Coronavirus response leads to cuts to 166 or more FDA, EPA, Medicare, alcohol and education regulations
The Trump administration and state and local governments are wisely suspending regulations to help fight the coronavirus. Many of these rules and regulations were not necessary in the first place, given their tendency More...
N95 Mask shortage linked to Obama administration, not restocking after H1N1 in 2009
Public health may be headed into crisis, in large part due to the shortage N95 respirator masks and new reports trace the problem back to over ten years, after the H1N1 outbreak. Imagine de Gerd Altmann de la Pixabay From More...
Trump moves to cut more Obama era rules at HHS, ending religious discrimination regulations
On this Religious Freedom Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a rule that implements President Trump’s executive order that removes current regulatory burdens on religious More...
New York Judge Paul Engelmayer rules freedom of conscience protections for medical staff is unconstitutional
A federal Obama-appointed judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down a proposed rule this week that protects healthcare individuals and entities from providing and participating More...
Judge strikes down Obama era ‘gender transition’ surgeries mandate for health care staff
A federal court in Texas struck down an Obama-era rule that forced doctors across the nation to perform “gender-transition surgeries” even if such procedures were against their medical judgment or religious More...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez details ‘Just society’ with full welfare for illegals, rent control, lowering poverty levels
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has published new economic policies as part of her “just society,” including allowing illegal immigrants the same welfare benefits as U.S. citizens. The New York rep has published More...
FDA sued by abortion activist Rebecca Gomperts for cracking down on ‘abortion pill by mail’ access
An abortion activist in Europe, Rebecca Gomperts, federal lawsuit against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for blocking “Aid Access,” an Internet consultation and mail order abortion pill More...
Elijah Cummings yells at DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan for immigration political theater, health care for illegals
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the House Oversight Committee, where Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) went into a tirade over the border crisis. It was directed at Secretary More...
Court sides with Trump, allows block of $60 million to Planned Parenthood
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 today lifting injunctions that previously blocked enforcement of the Trump administration’s Title X Protect Life Rule (Rule). This Rule cuts off federal funding More...
Court rules Trump can end Title X funds for abortions
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the Trump administration’s regulations on family planning funds could go into effect and federal funding will be cut off to organizations that provide More...
Trump cuts medical funding for research on fetal tissue from abortions
President Donald Trump’s administration announced today that it will no longer allow federal funding for medical research conducted within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the use of human More...
Caring Families fights against Connecticut discrimination against faith based pregnancy center
An injunction filed is to stop enforcement of the city ordinance that compels the pregnancy center and its Mobile Care ministry to post signs and messages stating, “This facility does not have a licensed medical More...
Doctor, Omar Almusa Sentenced for Unlawfully Dispensing Vicodin and Defrauding the University of Pittsburgh
A former Pittsburgh radiologist has been sentenced in federal court to two years (24 months) in prison, three years’ supervised release, and order to pay a fine of $15,000 and restitution in the amount of $728 More...
Labor Department announces grant to battle opioid crisis in Florida, Alexander Acosta says this ‘is a serious public health concern’
The U.S. Department of Labor Friday announced the award of an opioid-crisis Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for up to $2,500,000, with $833,333 released initially. More...
ADF commends HHS version of Protest Life Rule, preventing tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ issuance Friday of the final version of the Protect More...
HHS terminates the FDA and ABR ties to stop tax money from being used to fund fetal tissue research
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has terminated the contract between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) which would have used taxpayer dollars to More...
Pro-lifers urge HHS to end taxpayer funds for aborted fetal tissue research
National and state pro-life leaders sent a letter this week to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar urging the government to end the taxpayer-funded use of aborted fetal tissue for More...
Alveda King, black leaders, Project 21 praise the HHS move to cut abortion funding
To ensure taxpayers “do not indirectly fund abortions,” the Trump Administration issued a proposal to reform the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Family Planning Program (Title X) funding. Alveda More...
Pro-abortionists attack the Title X cuts, defunding Planned Parenthood
The Trump administration proposed the “Protect Life” Rule Friday which would bar entities that receive federal funding for family planning from providing or referring for abortions. Abortion counseling More...
HHS files proposal to block federal funding for abortions, will cut $286 million in funds
The Trump administration is filing a proposal today to block facilities from receiving federal dollars for family planning if they are housed in the same building with organizations that provide abortions like Planned More...
