Earlier today the House of Representatives voted to defund Title X and strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood and other family planning and women's health services. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and preventive health services, particularly to low-income ( Read more... )

An article I wrote about two Asian American UCLA Bruins currently fighting leukemia, "Bone marrow drivin' to save lives," was published in Pacific Ties, the Asian American News Magazine at UCLA.


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Did you know that out of every million pregnant women who receive such swine-flu shots, up to 400 of these women will experience a miscarriage within 24 hours?

Did you know that within the next six months, out of 10 million vaccinated people, six will drop dead spontaneously?
BEFORE I scare the crap out of you, what I'm actually trying to say is ( Read more... )

You'd think context would be important to insurance companies, but I guess not. Especially if you are a lady.

We know they consider having a working uterus a pre-existing condition and a reason to charge you more. 25 year old women have been charged as much as 84% more than 25 year old men for health plans that don't even offer maternity coverage ( Read more... )

Last week I wrote about my friend's girlfriend, Janet, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia and is looking for a stem cell/bone marrow donor match.

Well, now she's got a website to help promote the cause...

www.helpingjanet.com

If you haven't gotten a chance to register, here's a chance for everyone to register for free using the ( Read more... )

There's something about becoming a bone marrow donor that scares people. I think that has to be it. Because only 5% of Americans are registered, and I'd like to believe the reason is because they are scared and not because say, they couldn't be bothered ( Read more... )

AB 98 (De La Torre - D) adds maternity coverage to mandated health care services that individual policies must cover. Some Republican lawmakers argued against the measure, saying men should not have to share the cost burden to provide coverage for maternity services ( Read more... )

Five years back in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine wrote an article about Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group, and their efforts to intimidate George Tiller beginning in 2002. On May 31, 2009, their protests culminated with Tiller's assassination by a whiny vigilante connected to their senior policy advisor. (An advisor who, by the way, tried ( Read more... )

I kind of kept quiet about writing on this subject. I don't know why; I'm usually very outspoken about this kind of stuff. I was shocked to learn that Dr. George Tiller, one of the only doctors in the United States who performs late term abortions, was assassinated--in his church--last week. Initially my post was your typical screed about how it ( Read more... )

How Not to Get Swine Flu
a friendly guide by jedifreac

1. Do not listen to Rush Limbaugh

Please stop listening to this guy. Actually, you know what? Just stop listening to the television and talk media. Because it gives you swine flu.Symptoms of swine flu include that tingling psychosomatic feeling of media-induced panic that sends you ( Read more... )