Chuck Donovan, President
Charlotte Lozier Institute
For the fifth year in a row, we at the Charlotte Lozier Institute are joining forces with the team at Family Research Council to examine all 2019 Obamacare health plans for individuals and families to determine which plans do NOT cover elective abortion.
Find out before you buy – and tell your friends and family
The 2019 Open Enrollment season began on November 1st and our teams have been hard at work reviewing 2019 plan documents.
Below are some of our initial 2019 findings:
- In at least six states, 100% of the Individual & Family plans offered on the exchange cover elective abortion. Find your state here.
- In eight states that currently allow elective abortion coverage in exchange plans, 0% of the plans offered on those exchanges cover elective abortion. Find your state here.
- In at least six states, between 51%-96% of plans cover elective abortion. Find your state here.
- 25 states have opted out of elective abortion coverage. Find your state here.
If you intend to purchase or renew an exchange plan, we urge you to check our website, www.Obamacareabortion.com, to ensure that you do not unwittingly select a health plan covering abortion and requiring an abortion payment. You may also switch health plans during the open enrollment season, which for most states, ends December 15, 2018.
Also, thanks to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the individual mandate requiring you to pay a penalty for not choosing an Obamacare plan has been removed. As a result, in most states, you can now choose not to buy health insurance or you can purchase a plan that is not ACA-compliant – without any penalty for either course you choose.
Thank you as always for your continued support of the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Please feel free to let us know of any questions or comments you may have.
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By Claire Chreiten
National Right to Life
Cutting-edge treatment with adult stem cells helped a paralyzed woman regain feeling in her body and start to walk again.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) released a new video of Laura Dominguez-Tauer, whose story they first told in 2011, showing the progress in her life since receiving ethical adult stem cell treatment.
Dominguez-Tauer was in a car accident when she was 16. It paralyzed her from the neck down. She underwent an experimental procedure using her own adult stem cells and is now able to walk with the help of a walker.
“The stem cell procedure made my upper body a lot stronger and I can feel my entire body now,” Dominguez-Tauer said in the new video. “It was pretty awesome – it was incredible.” “I absolutely believe in the power of adult stem cells,” she said.
Since her accident and recovery, Dominguez-Tauer has gotten married, had a baby boy, and started a gym called Beyond the Chair. Beyond the Chair provides long-term assistance for people recovering from spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and strokes so that they can “achieve their highest functional outcome.”
The video shows Dominguez-Tauer exercising, standing and moving her legs with assistance, and caring for her son, Joshua Michael. She called him a “blessing” and a “game-changer.”
“Laura rightly rejected the initial gloomy prognosis that could have robbed her of her future had she given up,” said Dr. David Prentice, Vice President and Research Director of CLI. “Adult stem cells have shown validated success in treating the most intractable conditions – not only spinal cord injury, but stroke, autoimmune disease, cancer, and more.”
“Sometimes exotic experiments make attractive headlines and raise people’s hopes, while ultimately going nowhere, but Laura’s ongoing improvement shows adult stem cells deliver immediate and lasting results that make a profound difference in patients’ lives,” he said.
“Thanks to adult stem cell treatment and [Laura’s] spirit of determination, she has her mobility, her sensation, and her dreams back.
“My hope is that I can help other people and encourage other people and spread the word about adult stem cells,” said Dominguez-Tauer.
The video is part of CLI’s StemCellResearchFacts.org initiative, which has published 16 video testimonials of patients who have undergone successful therapies for a variety of conditions using adult stem cells.
Editor’s note. This appeared at LifeSiteNews and is reposted with permission.
