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Thank you for your article on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) [March 2]. I gave birth to my son in 2007 and felt pressured into a cesarean after 12 hours of labor. I regretted it later. Not all women who have a C-section elect to do so, and they should be given the chance to try again "the old-fashioned way." Rebecca Morris, SIOUX FALLS...
...result of his low C-section rate, his willingness to take on hard cases and an approach that allows a woman to go into labor when her body is ready and to labor as long as she needs to. He is a hero to women who want to birth the way nature intended and on their terms. Dr. Tate's record of success belies the VBAC scare tactics by doctors who want women to schedule deliveries for their own convenience. Kate Sandhaus, ATLANTA...
...Orman reclined on the couch in the green room, her teeth glowing white. Her sunglasses were slipping down her nose, and she was made up with a powdery orange tan and zipped tight into a butterscotch leather motorcycle jacket. "A woman's nature is to nurture. A woman gives birth," Orman said. "Men have it right when it comes to earning money and asking for a raise," she continued. "But how many women do you see at the track...
...record straight, it was the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" that gave birth to the hominid's name, correct? Yes, the whole camp was listening to Beatles' tape because I was a great Beatles fan, and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was playing and this girl said, well if you think the fossil was a female, why don't you name her Lucy? Initially I was opposed to giving her a cute little name, but that name stuck. (See pictures of the Beatles' final performance together...
...first thing most people think of is the epic assisted suicide battle of the 1990s starring Jack "Doctor Death" Kevorkian. But the issue of whether human beings - and more pointedly, doctors - have the right to help others die has been in the public discourse since before the birth of Christ. The Hippocratic Oath, which scholars estimate was written in the fourth century B.C., includes the unambiguous statement: I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan. (The oath, which most modern doctors do not take, also includes a promise...