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...myths about abortion in an effort to promote a particular moral agenda. Firstly, the term “partial birth abortion” is not a term used by the medical community; it is one used by anti-abortion activists to stir up emotion. Similarly, she defines a 20-week-old fetus as a “child” based on its childlike physical features. Again, the medical community disagrees, as do those who hold different philosophical and religious beliefs about the definitions of infanthood...
...Itoh also claims that scientific evidence shows 20 to 30-week-old fetuses are more sensitive to pain and lack mechanisms to dull the effects of pain. However, a recent review of the literature published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that the neural mechanisms needed to perceive pain are not formed until 28-30 weeks...
Gibson was near exhaustion, having had no sleep most of the week. Yet she took on more duties, overseeing nurses in other areas of the hospital. On what turned out to be their last night, the staff successfully delivered a 23-week-old preemie using lights and minimal equipment run by three portable generators. The next day, they were finally evacuated. All the babies are fine. "We don't feel like heroes," says Gibson. "We just wanted our babies to go home alive and be reunited with their parents." Mission accomplished...
...noted that Ledger had developed a reputation for dating his co-stars. He had an on-off relationship with Naomi Watts, whom he met on Ned Kelly. But this one seems to be sticking, as evidenced by Matilda Rose, Williams and Ledger's 3-week-old daughter...
...sound of squeaky sneakers rang in Parker's ears even when she was a young child. Her mother Sara cradled 2-week-old Candace in a gym while watching eldest son Anthony play an A.A.U. game (Anthony, 30, spent three years in the NBA and now plays professionally in Israel). Growing up in Naperville, Ill., a Chicago suburb, Parker initially rebelled against the family passion, until seventh grade, when her height practically demanded that she take up the game. Her father Larry, who played at the University of Iowa in the 1970s, doubled as her A.A.U. coach...