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...fertility program at the University of Southern California, helped write the original professional recommendations regarding embryo transfer. Although he decries the birth of triplets, he's irritated at calls to legislate assisted reproduction. Doctors aren't the problem, he contends; laws are. Some European countries limit the number of embryos transferred, but that doesn't allow for physicians to take into account individual medical histories; generally, the older the patient, the less likely embryos will implant...
...this incredibly rare event, and all of a sudden, we want to pass laws," says Paulson. "Would we write laws limiting the size of someone's family to six? Would we write laws mandating selective reduction?" he asks, referring to the option of aborting some embryos if a high number successfully implant in the uterus. "Restricting reproductive rights would be a minefield...
...risk students than their district counterparts. At Benjamin Banneker, a charter school in Cambridge, about 75 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, compared to the district average of about 45 percent. At both the Community Charter School of Cambridge and Prospect Hill Academy, the number is about 50 percent. Riordan said that mandating these population quotas would hurt efforts to establish schools with balanced populations. “You can imagine that if there were a new charter school with 80 percent of students in need, not that many students of privilege would apply to that school...
...number is growing, last time I checked - 300 to 400." - When asked by the RNC if he had any "followers" on Twitter (Wall Street Journal...
...more severe than anyone anticipated. With its global sales down 4% last year, Toyota has already announced a management shakeup as well as plans to temporarily close factories for an additional 11 days over the next two months. The goal is to slash output to less than half the number of vehicles Toyota was producing at this time last year...