Paul Rondeau of the American Life League (ALL) tells OneNewsNow that federal authorities will bypass the state, "thereby circumventing the decision of the New Hampshire Executive Council, which is made up of the equivalent of five lieutenant governors who specifically voted that they did not want to fund Planned Parenthood because they also did abortions." But, he laments, "that is not good enough for the Department of Health and Human Services." ALL president Judie Brown says this is an example of how the Obama administration uses the Department of Justice to "trample states' rights." And Rondeau reports that New Hampshire is not the only victim of this federal action, as an ALL video reveals that the administration will not provide federal money to the poor and uninsured in at least three other states if they deny funding to Planned Parenthood.
 Most U.S. Planned Parenthoods located in minority communities: report LifeSiteNews
A survey of all U.S. ZIP codes where Planned Parenthood clinics are located in the United States has found that most are located in areas with a minority population significantly higher than the state average. Authored by Life Dynamics president Mark Crutcher with the help of researcher Carole Novielli and production assistant Renee Hobbs, the report, "Racial Targeting and Population Control," aims to bolster the group's claims made in its 2009 documentary Maafa 21. The film outlined how the family planning movement is rooted in 20th-century eugenicism that aimed at reducing minority populations, a goal Planned Parenthood's business strategy reflects to the present day. |
| Changes in controversial organ donation method stir fears Washington Post
Surgeons retrieving organs for transplant just after a donor's heart stops beating would no longer have to wait at least two minutes to be sure the heart doesn't spontaneously start beating again under new rules being considered by the group that coordinates organ allocation in the United States. The organization is also poised to eliminate what many consider a central bulwark protecting patients in such already controversial cases: an explicit ban on even considering anyone for those donations before doctors and family members have independently decided to stop trying to save them. The proposed changes by the United Network for Organ Sharing, the Richmond nonprofit organization that coordinates organ donation under a contract with the federal government, are part of the first major overhaul of the 2007 guidelines governing "donation after cardiac death," or DCD, which accounts for a small but growing percentage of donations each year. |
