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NPR Program Features Discussions On Several Topics Related To Abortion Rights
NPR"s "Talk of the Nation" on Tuesday included a discussion with NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner regarding abortion-rights policies and other reproductive health-related issues under the Obama administration. Rovner also discussed a recent Gallup poll that found more U.S. residents described themselves as "pro-life" rather than "pro-choice" for the first time. Rovner noted that public opinion on abortion "tends to be countercyclical to who"s in charge." For example, when the president and the majority in Congress both oppose abortion rights, supporters of those rights "tend to get kind of riled up," she said. Similarly, abortion-rights opponents often are more vocal when abortion-rights supporters occupy the White House and control the majority in Congress, "[s]o it wouldn"t be surprising that you would see ... more of a pro-life push in opinion polls." Rovner noted that the percentage of people who believe abortion should be always illegal or always legal has not changed significantly since 1975. The discussion included Obama"s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and his administration"s proposal to repeal the Bush administration"s HHS "conscience" rule, which expanded the ability health care workers now have to refuse to provide services they find morally or religiously objectionable. Rovner said that a finalization of the Obama administration"s proposal on the refusal rule is expected in July, although she added that repealing the rule would "likely have little practical effect" because existing statutes already protect workers with moral and religious objections. When asked about whether Obama has lived up to the expectations of abortion-rights supporters who endorsed him as a candidate, Rovner said that the president has "tried very hard to steer middle ground on this issue, to say, really, there should be a way to find peace" (Conan [1], "Talk of the Nation," NPR, 6/9).Tuesday"s program also included a discussion on how some physicians decide whether they will perform abortions and how that decision affects their lives. Guests included Suzanne Poppema, board chair of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, and John Kelly, a retired surgeon who opposes abortion rights (Conan [2], "Talk of the Nation," NPR, 6/9).
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Helping Mentally Ill People Find Jobs Could Save Federal Government $368 Million A Year
A national program to help mentally ill people on Social Security disability programs find jobs could spur greater independence while saving the federal government $368 million annually, according to a study by Robert Drake of Dartmouth Medical School and colleagues in the May-June 2009 issue of Health Affairs.
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Senate Bill To Protect Patients' Healthcare By Amending Medicare Coverage
The U.S. Senate has introduced a bill, S. 1221, "The Medicare Prompt Pay Correction Act," a companion bill to H.R. 1392, which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and currently has 45 co-sponsors.
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Sixth International Congress On Peer Review And Biomedical Publication

When September 10 - 12, 2009 Where Vancouver, BC, Canada New research will be presented about peer review and other processes to evaluate and disseminate medical and scientific research and other information during the conference. Every four years, editors, publishers and researchers representing the leading medical and scientific institutions and journals from around the world meet with the goal to improve the quality and credibility of biomedical peer review and publication. Topics Include: Authorship and Ghost Writing Conflicts of Interest Editorial Decisions and Peer Review Ethical Concerns Publication Bias "Spin" on Study Results Clinical Trial Registration Quality of Biomedical Publication Postpublication Concerns Complete program information available at http://www.jama-peer.org. Free Registration for Credentialed Journalists: Register online at http://www.jamamedia.org on the Events page or onsite. Special hotel room rates available at the Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver: http://www.ama-assn.org/public/peer/hotel.html. Journal of the Amercian Medical Association


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