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Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Gunpoint Abortion Case

Apr 28th 2011 – 11:28AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man charged under an Ohio fetal homicide law with trying to force his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint to get an abortion pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, weapons and abduction counts. Dominic Holt-Reid pulled a gun Oct. 6 on girlfriend Yolanda Burgess, who was three months pregnant, and...

Cyclops Baby Born in India Only Survives 1 Day

By Marc HartzmanMar 24th 2011 – 7:46AM
mid-day.com

mid-day.com

A baby boy with one eye in the center of his forehead and no nose was born in India last week. He survived only one day. Doctors were shocked when they delivered the infant by cesarean section from the 34-year-old mother, Veena Chavan. Dr. Ashok Anand, professor of gynecology at the hospital, told reporters, "The child...

Wave of Anti-Abortion Bills Advance in the States

Mar 23rd 2011 – 4:50PM
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

NEW YORK -- Dozens of bills are advancing through statehouses nationwide that would put an array of new obstacles - legal, financial and psychological - in the paths of women seeking abortions. The tactics vary: mandatory sonograms and anti-abortion counseling, sweeping limits on insurance coverage, bans on abortions...

South Dakota Governor Signs Controversial Abortion Bill

Mar 22nd 2011 – 1:13PM
Doug Dreyer, AP

Doug Dreyer, AP

PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation. Abortion rights groups have already said they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which also requires women to...

Opinion: Defund Planned Parenthood

Mar 8th 2011 – 5:00AM
AP

AP

Planned Parenthood has been misleading Congress and American taxpayers for many years. I know -- I was part of the deception. For eight years I worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas, and for two of those years I was the clinic's director. Here are the ways Planned Parenthood is deceiving the public -- and...

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Marriage And Happiness: Does A Spouse Equal Lifelong Contentment?

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:29AM

One of the study's researchers says their findings suggest "that people on average are happier than they would have been if they didn't get married."

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Pre-Partum Blues: Why I'm A Little Sad About Having a Baby (Even Though I've Always Wanted To Be A Mom)

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:09AM

First off, let me make this clear: at 41, I am profoundly grateful that I am about to become a first-time mother.

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Soraya Chemaly: 160 Million Missing Females: PRENDA and Misogyny

Jun 01st 2012 - 10:53AM

Because of gender bias and sex discrimination, there are an estimated 160,000,000 girls and women missing from the planet today.

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Elizabeth Dosoretz: PHOTOS: I Wish My Sons Would Wear Designer Clothes

Jun 01st 2012 - 10:01AM

I couldn't wait to drape my "bump" in the newest Pea In The Pod maxidress.

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Marsha Temlock: Should Parents Encourage Their Unhappily Married Kids To Divorce?

Jun 01st 2012 - 04:07AM

Some parents look on with horror when they realize their son or daughter's marriage is in trouble.

Reproduction News From the Web

  • 06/01/12 Moving on After Divorce Source: The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL Divorce may be a stage in life, and some people go through it more than once.
  • 06/01/12 Breast-Feeding Photos Stir Debate Source: FOX - FOX 13 - Memphis TN SPOKANE, Wash. The Washington National Guard and Fairchild Air Force Base say two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform breast-feeding their babies.
  • 06/01/12 Breast-feeding photos of military moms stir debate Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Honolulu HI SPOKANE, Wash. >> The Washington National Guard and Fairchild Air Force Base say two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform breast-feeding their babies.
  • 06/01/12 The New Old Age: A Special Burden for Women Source: The New York Times - Health Caring for an elderly, ailing spouse is an unimaginably difficult task, especially when the caregivers are elderly themselves.
  • 06/01/12 Marriage And Happiness: Does A Spouse Equal Lifelong... Source: The Huffington Post One of the study's researchers says their findings suggest "that people on average are happier than they would have been if they didn't get married."

Background on Reproduction

Reproduction (or procreation) is the biological process by which new "offspring" individual organisms are produced from their "parents".

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