2023 National Right to Life Convention Recordings
Available Upon Request
Below are the schedules for both the adult and teen workshops at the NRTL Convention June 23-24, 2023.
If you would like to receive the audio recording of any of the workshops
email us at office@lakecortl.org
or call us at 219-838-1138.
Just let us know whether it was on the
teen or the adult schedule & workshop #.
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News Release from The Office of the Attorney General of the State of Indiana:
Attorney General Todd Rokita holds IU Health accountable for patient privacy and HIPAA violations
Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit on behalf of the people of Indiana against IU Health and IU Healthcare Associates for their failure to properly report, review, and enforce HIPAA and Indiana law violations.
“We will continue to uphold and protect Hoosier patients’ medical privacy,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Trust is the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship. Without trust, we don’t have reliable, honest healthcare.”
This issue was first brought to the office's attention in 2022 when a 10-year-old rape victim and her mother went to an IU hospital for an abortion, as a result of the rape and abuse the child endured.
After the abortion, while the mother and daughter were still at the hospital for recovery and observation, they were greeted with a front-page news story in the Indianapolis Star, which described the 10-year-old's case in great detail. This article went public, and the story became worldwide household news after the doctor spoke to a reporter at a political rally.
The 10-year-old's treatment was a very private and sensitive matter, as was the rape and abuse she suffered that resulted in her pregnancy. Neither the little girl nor her mother gave the doctor authorization to speak to the media about their case.
Rather than protecting the patient, IU Health chose to protect the doctor, and itself.
On July 15, 2022, hospital administrators emailed statements to multiple media outlets informing them that they had conducted a review and “found the doctor in compliance with privacy laws.”
On May 25, 2023, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board conducted a hearing and determined that the doctor violated HIPAA by improperly disclosing patient information and for improperly de-identifying patient information, and the doctor violated the Indiana patient confidentiality rule by failing to get patient permission prior to disclosing any information.
The following day, IU Health issued a public statement in which it disagreed with the Medical Licensing Board’s determination once again claiming the doctor did not violate privacy laws.
By publicly contradicting the Medical Licensing Board and contending the doctor’s actions were “in compliance with privacy laws,” IU Health has caused confusion among its 36,000-member workforce regarding what conduct is permitted not only under HIPAA privacy laws and the Indiana Patient Confidentiality rule, and as a result, as Indiana’s largest health network, they created an environment that threatens the privacy of its Indiana patients.
Subsequent to the Medical License Board hearing, the office discovered numerous instances where IU Health has sanctioned non-physician employees with termination for far less egregious patient privacy violations but has failed to implement or enforce similar privacy policies or sanctions for its physicians.
“Doctors and all health care professionals should be able to rely on their employers and patients should be able to trust their doctors,” Attorney General Rokita said. “When a hospital or other healthcare provider makes your private medical information public, that trust is decimated. As a result, the quality, delivery, and sustainability of our healthcare is significantly weakened.”
The lawsuit consists of the following seven counts against IU Health:
The complaint is listed Here.
The PWFA was a mother-affirming law requiring employers with 15 or more employees to make “reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” However, on August 11, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a proposed rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and hijacked the original intent of the bipartisan PWFA, which established workplace protections for pregnant women and was not intended by Congress to include abortion.
In an act of executive overreach, the proposed rule uses the PWFA to establish a nationwide requirement that employers with 15 or more employees enable employees to obtain elective abortion, including providing paid or unpaid leave. This mandate also applies to employers in states with protective pro-life laws.
Click here to submit comments!
Tell the EEOC in your own words:
- The bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed to protect pregnant women and was not intended by Congress to include abortion.
- This proposed rule may require pro-life employers and employers of any kind to provide paid leave for elective abortion.
- The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is meant to protect expectant mothers, not to promote abortion.
Attorney General Todd Rokita receives Champion of Life Award from Indiana Right to Life. Thank you, AG Rokita for your pro-life work!
READ MOREVoters need to know just what they are voting for, but advocates of the bill are not happy about the new, more clear, language.
"Among the most notable changes is the word 'fetus' replaced with 'unborn child'....Other changes rewrite sections to more accurately convey what the voters will be
deciding..."Always allow an unborn child to be aborted at any stage of pregnancy, regardless of viability, if, in the treating physician’s determination, the abortion is necessary to protect the pregnant woman’s life or health.”
READ MOREWant to learn more about how euthanasia could have a real and personal affect on your life and family?
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2023 National Right to Life Convention Recordings
Available Upon Request
Below are the schedules for both the adult and teen workshops at the NRTL Convention June 23-24, 2023. If you would like to receive the audio recording of any of the workshops, either email us at office@lakecortl.org or call us at 219-838-1138.
Just let us know whether it was on the teen schedule or the adult schedule and the workshop # (located to the right of the workshop name).
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We would like to thank all our supporters that came out to the Lake County Right to Life 50th Anniversary Banquet, featuring Seth Gruber. It was a fabulous evening draped with golden delight to celebrate our 50th Anniversary of striving to Protect & Defend Life. Also performing during the event were The Hammond Baptist Junior Readers Theatre, Julia & Robert Pastor (vocalists), Rebecca Cove-Evers & Benton Wedge (violinists). It was an event to remember!
Feel free to browse the wonderful photos of the event here:
READ MOREThe Video will be uploaded to our YouTube Page @lakeloveslife
Biljana Mikich
Pat Tuttle
Tom Jessen
Professor Stith
Diane Jackowski
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Oral Arguments were heard January 19, 2023
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Pray for the local 40 Days for Life Vigil
Your prayers can make a difference, even save a mother and her child.
READ MORELCRTL President Len Reynolds was interviewed by Lakeshore Public Radio earlier this week, in which he defended the pro-life position in wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal. Click on the link below to listen to the interview.
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Pictured Below: Board member Norma Holm and guests grab some
treats and House of Hope coffee before the 40 Days for Life Kickoff . Right: Guests
grab some chow before the event begins.
Pictured Below: Lt. Col. Jennifer Ruth Green,
who is running as a candidate to represent Indiana District 1,
gives a passionate pro-life appeal, and discusses the racist
orgins of Planned Parenthood.
Pictured Below: Guest speaker Sheryll Williams shares her personal
testimony about abuse in the foster care system and being coerced
into having an abortion.
Pictured Below: Tom Jessen speaks to the crowd about the work of Outreach
Innovations at Our lady of Consolation Church in Merrillville on March 1.
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Checkout our new billboards on Rt. 41 in Lowell! The Billboard stands on the east side of the street, about 600 feet south of Route 2, and comes with a QR Code on each side that is accessable to commuters. It serves as a reminder that every life has value, no matter the circumstance.
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