Archive for March 3rd, 2010
ABC News Examines Potential Impact Of Utah Bill To Prosecute Women For Illegal Abortions
A bill (HB 12) recently approved by the Utah Legislature that would permit criminal charges against women who seek an illegal abortion “may have opened a loophole” allowing women to be charged with murder if they experience a miscarriage because of “reckless behavior,” ABC News reports…
Blogs Comment On Antiabortion Billboard Campaign, Health Reform Summit, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries…
Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Cobra Subsidy Is Both Generous And Necessary San Francisco Chronicle But if you never had health insurance or have been paying for an individual plan out of your own pocket, you might wonder why Congress continues to bestow this generous benefit on a select group of people who previously enjoyed group health insurance (Kathleen Pender, [...]
Obama To Release Revised Health Reform Proposal On Wednesday
President Obama on Wednesday is expected to present a revised version of his health reform proposal and lay out a strategy for Democrats to move forward on the initiative, CQ Today reports (Wayne, CQ Today, 3/1)…
California Consumer Group Sues Anthem Blue Cross For Changing Policies And Then Raising Rates
Consumer Watchdog and other plaintiffs are suing Anthem Blue Cross, the California insurer that recently told policyholders it would hike premiums by 39 percent, the Los Angeles Times reports…
EPA Adds and Proposes Three Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List in the Southeast (FL, NC, TN)
(Atlanta, Ga. – Mar. 3, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added three and proposed three new hazardous waste sites in the southeast that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites
EPA Requests Public Comments on Vessel Water Discharges Report (HQ)
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comments on a draft report that, when made final, will provide Congress with information it may use for the regulation of incidental discharges from certain vessels
No. 9 Marina Fined for Violating the Clean Water Act (OK)
(Dallas, Texas – March 3, 2010) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined No. 9 Marina of Eufaula, Oklahoma, $800 for violating federal Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations outlined under the Clean Water Act
EPA Proposes Vienna Wells Site for Superfund’s National Priorities List (MO)
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., March 3, 2010) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its proposal to add the Vienna Wells Site in Vienna, Mo., to the federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)
