The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.
Among the long list of federal health grants the state has shunned in the past year was a small award that would have “reduced the burden of cancer.”
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health tells The Florida Independent that budget authority was denied for a competitive grant More…
According to a new report by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Florida is among many states that have “missed opportunities to enact laws and policies that could not only save money and generate revenue, but also save lives.” In Florida, the report finds that cancer screenings for women More…
In a year when so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” across the country are gaining political and legislative prominence on a state and federal level — and, in some cases, public funding for controversial services — not as much attention has been given to public money going to CPCs at the local More…
The Susan B. Anthony List is among the anti-abortion rights groups taking credit for the trend of states cutting federal funding for reproductive services in the name of defunding Planned Parenthood. But, this Washington, D.C.-based group is actually keeping score.
This article was updated at 3 p.m. to include a link from The Florida Independent.
“Grassroots uprising” is how Americans United for Life (AUL) has described recentstate efforts to defund Planned Parenthood affiliates. In one of two emails sent to supporters Thursday, Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of the More…
The National Women’s Law Center recently released a report that lists all statewide measures prohibiting abortion coverage in More…
IQ test results are no longer enough to determine whether a convicted felon is fit for the death penalty, ruled the Tennessee Supreme Court Monday.
Tennessee law precludes executing people who are intellectually disabled, and, thanks to Monday’s ruling, an IQ a score of 70 or below is no More…
A recent bill filed in both houses of the Tennessee legislature mirrors similar bills that have been debated in Texas and Oklahoma in recent months. Tennessee’s SB 1028 (PDF), as it is known in the Senate, would criminalize the following of Sharia, law based on the Koran. The bill More…
Montana’s House of Representatives Wednesday approved a bill that would overrule a Missoula city ordinance prohibiting employment and housing discrimination on the basis of sexuality and gender. The bill would prohibit any locality from protecting any group from discrimination not already protected under Montana law.
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