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MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s preference for natural means of family planning is an executive statement and not the government policy, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said Monday.
For now, the President is allowing Congress “to determine the policy on a very important issue like reproductive health,” Dureza told lawmakers at the House of Representatives where the committee on appropriations is hearing his Read the rest of this entry »

DANVERS — The Planning Board has approved two projects that could soon soothe North Shore patients: the Hospice of the North Shore’s eight-bed expansion and a healing garden at the new Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care.
Danvers Attorney Nancy McCann, who represented both projects at a recent Planning Board meeting, said both won approval last Tuesday.
A tear-drop shaped healing garden will be installed at the $140 million, Read the rest of this entry »

Planning, motivation provide foundation for fitness
, Arts & Homes Editor
In print: Saturday, January 3, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG — When their work day is done, David Helms and Vicky Bennati come home and work out.
While others are plopping down on the sofa or popping open the pinot, the St. Petersburg couple might be revving their heart rates on their elliptical machine or stepper. The Vectra weight machine in the corner of their home Read the rest of this entry »

KANPUR:
In a novel way to encourage family planning and to prevent population explosion,
a new population control project has been launched in the city by the district
health department.
The beneficiaries under this project are the
families living Below Poverty Line (BPL). In which, various motivational awards
would be given to the encouragement of those people practizing family planning
measures.
Under this scheme if a girl gets married Read the rest of this entry »

February 4, 2009
The White House removed a provision from the stimulus bill that would have made it easier for states to fund family planning through Medicaid. The Central Conference of American Rabbis is urging him to use another legislative vehicle to accomplish that goal. Here’s the group’s press release:
Like President Barack Obama, the Central Conference of American Rabbis has long held a strong commitment to women’s reproductive health Read the rest of this entry »

Located at 5656 S. Power Rd., a half mile south of Ray Rd., Gilbert Hospital (
) is licensed as an, acute-care general hospital with 24/7 services including emergency; expanded in-patient including ICU; diagnostic imaging; pharmacy; laboratory; and surgery services. Designated as a Level II trauma center, Gilbert Hospital provides health care services to the communities located throughout the east and southeast valley. Initial evaluations of all Read the rest of this entry »

Governor Ted Kulongoski pre-session filed more than 30 bills for the 2009 legislative session. The bills complement his budget priorities focused on expanding access to education, health care, renewable energy and job creation.
“Next session presents a number of opportunities to ensure Oregon’s future remains bright, even as we face tough economic times. These bills will expand access to a college education, provide health care to every child in Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will issue an order restoring U.S. funding for international family-planning groups involved with abortion. But he chose not to do so on Thursday, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
President Obama was breaking with the tradition set by his recent predecessors to make an abortion-related order on the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, another example of his attempt to support liberal policies he believes in Read the rest of this entry »

Floyd County residents who receive birth control, annual exams and other family planning services through the county Health Department will have to find somewhere else to get those services after next month.
The Health Department’s Maternal and Child Health Center office announced today that it will stop providing family planning services as of Jan. 31 because its federal funding for those services has been cut off.
The agency suggested that Read the rest of this entry »

DENVER (Feb. 24) – Today, the New York-based Guttmacher Institute released a report showing that nearly 2 million unintended pregnancies and 810,000 abortions are prevented nationwide each year by publicly funded family planning services. Emilie C. Ailts, executive director of Denver-based NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, released the following statement regarding the impact of publicly funded preventive family planning services in Colorado:
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