Christopher & Peter Hitchens on Abortion, Liars, and Bill Clinton (1995-3)

 

February 20, 1995 Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Christopher Hitchens: www.amazon.com Peter Hitchens: www.amazon.com Dr. Henry Foster, Jr., is Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College in the United States. He is also Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Henry Foster served as US President Bill Clinton’s Senior Advisor on Teen Pregnancy Reduction and Youth Issues, and was a nominee to the post of Surgeon General of the United States by Clinton in 1995. Foster, an obstetrician from Tennessee, was nominated to fill the void left by Jocelyn Elders, but garnered substantial controversy when he admitted that he had performed abortions. Although there were questions raised concerning his involvement with forced sterilizations during the Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment, Dr. Foster has sharply denied involvement although employed by the University during the final period of the experiments. When asked how many abortions he had performed, he initially replied that it had been few, but later stated the number was likely substantially higher. Opponents accused him of dishonesty, while he defended himself by stating that he couldn’t make a spur of the moment specific recollection without examining his records. Foster faced significant opposition in the Senate, mostly by pro-life Republicans. Foster’s nomination was withdrawn on June 22, following a fillibuster by Senator Phil …

Bill Wilson Center Building Dreams 2007

 

With all odds against them troubled teens create successful lives with the help of Bill Wilson Center
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The Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium brought together more than 400 students to talk about their research on topics ranging from foster care to malaria.
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Psych Drugging Foster Children Florida Senate Comm Pt 1/2, Gabriel Myers Bill

 

Florida Senate Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs – Psychotropic Drug Use Among Foster Children. Oct 7, 2009. Senators committee to discuss SB2718 after death of Gabriel Myers. Children are not given traditional therapy but instead are subjected to extreme psychotropic drugging. Point made that psychiatry is not what it used to be and has resorted to drugging; the move away from psychiatry which should be replaced with more traditional use of psychologists for therapy if needed – attachment disorder, trauma therapy. Leigh Donaldson: Psychiatric drugging of American children is cause for alarm; The use of powerful drugs to treat younger and younger patients has gone far beyond disturbing. www.ahrp.org and at www.pressherald.com One reckless psychiatrist, two children dead, how many more child casualties before psychiatrists’ irresponsible and deadly prescribing practices are reined in? www.ahrp.org Florida Senate 2010 SB 2718. By Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and Senator Storms. A bill to be entitled An act relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to children in out-of-home placements. www.flsenate.gov In Memory of 7 Year Old Gabriel Myers: In wake of childs suicide, Legislature moves to limit foster cares reliance on psychiatric drugs. March 19, 2010. St. Petersburg Times, By Cristina Silva, Times Staff Writer. TALLAHASSEE, Fl. – A year after a 7-year-old boy heavily medicated on powerful psychiatric drugs hanged himself …
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MPs vote for same-sex adoption Bill

MPs vote for same-sex adoption Bill
NEW South Wales Lower House MPs have voted in support of a Bill to allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
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O’Farrell backs same-sex adoption
NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell has spoken in support of a bill to allow same-sex couples to adopt.
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