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Novel Role Of Gene May Provide Key To Treating Liver And Neurodegenerative Diseases
Scientists at Singapore"s Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have made a novel discovery about how the gene, "Fas-apoptosis inhibitory molecule" (FAIM), protects both immune and liver cells from apoptosis, or programmed cell death.
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U.S. Appeals Court Rules To Enforce Illinois Parental Notification Law
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on Tuesday lifted, an injunction blocking the enforcement of an Illinois law that requires parental notification 48 hours before minors can undergo abortion procedures, the AP/South Town Star reports. The Illinois Legislature originally passed the law in 1984 and revised it in 1995. In 2007, U.S. District Judge David Coar issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the law. On Tuesday, the appeals court said that the measure was "a permissible attempt to help a young woman make an informed choice about whether to have an abortion."The American Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the law, argued that a provision that allows a notification of a judge, rather than a parent, would be unworkable in practice. In an opinion by Judge Richard Cudahy, the appeals court panel said, "We acknowledge that there might be practical problems with the procedure at issue here" and that "it may be intimidating for a minor to navigate the process of presenting her case to a judge, for instance." It continued, "But we fail to see a better alternative. Abortion, no matter how it is confronted, may present intimidating choices to the minor woman who faces it."The law will take effect within a few weeks unless opponents ask for a stay. Ed Yohnka, an ACLU spokesperson, said that it is unclear what the next step would be but that the appeals court could be asked to rehear the case (Robinson, AP/South Town Star, 7/15).
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Health Reform Should 'Permanently Exclude' Funding Of Abortion Coverage, Family Research President Perkins Writes

"No matter what form of health care reform emerges from the current debates and discussion," Congress should include a "provision to the legislation to permanently exclude abortion from taxpayer-funded health care or health insurance," Family Research Council President Tony Perkins writes in a Politico opinion piece. Although some argue that the government "cannot or should not restrict benefits when it purchases insurance, the same way it does when reimbursing directly for medical procedures," that argument "already failed when it came up in the 1990s in the context of Medicaid managed care plans," Perkins writes, adding that the Hyde Amendment was "revised to cover them, as well." There also are arguments in Congress that "if people can opt for private health insurance that funds abortion and receive a tax break for their purchase of such insurance, then poor people dependent on direct government payments for their health insurance cannot be denied similar coverage," according to Perkins. However, "this presumes that there is no difference between what people may do with their own money and what they may do with the taxpayers" money," Perkins writes, adding that such an argument "makes sense only if we assume it"s all the government"s money in the end" (Perkins, Politico, 7/28). Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.nationalpartnership.org. You can view the entire Daily Women"s Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women"s Health Policy Report is a free service of the National Partnership for Women & Families, published by The Advisory Board Company. © 2009 The Advisory Board Company. All rights reserved.


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