Controversial House Bill 1337 has advanced to Governor Mike Pence’s desk after a 60-40 vote in the Indiana House passed it on Wednesday. The bill is a comprehensive attack on abortion that many, even some staunch anti-abortion Republicans could not vote for because it goes too far. Others object to …
Read More »Medical Negligence At ICE Detention Centers Lead To Death And Suicide
In a horrifying report titled “Fatal Neglect: How ICE Ignores Death In Detention” released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and National Immigrant Justice Center, facts seem to show that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency does not meet basic standards to sustain human life at their detainment …
Read More »Federal agency fails to punish repeat violators of patient privacy laws
An investigation by ProPublica and NPR claims that the federal Office for Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, tasked with enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has accumulated data on the companies who have violated patient privacy law but failed to take any punitive action against them. …
Read More »Victims asked to pay for rape kit testing out of pocket
Slate investigated one woman’s tweet, that her hospital bill had been sent to a collection service because she refused to pay the bill for her own rape kit testing. Although this is not legal, there is evidence across the country that it is extremely common for victims to cover their …
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