Earn A Shit Storm of Cash!!: Make up to $13,000 a year selling your poop

1/31/2015

Company uses healthy samples to save lives

By Joe Kelley

News965 – Orlando

If you're looking for an opportunity to make some extra cash with something you have been doing for free all your life, you're in luck. 

You can now donate your poop (healthy samples only) in the name of science. 

You can donate blood, plasma, eggs, and sperm. Why not poop? Your feces are perhaps your greatest untapped monetary resource. Thanks to a nonprofit organization called OpenBiome, you can cash in to the tune of $13,000 a year -- and save lives while you're at it. (WaPo)

The company pays $40 for each accepted sample. There's a  $50 bonus for those who agree to provide samples five days per week. 

EliteDaily describes the process:

The samples go to aid those with Clostridium difficile, an infection, commonly acquired in hospitals, that causes inflammation of the colon.

The donations are frozen, then are implanted in the patient’s gastrointestinal tract by way of capsule or endoscopy.

But don't dream of a poop-paid vacation just yet. The Washington Post reports that OpenBiome has very stringent guidelines when it comes to potential donors. Each candidate undergoes an extensive screening process, with only about 4 percent of applicants making the cut. Donors also have to provide samples in person at the company's  Medford, Mass. office.

According to The Washington Post, the company has shipped about 2,000 treatments to 185 hospitals around the country.

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Bethlehem teacher doesn't want to pay fee to union that violates beliefs

1/31/2015
Sara K. Satullo


Liberty High School teacher Richard Coppock is perplexed that the Bethlehem Education Association can make him pay $500 for opting out of a union that he says violates his political, religious and moral beliefs.

Coppock has been teaching in the Bethlehem Area School District for 24 years and he left the district union in 2004. He was disillusioned by the organizations that the National Education Association was funneling money to, he said.

The Bethlehem Education Association is a local union of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, which is an affiliate of the National Education Association.

Wednesday night the Bethlehem Area School Board approved a new three-year teachers contract that includes a fair share provision. Before the meeting, Coppock said this means any non-association members will have to pay $500 a year.

"They say it is unfair that teachers not in the union have the benefits of the teachers in the union because we don't financially contribute," Coppock, who belongs to the Keystone Teacher Association, a union he says better aligns with his values.

Forcing him to pay for something that goes against his religious beliefs, to Coppock, "seems to me to be anything but fair," he said.

District solicitor Don Spry noted there is a provision that allows anyone with a religious objection to, instead of paying the union, donate the money to a charity.

"I respect his feelings and his position," Jolene Vitalos, teachers union president, said of Coppock.

Vitalos had already informed him of his option to donate the money to charity.

Coppock has been told he doesn't have a right to the raises and benefits the association has negotiated. His rebuttal? Let him go sit down with Superintendent Joseph Roy and negotiate his own salary.

"I have nothing at all against unions," Coppock said. "It should be an absolute personal decision. If you want to be in the union then go ahead and be in the union."

Coppock addressed school board members Wednesday night, asking them to take the fair share provision out of the contract.

Before the meeting, he said he didn't expect his comments to sway the board but felt someone needed to speak up about the situation. Coppock feels hamstrung by the new contract.

"I guess I have no say and if I want to continue teaching in this district I have to have (the money) taken out," Coppock said.

The Bethlehem Education Association has about 1,024 members. About 50 district teachers don't belong to the union.

"We are a very strong unionized work force," Vitalos said.

The association assured non-members the $500 fee would only go towards collective bargaining, Coppock said. Vitalos reiterated that and noted its illegal for dues to go towards political action.

"How do I know that?" Coppock queried.

He would be paying $1,500 over thee years but not allowed to attend union meetings.

"I'm supposed to believe all this money is needed for collective bargaining on my behalf," Coppock said.

He notes that 1,000 teachers paying $500 each year for three years would generate $1.5 million.

He notes on several occasions the National Education Association has given money for educational purposes to Planned Parenthood. As a Roman Catholic, he's not comfortable with that, Coppock said.

"They can give it to any group they want," he said. "Since they are a huge union, chances are they will be giving it to groups that are left-wing. I don't agree with that."

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Bad Publicity During "Immigration Reform" Battle Leads to 'No Charges Filed' Against Illegal Immigrant Who Attempted Carjacking Federal Agent

1/31/2015

NO CHARGES IN REPORTED CARJACKING ATTEMPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT IN WILMINGTON

Authorities say no charges will be filed against a man taken into custody after a reported attempted carjacking of a federal agent.

WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) --

Authorities say no charges will be filed against a man taken into custody after what was reported as an attempted carjacking of a Homeland Security special agent in Wilmington, Delaware.

It happened in broad daylight, around 8:00 a.m. Friday at 11th and Tatnell streets.

Authorities say the special agent was parking a government vehicle in a parking garage.

He was on the second floor of the garage trying to park the vehicle when it was originally reported that a man tried to steal the car.

The agent fired a single shot from his government issued handgun. Neither the special agent nor the man were harmed.

The man then ran from the garage and was quickly arrested by Wilmington Police nearby.

He was taken into custody but has since been released with no charges filed.

Authorities say the man's actions did not rise to an attempted carjacking.

At this point, it's not clear if the agent fired in self defense or discharged his weapon accidentally. That will be part of the internal investigation.

Immigration and Customs enforcement is handling the investigation into the agent's actions.

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Democrats Just Got A Big Fat Hug From The Head Of A Radical Group Whose Backing They May Regret

1/31/2015
Norvell Rose

The head of this organization argues Democrats are more aligned...

He declares that Democrats offer the “most realistic electoral vehicle” in the fight against greedy Wall Street capitalists, the Tea Party, white supremacists and right-wing evangelicals. “He” is the chairman of the Communist Party USA, John Bachtell, who says that American Communists are ready to align with the Democrat Party to achieve their goals.

As writer Eric Owens points out in a piece for The Daily Caller, Bachtell wrote a 2,000-word essay detailing his reasons for embracing the Democrats. It was a manifesto of sorts published at People’s World — a “daily news website of, for and by the 99% and the direct descendant of the Daily Worker.”

Excerpts from the Communist chief’s writing provide clear insight into why he urges his comrades to work with Democrats and against Republicans. Admitting that American Communists are disillusioned with the Democrats, Bachtell argues that the party still offers the better policies and programs for “winning advanced economic and social democracy, and even winning a green, democratic, demilitarized socialism.”

…the Democratic Party is also home to labor, African Americans, Latinos, other communities of color, women, most union members, young people, and a wide range of social and democratic movements. These constituencies exert influence on party leadership and hold positions at all levels.”

Bachtell also notes that Democrats and Communists are more in sync politically because “labor and other key social forces are not about to leave the Democratic Party anytime soon. They still see Democrats as the most realistic electoral vehicle to advance their agenda, especially in the national battle against the extreme right.”

It’s also interesting to note that an article posted at the Communist website peoplesworld.org praises President Obama for his recent State of the Union address.

“…an upbeat and forceful President Obama signaled that rather than retreating in the wake of Republican victories in last November’s election he intends to use the remainder of his second term to push hard for a progressive agenda on behalf of the nation’s working people.”

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h/t The Daily Caller

Meet Loretta Lynch – Obama’s Attorney General Nominee Who Might Be Even Worse than Eric Holder

1/31/2015
Tyler Durden

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

On matters of policy, Ms. Lynch called capital punishment “an effective penalty” and said she disagreed with Mr. Obama’s statements that marijuana was no more harmful than alcohol. She called the National Security Agency’s collection of American phone records “certainly constitutional, and effective.”

– From the New York Times article: Criticism of Holder Dominates Hearing on Loretta Lynch, Attorney General’s Possible Successor

Eric Holder made a career out of protecting and coddling financial oligarchs (his 1999 memo essentially invented “Too Big to Jail”). This was such a lucrative decision for Mr. Holder, that it allowed him to climb all the way to the top of his profession. The dividends that supporting this man ultimately paid to Wall Street criminals were priceless. Not only were they bailed out despite wrecking the U.S. economy, they have since funneled all of the wealth gains since 2008 to themselves, while remaining above the law. This truly remarkable heist is what both Barack Obama and Eric Holder will be remembered for by history. Congratulations guys.

When Eric Holder announced his resignation, many of us breathed a sigh of relief thinking it can’t get much worse, but not so fast. The authoritarian streak and rampant cronyism of the Obama administration is a well oiled machine. You didn’t think you’d get off that easily did you? Enter Loretta Lynch.

I’ve touched upon Mrs. Lynch’s record previously, in the post, Wall Street Journal Reports Obama’s Attorney General Nominee Has Been Involved in $904 Million in Asset Forfeitures. Here’s an excerpt:

As a prosecutor Ms. Lynch has also been aggressive in pursuing civil asset forfeiture, which has become a form of policing for profit. She recently announced that her office had collected more than $904 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal 2013, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Liberals and conservatives have begun to question forfeiture as an abuse of due process that can punish the innocent.

Naturally, that was just the tip of the iceberg. What we have learned from her ongoing confirmation hearing is that she’s a lover of NSA spying and the death penalty, while disagreeing with the statement that “marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol.”

I wonder if she has much personal experience to base this opinion on, or if it’s just more of the same we “know what’s best for you plebs, despite the fact that we have no idea what we are talking about.”

Meet the new Attorney General, same as the old. From the New York Times:

Ms. Lynch had steeled herself for tough questioning from a new Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee, particularly on her views of President Obama’s immigration policy. But the questioning was mostly cordial, and, most important, the Republicans on the committee who hold the key to Ms. Lynch’s confirmation — she needs three of their votes to proceed to a vote by the full Senate — showed little opposition.

Of course it was cordial. Other than perhaps immigration, she basically espouses complete and total neo-con principals.

On the issue of immigration, Ms. Lynch said she found it “reasonable” that the Justice Department had concluded it was lawful for Mr. Obama to unilaterally ease the threat of deportation for millions of unauthorized immigrants. Mr. Holder similarly endorsed that view.

Democrats see some Republicans, such as Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Orrin G. Hatch of Utah and Jeff Flake of Arizona, as possible confirmation votes. Mr. Flake said he had made no decision on Ms. Lynch but had come away with a favorable impression and expected that she would be confirmed.

On matters of policy, Ms. Lynch called capital punishment “an effective penalty” and said she disagreed with Mr. Obama’s statements that marijuana was no more harmful than alcohol. She called the National Security Agency’s collection of American phone records “certainly constitutional, and effective.”

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat on the panel, said she had given “a flawless performance.” Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, called her testimony “among the most accomplished and impressive that I’ve seen as a member of this committee.”

Oh, but there’s more. As if you needed proof that Ms. Lynch shares Eric Holder’s financial oligarch coddling tendencies, the International Business Times reports that:

WASHINGTON — In advance of her nomination hearing, Loretta Lynch did what every cabinet nominee is required to do: fill out a questionnaire listing all her media interviews so lawmakers can evaluate her candor. But the questionnaire U.S. attorney general nominee Lynch submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee has a notable omission. Lynch failed to include an interview in which she defended the controversial settlement she orchestrated with the bank HSBC.

The bank was accused of knowingly allowing Mexican drug cartels to launder money and of allowing violations of economic sanctions against countries including Iran, Libya, Sudan and Cuba. Lynch, then the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, allowed the bank to avoid prosecution in 2012 by paying a $1.9 billion fine and submitting to a monitor for five years to oversee compliance. Critics slammed the deal as an example of the Obama administration’s pattern of going easy on the financial industry. In the Dec. 11, 2012, interview she did with CBS News, Lynch endorsed the settlement and dismissed criticism of the deal as “shortsighted.”

Lynch’s boss at the time of the HSBC deal, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who was then head of the Department of Justice’s criminal prosecution division, resigned after a scathing Frontline piece that highlighted Justice’s failure to try any of the banks tied to the recession and the risky trades that led to it. It was during a discussion of HSBC before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Attorney General Holder famously said some banks — although not HSBC specifically — were too big to prosecute. 

Well there you have it. This woman, like Eric Holder, will be an unmitigated disaster for freedom in America.

That’s what “liberal” looks like in today’s America.

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Obama Attorney General Nominee Loretta Lynch Started Sorority With Holder’s Wife

1/31/2015
Patrick Howley

President Obama’s Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch was a charter member of an all-black Harvard sorority — and so was Eric Holder’s wife.

Lynch will face the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday in her first confirmation hearing in her bid to succeed Holder as the nation’s leading law enforcement official.

But can Lynch as an investigator really be objective when it comes to her predecessor, who is currently in contempt of Congress over Fast and Furious scandal document obstruction and would probably warrant investigation from an unbiased successor? After all, Lynch goes way back with Holder’s wife.

“The Xi Tau Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was chartered on April 5, 1980 under the guidance of Nancy Randolph by 11 dynamic women hailing from Harvard University,” according to the history page on Harvard’s Delta Sigma Theta chapter website.

The website lists “Loretta Elizabeth Lynch” and “Sharon Denise Malone” beside each other on the list of the chapter’s charter members. Lynch and Malone both graduated from Harvard the following year, in 1981.

The Department of Justice and Xi Tau did not immediately return requests for comment.

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'American Sniper' Suspected Killer of War Hero Chris Kyle to Plead 'Not Guilty' in Upcoming Trial as Attorney Insists 'He's Not Evil'

1/31/2015

(PHOTO: REUTERS/ERATH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/HANDOUT)

Eddie Ray Routh is pictured in this booking photo provided by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office. Routh is a suspect in the shooting and killing of former Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle.

Eddie Ray Routh, the Marine Corps veteran accused of killing real life "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, will plead "not guilty" in the upcoming trial his lawyer said.

Kyle, a former Navy SEAL, and his friend Chad Littlefield were gunned down at point blank range at a Texas shooting range while trying to help Routh overcome PTSD back in Feb. 2013. Routh's trial is scheduled to begin next month pending jury selection and his attorney said recently that he will plead "not guilty" to both shooting deaths.

"My client will plead not guilty by reason of insanity," Routh's attorney, J. Warren St. John, told People Magazine in a report last week. He was also quoted by Reuters as saying, "Our guy is not evil."

The story of Kyle was captured in his 2012 best-selling autobiographyAmerican Sniper, which set the premise for Hollywood filmmaker Clint Eastwood's newly released blockbuster film. It recently scored six Academy award nods and set a box office record by pulling in an estimated $105 million during its opening weekend.

St. John said the jury selection process could delay the trial date because the case is so high profile.

"The film will be an issue," St. John told People. "I think any case with significant publicity has an issue with picking a jury. I've had them in the past, and anything that has significant national attention makes it hard to pick a jury."

Kyle, who was 38 when he was killed, served four tours in Iraq before he left the military in 2009 to focus on his family. He later became an advocate for veterans' mental health and he often spent time with wounded war vets on the shooting range.

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State Takes Over Arkansas School District That Had To Make Teachers Wear Underwear

1/31/2015

Because it is just as important to feel like a hoe as it is to look like one, around teenaged kids...

State Takes Over Arkansas School District That Had To Make Teachers Wear Underwear

Things have gone from bad to worse for the public school system in Little Rock, Ark.

In August 2013, the district announced — to the great dismay of the teachers union — a dress code that would require teachers to wear underwear. Every single day.

 Female teachers would have to wear bras, too. And the very worst of all: No spandex. (RELATED: Little Rock School District Will Now Make Teachers Wear Underwear)

Now, a mere 18 months later, the Arkansas Department of Education has voted to assume control over management of the school district, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.

The narrow 5-4 vote on Wednesday by the state school board effectively wrests control of the district from the local school board (but keeps Superintendent Dexter Suggs on the job on an interim basis).

The state school board intervened because the Little Rock school district is home to six schools which are deemed to be under academic distress. Three are high schools. Two are middle schools. One is an elementary school.

The 5-4 vote for a takeover came after state education officials had also voted 5-4 against a compromise plan that would have entailed a state-local partnership.

“At some point you just have to go in a new direction,” board chairman Sam Ledbetter told the Democrat-Gazette.

Ledbetter proved to be the deciding vote on both ballots.

“Bottom line, it was the best thing for students,” board member Vicki Saviers told the Little Rock newspaper.

Greg Adams, the president of the Little Rock school board, expressed disappointment.

“My concern now and my hope is the kids of Little Rock will be served well and that the leadership that’s going to be there will be able to find effective ways for the kids,” Adams said.

The August 2013 announcement of a new dress code declared that “foundational garments shall be worn and not visible with respect to color, style, and/or fabric.”

T-shirts, patches and other clothing containing slogans for beer, alcohol, drugs, gangs or sex were similarly prohibited. Other verboten garments included cut-off jeans with ragged edges and cut-out dresses.

“Tattoos must be covered if at all possible.” No flip-flops. “No see-through or sheer clothing.” No jogging suits, either (though gym and dance teachers got a pass on that one).

In a letter to the teachers union rank and file, local teachers union president Cathy Koehler explained her fear that “if an employee refuses to go home and change they can be considered insubordinate and risk losing their job based on an opinion.”

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Office puts chips under staff's skin

1/31/2015

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The chip allows employees to open doors and use the photocopier without a traditional pass card

Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich? We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things. But at Epicenter, a new hi-tech office block in Sweden, they are trying a different approach - a chip under the skin.

Felicio de Costa, whose company is one of the tenants, arrives at the front door and holds his hand against it to gain entry. Inside he does the same thing to get into the office space he rents, and he can also wave his hand to operate the photocopier.

That's all because he has a tiny RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip, about the size of a grain of rice, implanted in his hand. Soon, others among the 700 people expected to occupy the complex will also be offered the chance to be chipped. Along with access to doors and photocopiers, they're promised further services in the longer run, including the ability to pay in the cafe with a touch of a hand.

On the day of the building's official opening, the developer's chief executive was, himself, chipped live on stage. And I decided that if was to get to grips with this technology, I had to bite the bullet - and get chipped too.

The whole process is being organised by a Swedish bio-hacking group which was profiled by my colleague Jane Wakefield recently. One of its members, a rather fearsome looking tattooist, inserted my chip.

First, he massaged the skin between my thumb and index finger and rubbed in some disinfectant. The he told me to take a deep breath while he inserted the chip. There was a moment of pain - not much worse than any injection - and then he stuck a plaster over my hand.

Before trying my chip out, I wanted to know more about the thinking behind it. Hannes Sjoblad, whose electronic business card is on his own chip and can be accessed with a swipe of a smartphone, has the title chief disruption officer at the development. I asked him whether people really wanted to get this intimate with technology.

"We already interact with technology all the time," he told me. "Today it's a bit messy - we need pin codes and passwords. Wouldn't it be easy to just touch with your hand? That's really intuitive."

When I tested my chip, I found that it was not all that intuitive - I had to twist my hand into an unnatural position to make the photocopier work. And while some of the people around the building were looking forward to being chipped, others were distinctly dubious. "Absolutely not," said one young man when I asked him if he'd sign up. An older woman was more positive about the potential of the technology but saw little point in being chipped just to get through a door.

But Hannes Sjoblad says he and the Swedish Biohacking Group have another objective - preparing us all for the day when others want to chip us. "We want to be able to understand this technology before big corporates and big government come to us and say everyone should get chipped - the tax authority chip, the Google or Facebook chip." Then, he says, we'll all be able to question the way the technology is implemented from a position of much greater knowledge.

I've returned to Britain with a slightly sore hand - and a chip still under my skin which has my contact details on it. Not that useful, but no doubt more sophisticated chips will soon replace wearable technology like fitness bands or payment devices, and we will get used to being augmented. All sorts of things are possible - whether it becomes culturally acceptable to insert technology beneath our skin is another matter.

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Help stop Planned Parenthood from writing its own regulations in North Carolina

1/31/2015
John Jansen

Legislators in North Carolina did the right thing in July 2013 when they voted to raise the quality standards for abortion clinics in the state.

The hand-wringing response from the abortion industry was entirely predictable, with Planned Parenthood’s vice president for public affairs, Melissa Reed, calling it “the most restrictive access to safe and legal abortions this state has ever seen.”

That was then.

Inviting the Fox to Guard the Henhouse

But now, more than a year an a half later, the North Carolina abortion industry is perfectly fine with the proposed regulations, which were submitted by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services December 1. The public comment period on the new rules ends (January 30).

Why such an about-face?

The new legislation authorized the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to propose new regulations governing abortion clinics.  Incredibly, the DHHS actually invited employees of Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics to be part of the committee that drafted the proposed new regulations that are now under consideration.

There are enormous problems in the proposed rules. Today, our executive director, Eric Scheidler, submitted a 6-page letter [PDF] to the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation detailing the Pro-Life Action League’s objections.

Our three major objections are outlined below.

1. We object to the drastic reduction in the retention of medical records by abortion clinics, particularly as concerns minors.

Currently, North Carolina law requires that medical records for women who have abortions must be retained for 20 years. Under the Proposed Rules, that number would be reduced to 10 years.

Even more troubling, though, is the proposed rule change regarding minors’ medical records. According to the proposed rules, a minor’s medical records may be destroyed by an abortion clinic three years after she turns 18, meaning that a minor girl could get an abortion at age 17 and have her medical records destroyed less than four years later.

In our letter, we urge the North Carolina DHSR to require that medical records be retained for 20 years after a minor turns 21. There is no good reason for shortening the period unless the purpose of the rule change is to lessen abortion clinics’ liability.

2. We object to the removal of the rule that medical or nursing staff must accompany a patient transferred from an abortion clinic by ambulance.

Under current North Carolina law, abortion clinics are required to have a medical staff member or nurse accompany a patient by ambulance in the event of an emergency. Under the proposed rules, that requirement is done away with.

Moreover, under the proposed a rules an abortion clinic is not required to obtain a written transfer agreement with a nearby hospital as long as it provides “documentation of its efforts to establish such a transfer agreement with a hospital.”

In other words, an abortion clinic simply has to try to obtain a transfer agreement with a hospital. It doesn’t actually have to succeed.

No wonder the abortion clinics like the proposed regulations.

3. We object to the “grandfathering” of abortion clinics that fail to meet building code requirements.

The proposed rules call for building code requirements to be applied only to “new clinics and to any alteration, repairs, rehabilitation work, or additions which are made to a previously certified facility.” This will not improve safety at all. In fact, it may actually worsen safety because an abortion clinic may put off a needed repair or other work specifically to avoid having to comply with building code requirements.

For example, the requirement for corridor width for clinic facilities was amended to be a minimum of 60 inches in 1994, but this was never enforced because a “new facility” was defined as one that was not certified as an abortion clinic as of that date. As a result, many, perhaps most, abortion clinics have been exempt from meeting this standard for over 20 years. Under the proposed rules, they will be grandfathered in again.

Make Your Voice Heard TODAY

The public comment period on the proposed rules endsJanuary 30, so we are asking you to voice your objections by email to the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation today—especially if you are a North Carolina resident.

In your message, say the following:

I am writing to object to express serious concerns about the currently proposed rules for abortion clinics.

Chiefly, I object to:

1. The drastic reduction in the retention of medical records by abortion clinics, particularly as concerns minors.
2. The removal of the rule that medical or nursing staff must accompany a patient transferred from an abortion clinic by ambulance.
3. The “grandfathering” of abortion clinics that fail to meet building code requirements.

These objections are explained in more detail in a letter previously submitted by the Pro-Life Action League.

Submit your comments no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, January 30. Email to:dhsr.rulescoordinator@dhhs.nc.gov.

Editor’s Note: This article was first published at Pro-Life Action League’s Hotline Blog on January 29, 2015, and is reprinted here with permission.

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