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*Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past be Prologue? originally written & published in 2003

by faithgibson April 1, 2023

Originally written and post in 2003 ~ Extremely informative, includes history of abortion laws in the US , sadly confirms that the more things change, the more they stay the same! Also recommend this contemporary article published 2022 in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) by Herminia Palacio, MD MPH Over the Precipice Into a […]

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The Constitution is about the process of governing and not about personal or individual freedoms

by faithgibson February 28, 2023

Unfinished draft – work-n-progress — topics incl. vocabulary ~ self-determination, autonomy 06-02-2023 @ 1:14 stop for now @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The Constitution ~ what it is and what it isn’t! There are 4,543 words in the United States Constitution, but only 511 of them are nouns and “concept” words that define constitutional principles and process. Our individual […]

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Draft Version ~ US Constitution, its 511 nouns, Post-Roe, Thinking out the box_

by faithgibson February 23, 2023

draft – work-n-progress 06-02-2023 — last edited on Friday @ 7:13 pm word count 11,167 This is a very long unfinished draft, skipping for now as i move specific topics to stand-alone posts ~ Thinking Outside the Box ~ The 511 nouns that appear in the US Constitution and as a class have been identified […]

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draft ~ TOPIC-#13p22-23_A primer in Hospital Economics

by faithgibson February 14, 2023

TOPIC-#13p22-23_A primer in Hospital Economics As privately-owned for-profit business, hospitals depended on their patients being personally able to pay their hospital bills. But hospital bills are not the same straight-forward financial transaction as the purchase of most other services. By definition, hospitalized people (i.e. patients) are sick, injured, crazy or infected with communicable diseases. As […]

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draft ~ TOPIC#12_p22_The Double Whammy of Medical Science

by faithgibson February 13, 2023

TOPIC#12_p22_The Double Whammy of Medical Science Prior to the modern development of medicine as a science, the services provided by hospitals had little or nothing to do with “curing” diseases. Hospitals were in essence medical hotels that provided labor-intensive “hospitality” services” to the ill and injured. This is where the word “hospital” comes from – […]

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