Promoting Contraception vs. Banning Abortion – A Wiser Choice.

Mike Magee Dr. Linda Rosenstock has an M.D. and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. She is currently Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy and Management at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, but also spent years in government, and was on President Obama’s Advisory Group on Prevention, Health […]

The 176 Year History Behind Today’s Attacks On Women’s Health.

Mike Magee In an editorial in this week’s NEJM, editors state, “We strongly support Planned Parenthood not only for its efforts to channel fetal tissue into important medical research but also for its other work as one of the country’s largest providers of health care for women, especially poor women. In 2013, the most recent […]

Is It Time To Close The Bedroom Door On Catholic Bishops?

Mike Magee If you are interested in the intersection of religion and medical science, March 26, 2014, is a fascinating day indeed. Today, the Supreme Court Justices (including six Catholics, three Jews and no Protestants or Muslims) are considering a case brought by two business corporations. They state that they are running their businesses based […]

Insurance Coverage For Birth Control – Time For Catholic Women and Their Doctors To Correct My Father’s Sins.

Mike Magee As one of 12 children created by Catholic parents – a physician father and a teacher mother – I found it remarkably odd (bizarre even) that they would leave us with a baby sitter on Wednesday night to go out to give a lecture to Catholic couples on the value of the “Rhythm […]