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Abortion Lobby Behind HHS Birth Control Mandate

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An international pro-life group has discovered that 11 of the 15 members of the Committee on Preventive Services for Woman of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the group that advised the Department of Health and Human Services HHS to force all private health insurers to pay for FDA-approved contraception,  are either tied to major pro-abortion groups or to politicians who support that ideology.

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Congress Launches Historic Investigation into Planned Parenthood

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards could not have been happy on September 15 when she was served with a letter from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce announcing the opening of an official investigation and demanding financial and other documentation dating back 20 years  in an effort to ascertain if the company is misusing federal funds and violating the law regarding the reporting of suspected sexual abuse and the aiding and abetting of sex traffickers.

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Media Ignores Largest Ever Study Linking Abortion to Mental Illness

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Just days after two major studies found unacceptably high levels of mental illness in the U.S. and Europe, the media have all but ignored a major study published in a prestigious British medical journal which found that abortion is associated with mental health problems.

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Catholic Physicians Launch On-Line Petition to Stop Birth Control Mandate

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

St. Gianna Physician's Guild launched an online petition drive today requesting that the Obama Administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, immediately withdraw all references to contraception and contraception counseling from the "Guidelines for Women's Preventive Services" under The Affordable Care Act, and to provide a conscience clause to protect the religious freedom and beliefs of Catholics.

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