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Expert: Dying woman should have got Irish abortion

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:41:59 -0400

DUBLIN - A miscarrying woman who died in an Irish hospital should have had her blood poisoning detected much sooner and been offered an abortion to improve her odds of survival, an experts' report concluded Thursday in a case that is forcing Ireland to modernize its abortion laws.

Irish PM: Abortion activists send letters in blood

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:42:06 -0400

DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny says anti-abortion activists in his predominantly Roman Catholic country are inundating his office with threatening packages and letters condemning him as a baby-killer, some written in blood.

Lawmaker says low rate of pregnancy from rape

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:48:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - A House Republican drew a sharp response during debate on an abortion bill when he said that the number of pregnancies resulting from rape is very low.

NH woman's pregnancy terminated after crash

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:55:05 -0400

STRATFORD, New Hampshire - Police are investigating a two-vehicle collision in northern New Hampshire that ended up with a woman losing her unborn child.

Mexico finds breast-feeding woes as rate drops

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:02:39 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Despite the well-known advantages to breast milk and vigorous campaigns around the world championing breast as best, Mexican mothers say the bottle is better.

New penalties for crimes against pregnant women

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:34:05 -0400

DENVER - Colorado prosecutors will have new criminal penalties to charge people accused of injuring pregnant women and causing them to lose their child in cases of domestic violence or car accidents.

Law center: 5 institutions violate health care law

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:30:38 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The National Women's Law Center filed complaints Tuesday against several businesses and universities, claiming the institutions failed to offer pregnancy coverage to their employees' dependent children in violation of federal law.

Rep. Herrera Beutler announces pregnancy problem

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:57:31 -0400

CAMAS, Washington - U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (BUT'-ler) who announced on May 1 she is expecting her first child said Monday that an ultrasound has detected a serious problem with the pregnancy called Potter' Syndrome.

C-section OK for pregnant woman in El Salvador

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:24:10 -0400

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador's government gave permission Thursday for doctors to perform a premature delivery for a seriously ill woman whose pregnancy attorneys say is putting her life at risk.

Healthy quintuplets born in Salt Lake hospital

Tue, 28 May 2013 20:28:13 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah woman gave birth to a healthy set of quintuplets over the weekend with help from a team of eight doctors, one anesthesiologist and dozens of nurses ensuring the mother and the tiny babies survived.

Mom's obesity surgery may help break cycle in kids

Mon, 27 May 2013 16:31:59 -0400

WASHINGTON - Obese mothers tend to have kids who become obese. Now provocative research suggests weight-loss surgery may help break that unhealthy cycle in an unexpected way - by affecting how their children's genes behave.

'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

Mon, 27 May 2013 01:07:07 -0400

CHICAGO - Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy.

No. of Ky babies born addicted to drugs increases

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:06:50 -0400

FRANKFORT, Kentucky - Health officials, health care workers and drug control professionals are talking about the problems surrounding Kentucky babies who are born addicted to drugs.

Fired Md. firefighter claims gender bias

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:47:01 -0400

WESTMINSTER, Maryland - A former Sykesville firefighter claims that gender discrimination led to her firing after she took time off for pregnancy and the birth of her son.

Ohio project examines premature births

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:47 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The March of Dimes is spending $10 million in Ohio for collaborative research into the problem of babies being born prematurely.