Your Voices: Patient Safety Ordinance Harms Women
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Your Voices: Patient Safety Ordinance Harms Women

The St. Joseph County Council is currently debating Ordinance 69-14, the Patient Safety Bill, which proponents say will help provide better healthcare for women. If this is truly the purpose of the bill, one would think that medical practitioners in South Bend would offer their full-throated support. The opposite is true. Medical professionals, including the…

St. Joseph County Board of Health Opposes Abortion Ordinance
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St. Joseph County Board of Health Opposes Abortion Ordinance

The St. Joseph County Board of Health has come out against a proposed abortion ordinance that could come up for a vote as early as today. In a letter to the County Council, the Board of Health took issue with both the process behind the ordinance and with the content. The Board says that they…