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...London that may decide the future of the denomination in the U.S. and around the world, so he can certainly use the good wishes. But what gave Duncan's salutation its special bite was that he specified the Biblical anecdote in which Solomon chose between two women claiming parenthood of a baby, "so that the true mother of the living child [could] raise him." The analogy was clear. The baby is the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. (ECUSA), and Duncan, a high-ranking conservative insurgent, sees the current controversy over homosexuality as a custody battle for its body...
Tran, who directed the BRYE Summer Program last year, says domestic abuse, single parenthood, illiteracy and prostitution are common facts of life for the kids BRYE attempts to help. “I’m sure half of our kids get beaten, and many of our kids have older siblings dealing drugs,” says Tran. “The group of teenagers Mariam works with are extremely high risk and vulnerable to gang activity...
...although Harvard has made inroads in helping parents balance work and family, some faculty still say that it is very difficult to manage parenthood while holding down a tenure-track post...
...that scientists have turned stem cells from mouse embryos into viable eggs. The report in Science set researchers' imaginations ablaze. Could this technique provide an endless supply of human eggs? And since scientists turned cells from both female and male mice into eggs, could it overturn traditional notions of parenthood? Could males make egg cells? Could gay couples produce genetic offspring? So far, the research holds promise only for gay mice...
Right now, Planned Parenthood is sponsoring new legislation in Massachusetts, which would allow certain pharmacists to dispense EC without a prescription and would require state’s hospitals to provide information to rape victims. EC is already available without a prescription in over 13 countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom and France. This month Planned Parenthood also launched a new program, which allows women to request EC from the organization’s nurse practitioners over the internet (Planned Parenthood already runs similar programs in Chicago, Indiana, Oregon and Georgia). These attempts to publicize and politicize EC need public...