STOUGHTON — Eight children from St. Ann School in Stoughton, ranging in age from six to 12, put a plan into action when they heard their friend, seven-year-old Ella Hembrook, and her family would have to spend eight weeks in Boston for specialized radiation treatments for Ella’s rare brain tumor.
Ella’s tumor is called Craniopharyngioma, which accounts for less than one percent of all brain tumors.
To the editor:
President Obama and the head of the federal Department of Health and Human Services have decided not to allow girls under 17 years to get the morning-after pill, Ella, without a doctor’s prescription.
In the state of Wisconsin, Governor Walker signed into law in our public schools that abstinence only can be taught to our youth.
Is pregnancy a disease? Should Catholics, purchasing insurance for themselves or their employees be forced against their consciences to subsidize its prevention?
These questions lie at the heart of new regulations just issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which will administer President Barack Obama’s new health care law.
The regulations include a list of “preventive services” that all group health plans must provide without any co-pay. The list includes female surgical sterilization, plus all FDA-approved contraceptives, including some (like the prescription drug ella) that can act as abortifacients.
