Choice For Me, But Not For Thee
Health care provider conscience laws began to appear on the federal books shortly after the United States Supreme Court decided Roe v Wade in 1973. These statutory provisions protect health care...
View ArticleWill Health Care Reform Spawn the Next Great Culture War?
When I turn 35 I will have my first mammogram. In the United States, mammography is recommended for breast cancer screening every one to two years beginning at age 40. The best available evidence...
View ArticleMandating Late-Term Abortion Training for OB/GYNs?
A few months ago, I wrote about the movement to apply a pro-choice litmus test to OB/GYN residency applicants. The theory is that there aren’t enough doctors willing to perform abortions because...
View ArticleWith or Without Health Care Reform, We’re Screwed
Wikipedia is “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” It’s also a resource many American doctors use to find medical information. According to a survey of 1,900 physicians by Manhattan Research, a...
View ArticleTransparency, Accountability, and Personal Responsibility in Health Care
Following a series of semi-unplugged staycations, I’ve been doing too much reading and not enough writing. Since I haven’t quite managed to recover my blogging mojo tonight, let me point readers to...
View ArticleTwo Thumbs Up, Social Cons!
Media reports have hailed Saturday’s passage of the Stupak amendment – a measure to impose tight restrictions on federally subsidized abortions – as a great triumph for pro-life Republicans. What a...
View ArticleHope & Change in America, Mammogram Edition
Who could have predicted a new federal recommendation calling for less frequent mammograms? Oh wait, I did. In May I wrote at length about how American mammography recommendations differ from those in...
View ArticleKeep Government Out of Health Care, Say … Liberals?
Want a clear indication that the federal government has no business getting into the health insurance industry? Look no further than the Stupak amendment, the measure that attached tight abortion...
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I’m a Fiend at Heart
Okay, confession time. At some point in my youth, it’s entirely possible that I thought I was pretty hardcore with my Misfits Fiend Club button fastened to my black leather MC. And I just might have...
View ArticleFemale Genital Mutilation, Ivy League Edition
Originally published at David Horowitz’s NewsReal ___________ Should surgeons promote an aesthetic standard for little girls’ genitals? Pediatric urologist Dix Poppas thinks so, and he’s more than...
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