Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
BOCOG President Liu Qi and Secretary Michael Leavitt hold a talk. (Photo credit: Miao Lidong)Photo G...
RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt hopes to impose "right to refuse" laws on all health care services.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Some of the most chilling threats are whispered. This is the case in a recent blog post by Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. In soothing tones, Leavitt explains on his personal blog that a recently leaked HHS proposal was not what he intended. That proposal sought to reclassify many forms of contraception as abortion , a strategy to protect...
RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
You might have had an abortion even if you don't know it, Sec. Leavitt blogs back, African-American women breastfeed in record numbers, and family planning is the key for much of what ails us.
ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
“Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said Monday his department will do all it can to promote the use of electronic prescribing as a way to launch widespread use of healthcare IT. Advancing electronic prescribing is and has been “a top goal” of this administration, Leavitt said.” Article Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News, 22 July 2008
Mock, Paper, Scissors (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
…but no frenching, Mikey, it tickles. From Alternet: In a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right, the Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman’s access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception, [...]
LiveJournal For Choice (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
A federal office is moving to make family planning harder to access: Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said that health care professionals should not face retaliation from employers or from medical societies because they object to abortion. "Freedom of conscience is not to be surrendered upon issuance of a medical degree," said Leavitt. "This nation was built...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... MoveOn.org and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund to oppose the new rulemaking by HHS Secretary Michael...
ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... and counseling to women who seek services. Moreover, both the regulations, and Secretary of HHS Michael Leavitt’s public comments about them, leave the door open as to whether institutions and individuals can refuse to provide contraception. Make no mistake: that lack of clarity is intentional. As the Washington Post reports, "…when pressed about whether the regulation would protect...
causa nostrae laetitiae (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
The Bush administration proposed stronger job protections Thursday for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt says the new rules are not meant to end services. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said health care professionals...
A Perfectly Cromulent Blog (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
"That's right, I'm an HHS Secretary." The Bush administration proposed stronger job protections Thursday for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said health care professionals should not face retaliation from employers or from medical societies because...
mum2twelve (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
This was posted by Melanie on a home school group board that I belong to. What wonderful news. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt deserves thanks for issuing yesterday a proposed rule that would implement current law by defending the conscience rights of health care workers. Given the increased attack on the conscience rights of physicians and other health care workers...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
AP: The Bush administration on Thursday proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said that health care professionals should not face retaliation from employers or from medical societies because they object to [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal regulations protecting health care providers' conscience rights were released for public comment August 21, by Secretary Michael Leavitt of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The U.S.
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Source: [b]CNN[/b] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration Thursday proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said that health...
