The 10-year-old girl at the heart of a national debate over transplant lists that led to a fight on Capitol Hill — and criticism of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius — had successful lung surgery and is recovering well, doctors said Thursday.
When they thought nobody was looking, the Obama administration abandoned a lawsuit Monday night that would have halted over-the-counter sale of the "Plan B" abortion pill to girls of any age, no matter how young.
Four years is enough: U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin said she is leaving her post, effective in July.
Late Monday evening, the Justice Department announced that it would withdraw its appeal of a ruling by federal Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York mandating universal, over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill. The drug will be made available to girls of any age.
Late Monday evening, the Justice Department announced that it would withdraw its appeal of a ruling by federal Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York mandating universal, over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill.
The hearts of everyone across America were touched by the plight of young Sarah Murnaghan, the girl in dire need of a lung transplant. That is, all the hearts except those in the Obama administration.
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Human Services (HHS), is on the hot seat because a little girl with cystic fibrosis is dying, and Mrs. Sebelius is the "death panel of one" who tried to stand between her and a lung transplant.
A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis has given us a snapshot into the brave, new world of big government and why we should fear it.
The family of an 11-year-old boy awaiting a new lung has won a federal judge's support, and now his name could be permanently added to an adult transplant list.
