Women's medical information will not be posted online in Oklahoma -- for now. Oklahomans who believe in a little thing called the "right to privacy" can breathe a big sigh of relief, for now. Late Friday, a judge extended a temporary restraining order against a bill that would publish online extensive details about women's abortions. Now, enforcement of the law will be set aside until a ...
The world is changing, and you are making it happen! Today, medical associations like the American Medical Association, The College of Physicians, and the National Board of Pharmacies are weighing in on cannabis therapeutics as a medical option.
The new administration has set policies to stop federal interference with our state laws. States are embracing real access models. The CA ...
While there is much talk of intergenerational debt among DC political insiders, few people have an understanding of the debt figures discussed in current policy debates. A new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that the $62 trillion figure most often discussed is actually due almost entirely to spiraling private-sector health care costs. "It would be dishonest to ...
A letter from the Center for Biological Diversity that I find EXTREMELY important for you guys to know and for you to sign a petition for: As world leaders gather in Copenhagen to negotiate an international climate agreement, time is running out for polar bears. Forced to swim increasingly long distances between disappearing patches of sea ice in search of food, they are drowning and starving ...
More from Gulfwave. =================================== Climate change is real. Can we deal with it? If you track climate change issues, you're well aware of the current fray : illegally hacked private emails and documents of prominent American and British climate researches have global warming skeptics acting like Christmas came early. That biased readings of a handful...
Below from Gulfwaves. Click pic on left to get to videos and pics of creatures living deep deep in the ocean where light does not penetrate. I guess those deep sea critters don't need vitamin D to survive. ================================ The Census of Marine Life , a decade-long international research project, has inventoried over 17,600 deep-sea species that live where no...
With the whole H1N1 drama, Walmart's absence policy has come under some criticism . Since I'm sick right now, I think I'm going to talk about it. I feel like a lot of the anti-Walmart movements on the Internet come off as alarmist, and criticize the wrong sorts of things, leaving themselves open to attack. So, here's how I see it. Walmart's absence policy is a little complex, so bear with me ...
...Michael Nutter and tell him a 2-year AIDS housing waiting list is unacceptable: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5712/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1343 Contact State AIDS Director Joseph Pease ... or not applying for nearly $15 million dollars of state funding is unacceptable: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5712/t/8185/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1255 Contact President Obama and ...
As I mentioned a while ago, I will be going on the Gaza Freedom March from December 29 - Jan 2nd, which is aimed at promoting the campaign to end the siege of Gaza. Alongside this, I am seeking to fundraise for the work of the march organizers, Code Pink in relation to the march. This includes sponsoring students and other low-income people to go, supporting local partner organizations in ...