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Candace Parker, who played on your '07 and '08 national title teams, is pregnant. She's due in May, just before the WNBA season kicks off. She was the WNBA MVP as a rookie, and is the chief marketing face of the league. Her pregnancy will obviously sideline her for at least part of the season. Some people aren't thrilled: on message boards fans have reportedly called her "selfish." Are you surprised by this reaction...
...were flying out to California to go to the ESPYs in '07, and even on that plane ride, she was saying, "You know, I love the game, I want to keep playing, but family is really really important to me." So when she called and told me she was pregnant, I was excited for her. It doesn't mean her basketball career is over. And I think Candace is very dedicated to working out. I don't think she'll have a problem working herself back into great shape, and playing in the league. And to criticize that...
...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...
...This requirement was originally set up to 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...
...Ministry of Religion, has lately come under attack by moderate religious groups for a series of controversial edicts that critics say embolden radical elements in the nation. Though some of the group's religious calls have been praised - it recently issued a fatwa against smoking by minors and pregnant women - others have been more divisive, like the decree that Muslims avoid conventional banks in favor of Shari'a-based banking. Because the council's rulings are nonbinding, they are generally observed only by the nation's more conservative Muslims, but its advice is nonetheless often sought by government officials. Last...