The New York Times reports Feng Jianmei, the woman who was forced into an abortion at 7 months in China, will receive a payment from her local government. According to the People's Daily online the payment will be approximately $11,000.
Zhang Kai, Deng's attorney, submitted an appeal to the Ankang police and procurators on July 2, asking authorities to file a case and start investigations into the local officials involved. However, Deng returned home during the past weekend and decided to hold negotiations with the local government agencies.
"I've given up legal appeals and agreed to take the compensation offered by the township government," Deng told the Global Times Tuesday.
"We just want our normal life back," he said.
The Des Moines Register is covering Sue Thayer's whistleblower lawsuit against Planned Parenthood.
The suit alleges the nonprofit organization illegally billed Medicaid for services related to elective abortions. Elective abortions, defined as abortions in which the mother's life is not threatened, are not covered by Medicaid under federal and state law. The document also claims Planned Parenthood "unbundled" services related to elective abortions — such as blood pressure tests, blood tests and other procedures — and billed those to Medicaid, but not the actual abortions.
The lawsuit also alleges Planned Parenthood staff in Storm Lake and other clinics prescribed birth control pills for as long as 14 months without a qualified health care professional ever directly seeing patients or conducting a follow-up visit. A qualified health care professional should have seen the women at least once every three months, the suit says.
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