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...overweight now than in previous years. “They aren’t eating too much fast food, watching too much television, or not exercising,” Oken said. “It was important to look at other factors in early life, including in the uterus,” she added. Kenneth P. Kleinman, an associate professor at the Medical School who also worked on the study, said that its findings could very well change federal recommendations about gestational weight gain. “I don’t think that this one paper has enough weight...
...original version of this story inaccurately described morning-after pills being distributed free by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as "abortion-inducing." Though pro-life advocates claim the pills effect a kind of abortion by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus in the first 72 hours after unprotected sex, the pills are more accurately considered an emergency contraception by the medical community since they technically prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place...
...abortion minded," Wilson says, "then we go over the medical risks--and there's research for this, even though the other side says there's not." She ticks off grim possibilities with fervor: "The research is that breast cancer is more prevalent. You have the rupture of the uterus. Infection is major. The risk of ectopic pregnancy is greater later on." It is this discussion of risk that most enrages defenders of abortion rights, especially doctors who routinely see terrified women who come in for an abortion after hearing such warnings and ask over and over, "Am I going...
...Saving an Angel I was appalled to learn from "Pillow Angel Ethics" [Jan. 22] that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing her uterus and stunting her growth without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment. Don Moss, Executive Director United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Springfield, Illinois...
...Saving an Angel I was appalled to learn from "Pillow angel ethics" [Jan. 22] that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing her uterus and stunting her growth, without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs, was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment. Don Moss, Executive Director United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Springfield, Illinois...