Word: mother
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...California woman, apparently a single mother who already has six young children, including a set of twins, got pregnant is the subject of rampant speculation. But regardless of whether the octuplets are the result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or fertility drugs - the latter has historically been available on the cheap in Mexico - there is little doubt that from a medical and ethical perspective, something went very wrong. And fertility specialists now find themselves on the defensive, trying to fend off the perception that theirs is an undisciplined, irresponsible profession. (See five truths about health care in America...
...empower patients, who can now assess their chances of getting pregnant on the basis of a particular clinic's success rate. But the reporting system has evolved into being a way to monitor a clinic's number of multiple births, which are more dangerous - and more costly - for mother and baby...
...neighboring market town of Juxtlahuaca, Maria Bautista sees the practice as coercive and barbaric. "It's like a form of slavery. They buy their women and then treat them like their property," says Bautista, a single mother with her own business. Bautista has a Triqui father and Mixtec Indian mother, but she speaks only Spanish and follows few of the old traditions. She cites the cases of many older men who came back minted from working in the U.S. and who bought themselves several young wives...
...said Womack, whose office faced Laiou’s for the past twenty years. “The door’s closed now.” Laiou’s son, Vassili N. Thomadakis ’96, said the commencement of every new academic year invigorated his mother, who attributed her youthful appearance to her students. The degree of love and support of the messages delivered to her during her last days made Laiou “immeasurably happy,” Thomadakis said. “It’s a great comfort for me to know...
...This started out personal for her, but now she is standing up for other women including my sister Vickie and my 2-year-old daughter Grace." - Ledbetter's son, Phillip, after his mother lost her court battle but was fighting for legislation to change the squal pay law, Agence France Presse, June...