Steven Ertelt and Rebecca Downs write: Earlier this month, LifeNews.com reported on a high school in Seattle, Washington that is now implanting intrauterine devices (IUD), as well as other forms of birth control and doing so without parental knowledge or permission. The high school, Chief Sealth International, a public school, began offering the devices in 2010, made…
Category: Healthcare
Feds may sue Utah over law aimed at protecting prescription drug records
Robert Gehrke reports: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may take the state of Utah to court over a law that took effect earlier this year aimed at protecting the privacy of information in the state’s controlled-substance database. After discovering that law enforcement had abused the database, Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, sponsored the bill that…
EEOC Answers Some Questions About Wellness Programs
Robert W. Small writes: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on an employee’s disability where a qualified employee can perform the essential functions of a job with or without reasonable accommodation. The ADA prohibits employers from soliciting medical information from employees which could be used to discriminate on the basis…
JP: 10,783 dementia patients reported missing in 2014 / Privacy issues hinder use of photo listing
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: Police were unable to confirm the whereabouts of 168 people with dementia who were reported missing in 2014, the National Police Agency announced Thursday. Missing persons reports for 10,783 dementia patients were submitted to police across the nation in 2014, showing an increase of 461 people from the previous year. […]…