/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 01:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244983/posts The 'Plan B' scenarios if the special election measures are defeated continue to trickle out of the administration of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This afternoon, a new one: the governor is prepared to propose a $2 billion suspension of the 2004 constitutional initiative protecting city and county revenues. Talk of suspending 2004's Proposition 1A comes on the heels of a meeting yesterday where Schwarzenegger aides told the firefighting community that voters rejecting the measures on the ballot in two weeks time would result in as many as 1,700 firefighting positions. One local government official on this afternoon's call said the plan... Capitol Notes / KQED http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244983/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 00:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242046/posts Prospects are rapidly diminishing for the five ballot measures that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders say they need to keep the state budget from drowning in red ink. So, one might ask, what's Plan B? Rejection of three measures (Propositions 1C, 1D and 1E) would have a direct impact totaling nearly $6 billion on the 2009-10 budget, which was supposedly balanced by Schwarzenegger and legislators in February. Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor has already proclaimed that the 2009-10 plan is $8 billion out of whack, so rejection of those three measures would create a $14 billion hole. But wait, there's... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242046/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 14:57:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240796/posts The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman of New York to order the FDA to make Plan B, post-intercourse contraceptives available to 17-year-old girls without a prescription from their doctor is one more example of the government believing it has the right to interpose itself between parents and their children. It is shameful that the Obama administration has decided it will not appeal this terrible federal court decision. Allowing drugs with such powerful physiological and emotional effects to be sold over the counter to adults without a prescription, as has been the case since 2005, has no doubt... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240796/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236478/posts Medical evidence disputes the claim that this pill is always “contraceptive” in preventing fertilization. Even the FDA’s own Question and Answers admitted this with these words: “Plan B works like other birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. Plan B acts primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary (ovulation). It may prevent the union of sperm and egg (fertilization). If fertilization does occur, Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb (implantation).” More accurate was the Pontifical Academy for Life’s Statement released on October 31, 2000: “The morning-after pill is a hormone-based preparation... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236478/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:53:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235497/posts The Food and Drug Administration, reversing field, will now let 17-year-olds get the 'morning-after' birth control pill without a doctor's prescription, a government health official said Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the agency will announce that it is complying with a federal judge's order that overturns a Bush administration policy. The official was not authorized to speak publicly before the FDA announcement, expected later Wednesday.... Fox News / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235497/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:57:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213112/posts A federal judge on Monday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the Plan B morning-after birth control pill available without prescription to women as young as 17. The judge ruled the agency had improperly bowed to political pressure from the Bush Administration when it set 18 as the age limit in 2006. The F.D.A. has 30 days to comply with the order, in which the judge also urged the agency to consider removing all restrictions on over-the-counter sales of Plan B. The drug consists of two pills that prevent conception if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse.... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213112/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:40:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212842/posts U.S. court tells FDA to rethink Plan B contraceptive Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:06pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. court on Monday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decisions on the sale of the Plan B emergency contraceptive and ordered its producer to make the pills available to 17-year-olds without a prescription. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, in a 52-page ruling, said its order to make Plan B available to 17-year-olds under the same conditions it is currently available to older women must be complied with within 30 days.... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212842/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2202018/posts I've been here a while now, put a hundred into the kitty to keep the site up so I'm posting a vanity asking for some advice. My family are all liberals I don't dare ask them their opinion. So here goes. My bride and I both see bad things coming. We are buying 5 acres in rural south central Tennessee on contract from a friend. No house, just partially wooded land. We've been saving our money and investing in heirloom seeds, long term food supply that we eat and rotate, and camping gear. I weld and am a jack of... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2202018/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:28:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141827/posts WASHINGTON – General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it needs $12 billion in government loans to keep operating, telling Congress in a bluntly worded report that its collapse could have "severe, long-term consequences to the U.S. economy." GM said it would seek up to $18 billion from the government: $12 billion in loans, including $4 billion by the end of December, and a separate $6 billion line of credit in case market conditions worsen. "Absent such assistance, the company will default in the near term, very likely precipitating a total collapse of the domestic industry," GM said, contending its collapse would... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141827/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139680/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new national survey shows the Plan B drug, as known as the morning after pill, is more available across the United States following a 2006 FDA decision to sell it to adults over the counter. However, anecdotal stats from other places where it is readily available show it not reducing abortions.Dr. Rebekah Gee of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine conducted the study, which involved surveys of pharmacies in Atlanta, Boston, and Philadelphia in 2005 and again in 2007.Some 1,087 pharmacies participated in the first round of surveys while 795 were involved in the... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139680/posts#comment Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011432/posts LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday left in place a lower court's ruling that allowed Washington state pharmacists to refuse to sell emergency contraceptive "morning after" pills on religious grounds. A federal judge in Seattle suspended state rules that required pharmacies to dispense "Plan B" and other emergency contraceptives that prevent fertilized eggs from implanting, which some people believe is the same as abortion.The case was brought by Stormans Inc, doing business as Ralph's Thriftway, and pharmacists Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen. Reuters via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011432/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 14:49:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945695/posts BOSTON, December 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a shocking turn-around, Massachusetts’s governor Mitt Romney announced yesterday that Roman Catholic and other private hospitals in the state will be forced to offer emergency contraception to sexual assault victims under new state legislation, regardless of the hospitals’ moral position on the issue. The Republican governor had earlier defended the right of hospitals to avoid dispensing the “morning-after pill” on the grounds of moral dissent. The Boston Globe reported that Romney’s flip on the issue came after his legal counsel, Mark D. Nielsen, concluded Wednesday that the new law supersedes a preexisting statute... LifeSite.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945695/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1915311/posts WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In what is likely the most significant contribution to date in the debate over the use of the so-called "emergency contraception" pills at Catholic hospitals, renowned theologian Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner has written on the subject. The Doctor of Sacred Theology who has been teaching theology in Franciscan universities and seminaries in the US and Italy for forty years, has questioned the basis on which the whole issue is based - namely whether it is permitted for Catholics to administer Plan B even if it acted as a contraceptive rather than causing abortions.... Lifesite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1915311/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:48:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929817/posts Discussion at the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee resulting in the report “Scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967” and Pope Benedict XVI’s advice to Roman Catholic pharmacists to avoid any involvement, whether direct or indirect, in the supply of medicines used for abortions or euthanasia have raised the profile of issues surrounding abortion once again. Whether we class ourselves as “pro-life” or “pro-choice”, the extremely high number of abortions carried out in England and Wales — 193,700 in 2006, an average of 3,725 per week — is a sad reflection of our society’s attempts to educate... The Pharmaceutical Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929817/posts#comment Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925817/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2007 – The U.S. military is examining different contingencies for supplying American troops in Afghanistan if supplies can no longer be shipped through Pakistan, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said today. Morrell hastened to add that the unrest in Pakistan following President Pervez Musharraf instituting a state of emergency has not impinged on U.S. supply lines through or over Pakistan. Morrell said at a Pentagon news conference that the supply line issue “is a very real area of concern for our commanders in Afghanistan, because 75 percent of all of our supplies for our troops in Afghanistan... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925817/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:15:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923113/posts ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 8th, 2007 01:07 PM A federal judge has suspended Washington’s requirement that pharmacists sell “morning-after” birth control pills. The injunction says pharmacists can refuse to sell the morning-after pill, referring a customer instead to a nearby source. It’s part of a lawsuit by two pharmacists and a drugstore owner, who claim in a lawsuit that the state’s birth-control sales rules violated their civil rights. The morning-after pill, sold as “Plan B,” can dramatically lower the risk of pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Some critics consider the pill tantamount to abortion, although it... The Associated Press (Via The News Tribune of Tacoma WA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923113/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2007 01:33:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918530/posts VATICAN CITY, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Politicians and pharmacists in Italy responded angrily on Tuesday to an appeal by Pope Benedict for pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs such as the "morning after pill" if they object on moral grounds. The Pope told an international conference on Monday that pharmacists should be guaranteed the right to conscientious objection in cases where medicines they distribute can block pregnancy, provoke abortion or assist euthanasia. Health Minister Livia Turco said that while the Pope had the right to urge young people to be sexually responsible, he could not tell professionals such as pharmacists... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918530/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:12:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911729/posts The story is on top and the poll is on the bottom The State Journal Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911729/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:41:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907983/posts American Life League Urges Connecticut Bishops to Rethink Plan B at Catholic Hospitals WASHINGTON, October 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "The actions of the Connecticut Catholic Conference are an outrage and a crime," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League (ALL) reacting to the news that the Connecticut Bishops have given permission for the use of the so-called "emergency contraceptive" Plan B for rape victims at Catholic hospitals. "It's bad enough to allow so-called emergency contraception in Catholic hospitals, but to claim that the Church has never officially ruled on such matters is completely untrue," added Brown. The Connecticut Catholic... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907983/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2007 02:37:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907955/posts U.S. Catholic Health Association Giving Flawed Advice on Morning After Pill to Catholic Hospitals Commentary republished with permission by Matt Bowman of Alliance Defense FundExcerpted from http://www.constitutionallycorrect.com/archive/2007/10/03/553.aspx WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Connecticut Catholic hospitals' spokesman Barry Feldman, in statements discussing the new policy allowing emergency contraception for rape victims even though embryos might not implant as a result, listed the Catholic Health Association as support for the new policy. The position of the Catholic Health Association on "emergency contraception" is well known and seriously flawed.  It basically presents "emergency contraception" as permissible even after a positive ovulation... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907955/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2007 01:30:45 GMT