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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...

Family of Doctor Who Delivered Obama 'Blown Away'

HONOLULU - The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama's birth certificate woke up to the news Wednesday that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama. Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press that they were "blown away" and "honored." So-called "birthers" have...

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...

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Do We Have the Right to Be Fat?

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans a ban on a sugary drinks larger than 16oz.

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Live Action Planned Parenthood 'Sting' Videos Are Heavily Edited

The anti-abortion activist group Live Action released two videos this week of Planned Parenthood staffers discussing sex-selective abortions with actors posing as patients, but a side-by-side analysis of one of the edited videos and the original, unedited version of it shows that parts of the conversation were...

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06/02/12 Woman adopted as baby faces deportation Source: Northwest Asian Weekly - Seattle WA Attorneys are scrambling to find a way to prevent the deportation of a woman who was adopted from an orphanage in India as a 3-month-old baby, following a determination by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that she is in the country illegally.
06/02/12 End of the road for bus business Source: BBC North Yorkshire A transport and garage business run by a man seen by children as a "father figure" has closed, two months after he was told his school bus contract would be taken from him.
06/02/12 African adoptions raise alarm about safeguards Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Unscrupulous companies or people may be tempted by the hefty fees adoptive parents pay -- as much as $14,500.
06/02/12 Hispanic people a large and growing part of community Source: The News-Messenger - Fremont OH After years of migrating from Texas to harvest sugar beets and other crops, Ventura Costilla decided it was time to go into business for himself.
06/02/12 Turkish gynecologists want âconstitutional guarantee... Source: PanArmenian.net Following the Turkish government's recent initiative to legally restrict or ban abortion, a group of scientists have presented a report to parliament asking for a "constitutional guarantee for abortion."