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Des Moines Register Examines Planned Parenthood Of Greater Iowa 75 Years After Founding
The Des Moines Register on Friday profiled Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa, which marks its 75th anniversary this year. Established in 1934 as the Iowa Maternal Health League, PPGI now includes 17 clinics offering a range of reproductive health services, as well as an education and re center. The organization originally was founded by four women with a mission of providing birth control for low-income married women. Over the years, it frequently "has been on the forefront of advances in reproductive history," according to the Register. For example, in the early 1960s, PPGI became the first provider in the Midwest to offer the oral contraceptive Ortho-Novum, leading to a more than 350% increase in its number of patients.Although antiabortion-rights advocates often discuss Planned Parenthood in relation to abortion services, the vast majority of its services are not abortion-related. Jill June, president and CEO of PPGI, said that although the organization"s services have greatly expanded since its founding, the "needs people have for the services we provide and the challenges we face in meeting those needs haven"t changed." She added, "People still face unintended pregnancies despite great technological advances in birth control and efforts to make contraception more available and to normalize contraception use" (Challender, Des Moines Register, 5/22).
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NHS Should Value The Innovation And Leadership Of Consultants, Says British Medical Association Scotland
BMA Scotland has called on the NHS in Scotland to value the clinical leadership offered by consultants in Scotland in order for patients to benefit from developments and innovations in healthcare. In order to do this, they say, the NHS needs to plan and invest in a consultant workforce that can lead the NHS and deliver the best care for patients.
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Amendments To Encourage Innovation And Competitiveness In The Seed Sector

The Government of Canada announced changes to reduce regulatory burden and encourage innovation and competitiveness in the seed sector. Amendments to the Seeds Regulations will create a more flexible variety registration system with reduced regulation while continuing to maintain the integrity of seed certification and environmental, food, and feed safety. "By tailoring registration requirements on a crop-by-crop basis, we will increase the number of varieties available to producers and end users giving them more marketing opportunities," said the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board. "It is also expected that producers and end users will benefit from more timely access to new and improved, value added, and niche market varieties that are in demand in the marketplace." The Seeds Regulations now partition the list of crop types requiring registration of varieties (Schedule III) into three parts with differing requirements for each part: Part I will continue to require pre-registration testing and merit assessment; Part II will require pre-registration testing; and Part III will require basic registration information only. Three crops, where undue regulatory burden has been identified and for which consensus in the crop sector has been established, have been included in Parts II or III (safflower in Part II and potato and sunflower in Part III). Future changes for additional crops are possible now that the new framework is in place. This regulatory amendment will help the variety registration system adapt to changes that have taken place in the seed industry and provide flexibility to address specific needs of different crop sectors in a rapidly changing agricultural environment. For more information on the amendments to the Seeds Regulations as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II , visit the CFIA Web site at http://www.inspection.gc.ca. Government of Canada


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