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...substantial: the incidence of Down syndrome, for example, rises to 1 in 40 live births. (Using donated eggs from a young woman presumably reduces the risk.) The mother meanwhile faces increased risks of diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and other complications of pregnancy -- all of which can harm the unborn child. These problems are usually manageable, however, if the woman's health is generally good...
...think that the best thing a society can do for a woman in a crisis pregnancy is to kill the unborn child within her womb," Law said...
...lawsuits to change voting methods in the 41 states where some judges are chosen by ballot. In an important victory for women's rights, the court ruled unanimously in March to disallow so-called fetal-protection policies that bar fertile women from jobs that might pose dangers to an unborn child...
...DOUBT, the infant mortality/abortion rights connection will not sway the most ardent opponents of abortion. If a nine-week fetus is the moral equivalent of a baby, then there is no inconsistency in letting more post-birth babies die for the sake of an equal or greater number of "unborn babies." But the vast majority of the American population (and, arguably, the U.S. Congress) does not accept the radical equation of fetus and baby. Even George Bush agreed with other world leaders at the recent World Summit for Children that "there can be no task nobler than giving every child...
...crack kids are not the first children to be devastated by drugs while their mothers were pregnant. For many years, the unborn have been exposed to opiates, barbiturates, inhaled cocaine and a panoply of other drugs. And fetal alcohol syndrome, brought on by drinking during pregnancy, is believed to be a leading cause of mental retardation in the young...