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Johnson engaged in "nurturing, feeding and protecting" the Calverts' child and in that way was much like a foster parent, said Judge Parslow. But, he continued, she was still a "genetic stranger" to the infant and therefore had no legal right to claim parenthood...
...children they bear is almost sure to grow. In the past three years, about 80 infants have been born to so-called gestational surrogates, most of them in the U.S. And as biotechnology proceeds, courts are likely to see more cases reinterpreting the once simple legal concept of parenthood...
Aside from educating, the group's leaders hope their organization will also serve as a liaison through which Harvard students can become involved in local pro-choice activities, Bornstein said. She said the final goal would be a volunteer network that would assist groups such as Planned Parenthood and Mass Choice in everything from transporting abortion patients to clinics to rallying forces for political demonstrations...
There are a few rays of light on the fall schedule, but most of them are reflected glory. NBC's Parenthood is funnier and cuts closer to the bone than most family sitcoms, largely because it does such a good job of duplicating the hit movie. Ferris Bueller, based on the John Hughes teen flick, is a fast- and-loose joyride, with Charlie Schlatter doing a good Matthew Broderick impression as the high school big shot. And in a season with an abnormally low population of crime fighters, NBC's Law & Order has a no-nonsense, almost clinical approach...
...thriller Ghost or the eye-spider horror comedy Arachnophobia. Presumed Innocent hopes to corner the serious market. Even David Lynch is invading summertime with his bizarro-world Wild at Heart. Each hopes to duplicate the surprise-hit status of last summer's When Harry Met Sally, Dead Poets Society, Parenthood and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids...