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...figuring out, with the help of an attorney, that if she sues her obstetrician for wrongful birth, she might end up with a payout that will allow her to take care of Willow for the rest of her life in comfort. The catch is that she has to stand up in court and say, "If I had known that Willow was going to have this disease, I would have terminated the pregnancy." And that's a very real part of a wrongful birth suit. No parent I interviewed for this book who had sued for wrongful birth actually ever felt...
...you’re not alone in this world.” Kennedy stressed that there is much more work to be done. He mentioned his uncle President John F. Kennedy ’40, whom he invoked as a champion for civil rights, before calling on America to stand up for the civil rights of those with mental illness...
...prognosticators are correct, the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue its first arrest warrant for a sitting head of state on Wednesday afternoon. That's when the court will announce whether Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ought to stand trial on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his alleged role in orchestrating the Darfur conflict. Regardless of what one makes of the idea of international justice, an arrest warrant would be a historic move that many human-rights experts believe will further erode that sense of impunity shared by dictators the world over...
...HARVARD GOAL. Cornell didn't stand a chance on the 5-on-3. Harvard pounded the net and Ryabkina eventually put in a rebound. Assists from Vaillancourt and Brine. HARVARD 4, CORNELL...
...Since the President's decision to shut down the controversial holding center for terrorism suspects, not a week has gone by without a number of former inmates making headlines - and, from the U.S. perspective, for all the wrong reasons. The cases are a virtual Rorschach test of where you stand on the to-close-or-not-to-close-Gitmo debate. (See pictures from inside Guantánamo...