Word: infantes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a program that provides food supplements such as milk, eggs, juice, and iron-fortified infant formula to pregnant and nursing women, children and infants. To receive WIC aid, the recipients must have low income and be certified by a medical professional to be in danger of illness from malnutrition...
...Harvard School of Public Health study cited the WIC program as a measure that markedly reduced the incidents of low-birth-weight babies. A separate study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found that infant mortality rates were one-third lower among WIC children when compared to infants in similar circumstances that were not getting assistance. When Reagan took office, there were 2.3 million people being served by WIC, with tens of thousands more languishing on waiting lists or turned away because there wasn't enough money to help them. The Administration's first blow at the program...
...hunger, of course, is a national problem, particularly among Black children (one half of whom live in poverty). Dr. Graham contended publicly that Black infant mortality rates are high not because of hunger, but for "cultural" reasons, including a refusal by expecting parents to abstain from sex. Gynecologist Patricia Conrad of New York speedily refuted Graham's statement, pointing out that sex during pregnancy is safe up until the eighth month--provided the mother is not malnourished...
...attorney whom Baby Jane's parents have come to see as their tormentor. In mid-October, Washburn, a longtime antiabortion activist, first sued to force doctors to ignore the parents' decision and correct by surgery some of the birth defects that now limit the infant's life expectancy to two years. The state's highest court ruled that, as an outsider, Washburn had no standing to sue and that there was no need to take decisions about the medical treatment of Baby Jane out of the hands of her parents...
Explaining his tenacious involvement, Washburn says, "This problem of treating a handicapped infant differently from other infants needed the light of day." Baby Jane's parents, who believe that their decision has been subjected to the light of more than enough scrutiny, are now considering seeking a court order "to stop this incessant filing of lawsuits," according to their attorney...