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La. Legislature Approves Provider 'Conscience' Bill; Gov. Expected To Sign Measure
The Louisiana House on Tuesday voted 88-12 in favor of a bill (H.B. 517) that would expand the ability of health care workers to refuse to participate in certain services based on moral or religious beliefs, the AP/USA Today reports. The bill now goes to Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), who is expected to sign it.The bill would shield health workers from civil and criminal penalties, job loss or demotion if they refuse to provide certain services based on moral objections or religious beliefs. According to the AP/USA Today, these services could include "abortion, certain types of emergency contraception, human embryonic stem cell research, human embryo cloning, euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide." Opposition to the bill lessened with the addition of certain amendments, including a provision that would require health providers to notify their employers in writing of any procedures or services to which they would object. Another amendment would require facilities to ensure that adequate staff is available to provide services and information that would be refused (Deslatte, AP/USA Today, 6/24).The conservative Louisiana Family Forum advocated for the bill. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American Civil Liberties Union opposed it, arguing that patients would be denied access to services and information (Barrow, New Orleans Times-Picayune, 6/23).
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Cheryl Gillan's Autism Bill Passes Crucial Milestone
The Government has, for the first time, declared its support for what could be England"s first Autism Bill. The National Autistic Society (NAS) celebrated the move as a vital development for people with autism as Care Services Minister Phil Hope committed to enshrining in law a raft of new measures, via the Autism Bill, which could drive a dramatic improvement in local authority and NHS services for people with the condition.
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Renewed Strategic Approach Needed, Says The British Heart Foundation
In response to the inquiry report into "Was the NHS Plan really a blueprint for the NHS - 10 years on?" released by the All Party Parliamentary Group Primary Care & Public Health today. Mubeen Bhutta Policy Manager at the British Heart Foundation said:
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318 Articles On The H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Available Online Free Of Charge On SpringerLink

Springer Science+Business Media is offering all journal articles which deal with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, free of charge on its online information platform http://www.springerlink.com. The articles can be found by using the search term "H1N1." A total of 318 scientific articles will be available to print out or download from now until 31 December 2009. In June 2009, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global spread of the H1N1 virus. A Phase 6 designation indicates that a global pandemic is underway. More than 70 countries are now reporting cases of human infection with H1N1 flu. Eric Merkel-Sobotta, Executive Vice President Corporate Communications of Springer Science+Business Media, said, "As a global scientific, technical and medical publisher, Springer plays a major role in the distribution of scientific information and access to knowledge and research. Therefore we are making all studies, published up to now on the H1N1 virus, freely available online on SpringerLink. By doing this, we hope to push forward scientific research on the causes, cures and other facets of this virus." Renate Bayaz Springer


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