The Department of Justice has given up on its appeal to keep emergency contraception out of the hands of children.
A federal judge out of New York previously ruled emergency contraception should be made available to girls of all ages (including children) without parental consent or notification. The DOJ challenged the ruling, appealing it, but decided yesterday to drop that appeal. That means the current ruling stands.
From LifeNews:
The full House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a Congressional bill that would ban abortions nationwide at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice voted on a party-line vote 6-4 for the bill, with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it.
Great news: A two-year-old boy thought to be in a permanent vegetative state due to a cardiac arrest he suffered from cerebral palsy has woken up and can now say simple sentences. This breakthrough follows treatment from adult-stem cells and months of rehabilitation.