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Bush's Morning After 'Election' Pill

Bush's Morning-After-Pill
FDA likely to approve Plan B pill over the counter
The Bush administration is likely to reverse its recent decision on a controversial emergency contraceptive and make it available over the counter this year, a key House Republican said. After meeting last week with Steven Galson, acting director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Rep. James Greenwood (R-Pa.) said he is very confident the agency will make the contraceptive Plan B available over the counter in 2004. Carol Cox, spokeswoman for Barr Pharmaceuticals, said that she was optimistic the FDA will change its policy but that she believes any such decision will probably not be made in 2004. She said the company hopes to submit a new request to the agency within a month, noting that the FDA then has six months to make a decision.

Congress Looks Again at Stem-Cell Research
WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan's death after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease and his widow Nancy's public vow to find a cure have rejuvenated efforts in Congress to expand stem-cell research. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a doctor, said Tuesday that a 3-year-old policy that limits federal funding should be reviewed. Proponents and patient advocates cite Nancy Reagan's influence on the issue. They point to a letter, signed by a majority of senators, urging President Bush to liberalize his policy. Bush announced a policy in August 2001 that [ALLOWED] limited federal funding for research to stem-cell lines already in existence. Today, a federal registry lists 78 lines. In a letter to Bush sent this week, 58 senators, including 14 Republicans, urged him to allow unused embryos created for infertile couples to be used for [federal taxpayer] research.

Abortionist Returns to Court
Pendergraft to plead guilty, end court fights
OCALA, Fla. -- Well-known and controversial Dr. James Pendergraft was in federal court again Tuesday to plead guilty and end years of court fights. Pendergraft owns several abortion clinics in the area, with offices in Orlando, Tampa and Ocala, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported. Pendergraft walked into federal court by himself around 11 a.m. Tuesday. His legal troubles began in June 2000, when he and Michael Spielvogel were indicted on extortion charges. An undercover FBI videotape played during their trial showed Pendergraft and Spielvogel making deals with an attorney representing Marion County. They asked for up to $1 million in exchange for not opening up an abortion clinic in a politically conservative community. Despite all of this, the abortion clinic did open in Ocala and has been doing business using other doctors even as Pendergraft served only seven months in a federal prison.

Jury Selection To Begin In Trial of
Man Accused of Killing Couple, Fetus
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- Jury selection begins Wednesday in the case of a Pottstown man accused of murdering a young couple and their unborn child. Chester County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of Matthew Eshbach, 28, who is accused of working with Michael G. McGrory, 29, to kidnap and kill Kerry Schadler, 21, and his wife Katherine Schadler, 20, who was 22 weeks pregnant. Authorities said Eshbach and McGrory dumped the victims' bodies in a park in East Coventry Township after the Nov. 22, 2002, murders.

Israeli Cabinet Approves Murdering Children
Israeli Cabinet Approves Abortion Regulation
The cabinet approved a law Tuesday allowing women to have an abortion due to poor economic conditions. The law, proposed by MK Reshef Chayne (Shinui), will be brought up for a preliminary vote Wednesday. The "social clause" as it is known, allowing women to have abortions because of economic difficulty, was dropped from the abortion law 25 years ago after a bitter battle with the ultra-Orthodox parties. Poor women must claim emotional problems in order to obtain approval for the procedure. "A progressive country should not need to force its citizens to lie only to preserve religious, chauvinistic, and patriarchal values that are outmoded," Chayne said.

Bill Would Force Insurance Companies
to Cover Contraceptives for Ohio Women
Statewide insurance companies could soon be forced to flip the bill for your birth control, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's John London reported Tuesday. According to Planned Parenthood, 21 states have laws on the books requiring insurance to cover prescription contraception, London reported. Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana do not. According to the language on the bill, whatever is covered would have to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, London reported.

Assault Meant To 'Cause Abortion'
A Sydney man who kicked and punched his pregnant girlfriend had long wanted the child aborted, legally or otherwise, a court was told today. Phillip Nathan King, 21, pleaded guilty to maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on Kylie Flick on August 20, 2002. After Ms Flick refused to abort their child, King punched and stomped on her stomach several times. Three days later the 24-week foetus was delivered stillborn.

Murdering Texas Children
Killeen Council Votes On Abortion Resolution
Last week, a women's health and abortion clinic was issued a license by the Texas Department of Health, opening the doors for them to open up a location in Killeen. That news prompted hundreds of concerned citizens to show up to last week's council meeting demanding action. Over the past week, the Killeen City Council weighed it's options and placed a resolution on Tuesday's council agenda to voice an official opposition to abortion.

Judge Ends Parental Rights of Death Row Inmate
BEAUMONT -- The parental rights of a female death row inmate convicted of the 1998 killing of her newborn son were terminated by a judge yesterday. Kenisha Berry, 26, has four other children. The three girls and one boy will be placed with relatives in Beaumont. State District Judge Tom Mulvaney also terminated the parental rights of Joskin Dewayne Love, the father of the three oldest children. The youngest child, a girl who marked her first birthday Sunday, will be allowed supervised visits with her father, Leonard Wayne Carrier.

Father Gains Custody of Accused Child Killer's Baby
Miami -- As accused child murderer Yusimil Herrera rested at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after delivering her third daughter, a judge awarded custody of the newborn to Herrera's husband and forbade Herrera to see the baby. "I don't want there to be any contact whatsoever. Clear?" Miami-Dade Juvenile Court Judge Ellen Sue Venzer told child welfare officials; the baby's father, Tomas Medrano Jr.; and his lawyers. In a separate courtroom earlier in the day, prosecutors filed second-degree murder charges against Herrera for the May 16 beating of her middle child, Angel Hope. A former foster child who was horribly abused herself, Herrera allegedly told police she slapped Angel, causing her to slam into a wall. She faces up to life in prison.

Woman Claims Baby Was Stillborn
Lisa Scott guilty of involuntary manslaughter
BLOOMINGTON -- A Normal woman who deposited her newborn in a trash bin before going to work and then traveling to Florida for spring vacation admitted Tuesday to unintentionally killing the baby girl. Lisa D. Scott, 22, pleaded guilty in McLean County Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the infant's death March 7, 2003. The charge states Scott "erroneously" believed the baby was dead when she separated her from the placenta and put her in a plastic bag.

Christian Group Sues New York City Mayor
A Christian group Tuesday filed suit against the mayor and his top cop, saying the officials are trampling on rights of activists hoping to demonstrate at the Republican National Convention in August. "Mayor Bloomberg should be more concerned about the silencing of the First Amendment than the silencing of ice cream vendors and horns," said the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition and National Clergy Council. Mahoney was referring to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's current effort to tighten the city's noise control law. The coalition, which opposes abortion, says it met recently with police officials to discuss plans to hold a prayer vigil on Aug. 28 around Madison Square Garden. The federal lawsuit was filed in Manhattan Tuesday. Brian Chavez-Ochoa, attorney for the Christian group, said he was seeking a preliminary injunction against the city to stop Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly "from using unfettered discretion in denying the use of public sidewalks to those individuals wishing to exercise their First Amendment rights."

Judge allows parents to visit Terri
Terri Schindler-Schiavo's parents and siblings are allowed to visit her whenever they wish without supervision, a Florida probate court judge has ruled, ending an eight-week ban on visitation imposed by the 40-year-old, brain-disabled woman's estranged husband, Michael Schiavo. In a five-page order Friday, Judge George Greer restored full visitation rights to Terri's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, and her brother and sister, Robert [Bobby] Schindler, Jr., and Suzanne Carr.

Father-in-law rips Scott Peterson's fishing story
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Laci Peterson's stepfather testified Tuesday that within a day or two of her disappearance, he had concluded his son-in-law's alibi was bogus and suspected he might be carrying on an affair with another woman.

Witnesses Testify For Nichols
Two people who lost loved ones in the Oklahoma City bombing testified Tuesday on behalf of Terry Nichols, recounting how they came to accept the deaths and reconcile their feelings about him. Kathy Wilburn and Bud Welch have said they oppose the death penalty and do not want Nichols to die, although they were not permitted to say so Tuesday as part of their victim impact statements.

Abortion Waiting-Period Regulation Back in Court
Jefferson City — After allowing an abortion waiting-period law to take effect, a federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed the case from its control. The dismissal, requested by Planned Parenthood affiliates, allows the abortion provider to return to a federal district judge and seek an injunction to again block the law. Planned Parenthood attorney Arthur Benson said in an e-mail that he has asked U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright to convene an attorneys' conference today to schedule a hearing. The law requires physicians to wait 24 hours after consulting women before performing abortions.

Memphis Coach Banned From High School Sports
MEMPHIS - A coach who for more than two decades trained some of the area's most prominent players will not be allowed to coach again after an internal investigation of cheating uncovered physical and verbal abuse. Ted Anderson was suspended indefinitely from coaching at Hamilton High School, Superintendent Carol Johnson said Monday. He will be transferred to another school in the district and only be allowed to teach history. Hamilton's suspension is the latest in a controversy surrounding the school for more than six months. In December, football coach Jeff Sawyer resigned after acknowledging he fathered a child with a woman who became pregnant while still a student at Hamilton and tried to arrange an abortion for her. The next month the school system removed Osceola ''Sonny'' Hicks as Hamilton principal because he failed to report and discipline Sawyer. Assistant principal Van Snyder resigned.

Baby Sitter Charged With Neglect Of Infant
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A West Des Moines woman who was investigated in the death of an infant was charged in the neglect and endangerment of another infant. Beverly Goreham, 52, is accused of causing bruises to both ears of 1-year-old Lucas Curry. Goreham was investigated by the state when a 3-month-old baby in her care died from an overdose of Benadryl in May 2003. She had been running an in-home business.

Parents Demand Terrorism Court
Trial for Rapists of Infant Girls
ISLAMABAD -- The parents of two Pakistani girls, one only two-years-old, appealed on Tuesday that the men accused of raping their daughters be tried by an anti-terrorism court. Manir Masih, the father of the two-year-old Komal and Parveen Barkat, the mother of the seven-year-old Neha, held a press conference in Islamabad to recount the attacks on their daughters and the threats their families had received from the men they accused of the rapes. “If the beast is not tried in a terrorism court and given due punishment, I along with my four children and wife will immolate ourselves in front of Parliament,” Mr Masih said.

High Court Allows Holocaust-Era Lawsuits
WASHINGTON -- A California woman can sue to retrieve $150 million worth of family paintings stolen by the Nazis, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in opening American courts to World War II-era disputes the Bush administration had wanted settled diplomatically. The ruling was celebrated by Jewish leaders, who hope for jury verdicts while some Holocaust survivors still are alive. The court ruled 6-3 vote that 88-year-old Maria Altmann could pursue a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles that seeks to force Austria to turn over six Gustav Klimt paintings that include portraits of her aunt. The paintings are among an estimated 600,000 art works the Nazis stole during Adolf Hitler's rule in Germany.

Posted by Editor at June 9, 2004 06:02 AM