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West Virginia is taking the lead as the first state in the nation to develop a protocol for EMS staff to give whole blood to patients in need on ambulances.

Joseph M. Scheidler, ‘Godfather’ of the Anti-Abortion Movement, Dies at 93 A former ad executive, he pioneered a militant style of direct-action protest during the 1980s before winning a decades-long lawsuit that accused him of racketeering and extortion. Joseph Scheidler outside the Supreme Court building. The court ruled unanimously in his favor in 2006 in a case arising from his threatening to impede the work of abortion clinics.Credit...Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Jan. 20, ...