Day: May 2, 2013

ACLU: Indiana Governor Signs Law That Targets Women’s Health Center

INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013.  Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana signed a law today that singles out the Planned Parenthood Lafayette Health Center, mandating medically unnecessary structural changes. The law would force the center, which provides family planning services and abortions by medication, to alter its physical structure as though it provided surgical[Read More…]

Report Finds Pesticide Hazards to Endangered Species Inadequately Reviewed by EPA

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013.   A committee of the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council (NRC) issued a new report that outlines steps to improve regulatory problems associated with pesticides that harm endangered and threatened species. The report, Evaluating Risks That Pesticides Pose to Endangered, Threatened Species – New Report suggests[Read More…]

ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, May 2, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013 – An Afghan and coalition security force killed a Haqqani leader, Sarwar Khan, and one other insurgent during an operation in Zurmat district, Paktiya province, yesterday. Khan, also known as Manzala, planned insurgent operations, provided intelligence reporting to senior leaders, and was involved in kidnapping individuals[Read More…]

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