Daily Archives: February 15, 2012
News for February 15th, 2012.
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Supreme Court Filing: Obamacare Compels Individuals to Pay for Surgical Abortion Coverage
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Bioethics Defense Fund and co-counsel file Supreme Court amicus brief for 7 medical groups exposing how Obamacare “abortion premium mandate” violates the Free Exercise Clause.
The individual mandate not only forces individuals into private purchases, it also effectively mandates personal payments for surgical abortion coverage, without exemption for individual’s religious or moral objections. This is the argument presented by seven medical organizations in an amicus brief filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court by lead counsel Bioethics Defense Fund (BDF), along with several leading public-interest legal organizations.
BDF’s Supreme Court filing presents a novel argument based on the Obamacare Act’s lack of conscience protections. BDF president and general counsel Nikolas T. Nikas pointed to the brief’s visual imagery: “Like a Russian nesting doll, the individual mandate has nestled within it a hidden, but equally unconstitutional scheme that effectively imposes an ‘abortion premium mandate’ that violates the free exercise rights of millions of Americans who have religious objections to abortion.”
Set to go into effect in 2014, the unconstitutional provisions found in Section 1303 of the Obamacare Act compel enrollees in certain health plans to pay a separate abortion premium from their own pocket, without the ability to decline abortion coverage based on religious or moral objection.
According to BDF senior counsel Dorinda Bordlee, “the recently implemented HHS contraceptive mandate is simply another aspect of Obamacare in action.” The amicus brief filed today informs the Supreme Court that “[e]ven beyond the recent HHS mandate, the abortion premium mandate provisions found in the original Act are sufficient alone to substantially burden [Americans’] free exercise of religion.”
Nikas referenced the opportune timing of the Court’s briefing schedule, noting, “Bioethics Defense Fund and our co-counsel are pleased at this critical point to call the Court’s attention to the direct assault on religious liberty effected by both the abortion premium mandate found in the Act itself, as well as this first of many HHS mandates that the Act authorizes the Secretary of Health to implement without congressional approval.”
Bioethics Defense Fund counsel developed the novel argument when the brief was first filed in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of 26 state attorneys general. The theory was developed with the assistance of co-counsel Mark Rienzi, senior counsel of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and associate law professor at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. Additional co-counsel on the Supreme Court brief include Alliance Defense Fund, Americans United for Life, and Life Legal Defense Foundation.
The seven pro-life medical organizations represented as friends-of-the-
Read the brief and learn more at http://www.BDFund.org/
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Brighton Publishing LLC announces the print release of “A Bridge to Treachery” by Larry Crane
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Brighton Publishing LLC announced the print release of novelist Larry Crane’s electrifying thriller of an ex-Army Ranger forced back into combat.
Brighton Publishing LLC announced the much anticipated print release of “A Bridge to Treachery,” by author Larry Crane. This suspense-laden gnashing of guns, ammo, terrorism and deceit is now available in print and e-book through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading online retailers and book stores nationwide. The print edition is being distributed through Ingram, the largest book wholesale distributor in the world.
Retired Colonel Lou Christopher is an ex-Army Ranger, contentedly working as a New York investment broker. After being assigned a number of lucrative accounts and becoming accustomed to living the good life, he discovers nothing good comes without a price.
When his former military skills are requested under a threat of losing everything he has, Col. Christopher soon discovers the price may be too high to pay. Handed a group of misfits to assemble into a military strike team, Christopher is coerced into leading the team on a mission of domestic terrorism.
His strike team is discovered; the mission is compromised. A deadly firefight erupts and only Christopher and a beautiful female member of his team survive. Was a terrible mistake made, with Christopher to blame—or was his team the victim of an ultimate act of betrayal?
With his strike force decimated, Christopher and his lone teammate turn from hunted to hunters. As time quickly runs out, they struggle to use their unique skill set to exact revenge on those responsible for this treachery. Will New York—will anyone—survive?
“This modern day ‘Rambo,’ is every bit the quality of writing and colorful characters David Morrell brought to his classic ‘First Blood,’ and they clearly shine through in Larry Crane’s thriller,” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing LLC. Larry Crane has created a lasting hero with Lou Christopher;
Larry Crane is a West Point graduate who began a seven year Airborne Ranger Infantry career in the mud in Germany, commanded Basic Trainees at Fort Knox, and completed his military service after a tour in Vietnam as an ARVN Ranger battalion advisor. He has written non-fiction articles for outdoor magazines, as well as numerous plays, and short fiction. He is currently at work on a sequel to “A Bridge to Treachery.” Crane has two grown children, and lives on the coast of Maine with his wife.
For more information, please contact Kathie McGuire at Kathie@BrightonPublishing.com.
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Acoustic Fields Debuts New Absorberblind At Consumer Electronics Show
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Acoustic Fields Absorberblind is patterned after a vertical blind window treatment. It has individual vertical vains that have’ 1/2″ foam absorbing technology built into each one. Each vain is framed in aluminum and covered with fabric.
Acoustic Fields has just designed a new acoustical window treatment that has their proprietary foam absorption technology built into it. It resembles the vertical blind window treatment concept that has been available for years in the window treatment market. Each vain or slat houses a piece of 1/2″ absorbing foam technology. The foam technology is then covered with a decorative fabric and housed in a powder coated frame.Numerous frame and fabric color options are available.
Windows and glass doors present numerous acoustical issues in our listening rooms, home theaters and professional recording studios. With the Absorberblind by Acoustic Fields one can now have sound absorption technology that can be extended across the window or door surface when music is played and then retracted when one needs to use the window or door.
Acoustic Fields debuted the Absorberblind project at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. They received over 140 inquires from both consumers and professionals in the business. Chuck Abel of Abel Systems stated ”The color scheme will go nicely in my office and home.” Eunice Kron of KR Audio said emphatically “It’s about time someone addressed this window issue”.
Acoustic Fields designs and manufactures low, middle, and high frequency sound absorption and diffusion products for consumers and professionals. Their activated carbon (charcoal) low frequency absorbers, absorb low frequency energy at rates and levels never before achieved in a commercially available product. Their foam technology has the smoothest absorption curves ever produced in a lightweight sound absorbing treatment.
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