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Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Gunpoint Abortion Case

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...

Washington Teen Fakes Pregnancy as School Project

TOPPENISH, Wash. -- A high school student who faked her pregnancy for six months as a social experiment stunned a student assembly this week by taking off the belly bundle. Only a handful of people knew that 17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez wasn't really pregnant, including her mother, boyfriend and the principal, according to...

Police: Suspect Charged in Death of Pregnant Woman

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- The infant son of a pregnant woman slain this week is in good health at a Kentucky hospital. Bowling Green Medical Center spokeswoman Doris Thomas says the infant boy was in stable condition on Friday. Police have charged 33-year-old Kathy Michelle Coy in the death of the mother, 21-year-old Jamie...

Wave of Anti-Abortion Bills Advance in the States

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

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...

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Sex-Selective Abortion Ban Sponsor Said It Might Be "Fatal" To Roe V. Wade

Supporters of the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act (PRENDA) have cast it as a civil rights measure.

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Lani Simpson, D.C., C.C.D.

Lani Simpson, D.C., C.C.D., is a chiropractic doctor and a certified clinical (bone) densitometrist (C.C.D.). Dr. Simpson teaches continuing education programs, Down to the BONE!

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Sex-Selection Abortion Ban Vote: GOP Measure Fails In House

House Republicans have voted against legislation to make it a federal crime to carry out gender-based abortions.

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(RED): Starbucks To Donate $1 For Every Check-in In 4square's Largest Non-Profit Campaign Yet

It's nice to check-in to battle to be the mayor of your favorite burger joint, or to get 30 percent off a purchase, but it's much more satisfying to check-in and feel as if you've actually done some good in the world.

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Beyonce's Huge Post-Baby Weight Loss

Beyonce dropped a whopping 60 pounds after giving birth to Blue Ivy Carter -- that's according to the singer herself.

Sexual health News From the Web

06/01/12 Aids treatment in S Africa sends baby infections... Source: Dawn SOWETO: One-year-old Katakane laughs and coos in the arms of her HIV-positive mother as a doctor tries to examine her at South Africa's largest public hospital, in Soweto township.
06/01/12 Ministry teams to study unexplained childbirth deaths Source: Viet Nam News HCM CITY--The Ministry of Health has decided to carry out inspections of medical centres around the country following the recent unexplained deaths of delivering mothers and babies in six city and provinces.
06/01/12 500 lives Source: The Journal - Martinsburg WV Midwife Linda Gillet has delivered more than 500 babies since 1989 when she began working at Shenandoah Community Health.
06/01/12 House rejects sex-selection abortion measure Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women's votes.
06/01/12 400,000 screenings in 'Jade effect' Source: Caernarfon Herald - Caernarfon - Gwynedd - UK More than 400,000 women had screenings for cervical cancer during the period in which Jade Goody was diagnosed and died of the disease, a study has revealed.

Background on Sexual health

Within the framework of the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life.

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