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...that's what California law-enforcement authorities believe Scott Peterson did. On Christmas Eve, his wife Laci, a mother-to-be with an infectious smile, disappeared from their home in Modesto. Last Monday, California police announced that the decomposed bodies of a petite woman and full-term male fetus had washed up on a shoreline some 90 miles northwest. Four days later, officials identified the victims as Laci and her child and arrested Scott for their murder. "The waiting this week has been horrific," said Kim Petersen, a spokeswoman for the dead woman's family. "I don't know...
While approximately 90 percent of all abortions take place in the first trimester, before the fetus is 12 weeks old, second-trimester abortions remain rare and are most often performed in cases of extreme fetal deformities, or when the health or life of the mother is at risk...
Emergency Contraception is not an abortion pill. If inadvertently taken by a woman who is already pregnant, EC will have no affect on the developing fetus. It contains a high dose of female hormone pills that prevents either ovulation or implantation, depending on how early the pill is taken. When taken as directed, the pill is up to 98 percent effective. EC is also not an alternative to birth control. 48 percent of unplanned pregnancies are due to contraceptive failure, such as a broken condom. EC is intended for emergencies...
...Shafer warned that pregnant women taking valproate should not immediately stop taking the drug, as they might suffer seizures, which can also harm a developing fetus...
Here at Harvard, the Natalie posters have shown real pictures of what a baby looks like and have showcased facts marshaled to dispel the myth that a fetus is nothing more than a random blob of cells. Our posters have been torn down by hundreds, labeled offensive and called a “vicious campaign against women.” How information about a developing baby is any of those things, I don’t know. To say that a simple exclamation point, a Dr. Seuss quote or the naming of the child spells manipulation is a stretch. While...