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Obama Has Larger Pool Of Female Judges To Select From For Supreme Court Nominee
In selecting a Supreme Court nominee, President Obama will have a more diverse pool of judges to choose from than his predecessors did, largely because the number of women on the federal bench has increased dramatically over the past two decades, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. Just two of the 110 justices that have served on the Supreme Court are women: former Justice Sandra Day O"Connor and current Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Most of the candidates Obama is considering are women.According to the AP/Star, there are 212 full-time female judges serving in the federal courts, meaning that women make up more than one quarter of the federal judiciary. In contrast, there were about 40 female federal judges during the Reagan administration. In addition, women make up at least 40% of the judges on 22 of the 53 state supreme courts, another likely for nominees. The AP/Star reports that the increase in the number of female judges reflects the rise in the number of practicing female lawyers; women currently account for about one-third of lawyers and nearly half of all law school graduates. Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women"s Law Center, said, "I wouldn"t say the doors have swung open as fully as we would like." She added, "Nonetheless, there are superb women in the judiciary, academia and private practice."The AP/Star also reports that Obama might seek to increase racial diversity on the Supreme Court, as only two of the 110 justices have been black men: current Justice Clarence Thomas and former Justice Thurgood Marshall. There has never been a Hispanic, Asian-American or American Indian justice (Sherman, AP/Kansas City Star, 5/20).
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Second Edition Of 'Medical Ultrasound Safety' Released By AIUM
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine is pleased to announce the release of Medical Ultrasound Safety, Second Edition. All operators of ultrasound systems with an output display should review the information in this publication. The book consists of 3 parts: Bioeffects and Biophysics, Prudent Use, and Implementing ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable). With the information from this 64 page publication, users can better control the diagnostic ultrasound equipment and examination to ensure that needed diagnostic information is obtained with minimal risk to the patient.
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Tiller's Patients, Not Critics, Should Be Ones To 'Define His Memory,' Opinion Piece Says
In a "portrayal that defied logic," George Tiller -- the Kansas abortion provider who was murdered last month -- has been depicted "on Web sites, TV and radio talk shows and in legislative hearings as the reckless "abortionist," willing to euthanize babies close to birth just so the mother could fit into a prom dress or attend a rock concert," Barbara Shelly, a member of the Kansas City Star editorial board, writes in a Star opinion piece. She asks, "Would someone in the third trimester of pregnancy travel to the heart of Kansas and pay a $6,000 fee just to fit into a size six party dress?" Shelly adds that the "overwhelming majority of the 250 to 300 women a year" that sought abortions from Tiller in the second and third trimesters had planned their pregnancies. She profiles a Missouri college professor, pregnant with twins, who traveled to Tiller"s clinic with her husband to obtain an abortion after an amniocentesis revealed that neither fetus would survive and that she faced potentially life-threatening complications if the pregnancy continued. Shelly writes that the woman and others like her went to Tiller "heartbroken and afraid, carrying fetuses with malfunctioning kidneys, missing organs and syndromes certain to cause death in the womb or soon after birth." A smaller number were survivors of rape and incest, including young girls, according to Shelly. The "prom queen who talked her way into a late-term abortion" is a "creation of Tiller"s enemies," Shelly writes, concluding that the "real people" affected by his death are the "thousands who wrote the notes that now serve as a memorial wall to a fallen physician. They are the ones who should define his memory" (Shelly, Kansas City Star, 6/9).
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Family Doctors Condemn Cuts To Funding, Northern Ireland

Commenting on the publication of the results of a national patient access survey today (Tuesday, 30 June 2009) local general practitioners expressed anger that a survey which shows how well general practice is delivering care to patients has resulted in the expected loss of up to ÷£2 million of funding for local GP services. For example, one practice in Northern Ireland with a list size of over 9,000 has lost all of its funding for patient access. Despite providing both 48 hour access and offering the option for patients to book ahead, the perception of just 3% of its patients has resulted in a loss of approximately ÷£15,000 in funding for services. BMA Northern Ireland said that although it was pleased that the majority of patients are satisfied with the care they receive at their surgery (94%), it warned that the headline figures hide a gross unfairness, with surgeries losing funding based on perceptions of patients. Dr Brian Dunn, Chairman of the BMA"s Northern Ireland General Practitioners Committee, said: "GPs have always welcomed patient feedback to enable us to improve the services we offer and to continue to deliver high standards of patient care. "However, despite our repeated warnings that this survey is fundamentally flawed, the previous, more meaningful, practice-based survey was scrapped and this new survey brought in, with the results having devastating effects on some practices. "A balanced approach to making advanced or emergency appointments is offered by all practices; yet the opinion of patients over perceived access has resulted in cuts to GP service funding". Dr Dunn continued, "If there is evidence to show genuine concerns over access to family doctor services, then we need to know about it, and practices need be supported to improve access, rather than having their funding cut which will make things even more difficult. Some practices will have to choose between making staff redundant or keeping services". The BMA believes that the disparity between funding in primary and secondary care has been highlighted by this survey approach. Dr Brian Patterson, Portglenone GP and chairman of the BMA"s NI Council said, "This bizarre situation, whereby funding has been cut instead of being allocated to GP practices which need to improve access, is in direct contrast to what has happened in our hospitals. Poor access to hospital care resulted in vast sums of public money being used to address the situation and reduce waiting times, but in general practice perceived poor access has resulted in res being taken away". Dr Patterson concluded, "This is another example of the need for the Northern Ireland Minister for Health, the DHSSPS, to work with the profession to develop policies that are practical and importantly, that deliver real improvements to patients." British Medical Association Northern Ireland 16 Cromac Place Cromac Wood, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2JB


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