[Pflienews] Mylan in lawsuit over abortifacient OC patent; Stupak: they just want this over; project to get organs from ER patients raises ethics questions; more...

Mon Mar 15 14:54:16 MDT 2010

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_/*STUPAK: 'THEY JUST WANT THIS OVER'...*/_ 
<http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzU0MDYxMWEyOTdiNGU1OGU3ZjYzYmE3Y2ZlZDQ5NTY=> 

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Mylan faces patent suit related to generic contraceptive pills 
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/uVwEeloWibjocmCibGlgBVWwtY?format=standard>
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries filed a patent-infringement lawsuit 
against Mylan to block an FDA application for copies of Teva's 
birth-control drugs LoSeasonique and Seasonique. A Mylan official did 
not respond to requests for comment. Bloomberg 
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/uVwEeloWibjocmCibGlgBVWwtY?format=standard> 
(3/12)

Catholic bishops send message to faithful: We oppose ObamaCare 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/14/catholic-bishops-send-message-to-faithful-we-oppose-obamacare/&ct=ga&cd=stDkRxwwnFc&usg=AFQjCNGS7demk9KoYUMIOwiUrAAVAOhjOg>
Hot Air (blog)
Outside the abortion context, neither bill has adequate *conscience* 
protection for health care providers, plans or employers. Congressional 
leaders are now *... *See all stories on this topic 
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/14/catholic-bishops-send-message-to-faithful-we-oppose-obamacare/&hl=en> 

*/New experiment shows gender-bending contaminants in water/*
Studies continue to reveal the prevalence of hormonal contraceptives and 
other chemicals in water sources, and the devastating consequences of 
these chemicals for animal populations have been well-documented. 
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/mar/10030409.html 
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=84895&N=693&L=4918&F=H>

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/Country music star Randy Travis to headline Terri Schiavo benefit concert/*
Country music stars Randy Travis and Collin Raye will both be performing 
in Indianapolis in April to benefit the foundation set up in honor of 
Terri Schiavo and to help commemorate the five year anniversary of her 
death.  Randy Travis is headlining The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Concert 
scheduled for Sunday, April 11, 2010, 7 PM at the Murat Theatre in 
Indianapolis.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/mar/10030510.html 
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=84895&N=693&L=4821&F=H>

/*The mother who came back from the dead - ten minutes after her life 
support machine was turned OFF*
/A mother of two has stunned doctors by apparently coming back from the 
dead. Velma Thomas's heart stopped beating three times and she was 
clinically brain dead for 17 hours. Her son had left the hospital to 
make funeral arrangements, having been told she would not survive.  But 
ten minutes after her life support system was shut down and doctors were 
preparing to take her organs for donation, the 59-year-old woke up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1021818/The-mother-came-dead--minutes-life-support-machine-turned-OFF.html?printingPage=true 
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=84895&N=693&L=4919&F=H>

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*University of Wisconsin** paying to train future abortionists at 
Planned Parenthood*

 The results of an open records request by Pro-Life Wisconsin and the 
Alliance Defense Fund reveal that since 2007, more than $58,878 of funds 
of a state agency have gone to train future abortionists at Planned 
Parenthood.

 "Medical residents from the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and 
Clinics Authority [UWHCA] participate in training at the Planned 
Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) facility in Madison, WI... UWHCA 
continues to pay its residents while they are in training at PPWI," 
stated James Dechene, senior vice president and general counsel for 
UWHCA, in response to the open records request. Click here to view 
Dechene's letter <http://www.prolifewisconsin.org/PDFs/UWHCA_PP.pdf>.

 "Wisconsin law is very clear: No state agency can fund abortion or 
abortion programs," said Peggy Hamill, state director of Pro-Life 
Wisconsin. "The University of Wisconsin and its Hospital are not above 
the law."

 Statute 20.927 of Wisconsin law states, "No funds of this state or of 
any... agency of this state... shall be authorized for or paid to a 
physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for 
the performance of an abortion." Click here to view statute 20.927 
<http://nxt.legis.state.wi.us/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&d=stats&jd=20.927>. Statute 
20.9275 additionally prohibits spending state funds on programs that 
provide, encourage, or refer for abortions. Click here to view statute 
20.9275 
<http://nxt.legis.state.wi.us/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&d=stats&jd=20.9275>. 

 Despite this clear state law, since 2007 over $58,878 of funds of an 
"agency of this state" (UWHCA) have been "paid to a physician" (medical 
residents) "for the performance of an abortion" (during PPWI training) 
in direct violation of Wis. Stat. § 20.927(1m).

Medical residents in the UW School of Medicine Ob/Gyn Department have 
two four-week rotations at Planned Parenthood, where they view and 
participate in abortions. To view the rotation schedule, click here 
<http://www.obgyn.wisc.edu/residency/documents/Resident%20Learning%20Objectives.pdf>. 
To view the signed contract between UW and Planned Parenthood of 
Wisconsin, click here 
<http://www.prolifewisconsin.org/files/MOU_PPWI_UW.pdf>.

In a November 14, 2008 email, Carl Getto, M.D., stated, "UWHC has been 
paying for the [Planned Parenthood] rotation to date. We will continue 
to do so. Please let Planned Parenthood know." Click here to view 
Getto's email <http://www.prolifewisconsin.org/files/CarlGetto.pdf>. 
Getto is the senior vice president of medical affairs at UWHC.

"As a UW graduate, I am appalled that UW's proud legacy of excellence in 
sports, music, research and nationally ranked programs is stained with 
the destruction of innocent human life," said Virginia Zignego, 
communications director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. "UW's blood runs red, 
indeed."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/14/AR2010031402906_pf.html
*Project to get transplant organs from ER patients raises ethics questions
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By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 15, 2010; A01

In the hope of expanding a controversial form of organ donation into 
emergency rooms around the United States, a federally funded project has 
begun trying to obtain kidneys, livers and possibly other body parts 
from car-accident victims, heart-attack fatalities and other urgent-care 
patients.

Using a $321,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, 
the emergency departments at the University of Pittsburgh Medical 
Center-Presbyterian Hospital <http://www.upmc.com/Pages/default.aspx> 
and Allegheny General Hospital <http://www.wpahs.org/agh/> in Pittsburgh 
have started rapidly identifying donors among patients whom doctors are 
unable to save and taking steps to preserve their organs so a transplant 
team can rush to try to retrieve them...[cont'd at link above]...

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