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Hospital Offering 4D Baby Movies
Pregnant women can buy four-dimensional (4D) images of their baby at an NHS hospital, which has become the first in Hampshire to offer the service. The 4D scans allow parents-to-be to see their unborn baby moving in the womb, even yawning and sucking its thumb. Standard ultrasound scans give a two-dimensional picture, which is often difficult to recognize. Lymington New Forest Hospital will charge up to £200 ($314) for the scans, which are also offered by private firms. Mothers-to-be having the scan will get a 20 minute DVD of the images. "It's brilliant," said expectant mother Jenny How.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7714956.stm
DA to Pursue Charges In Shooting Death Of Unborn Baby
The man who authorities allege used a chain saw and assault rifle to shoot into his estranged wife’s apartment, killing her boyfriend and the woman's unborn child, will be charged in the slaying of the 18-week-old fetus, the Clark County district attorney said. District Attorney David Roger said lawyers in his office reviewed the case and determined they will pursue an additional charge of “manslaughter, killing of an unborn quick child,” against 25-year-old William John Keck. Keck faced charges of murder, attempted murder, and battery with a deadly weapon resulting in bodily harm for the early-morning shooting Monday at the apartments of Fountains at Villa Cordova, 2800 S. Eastern Ave.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/33942059.html
Police Crack Down On 'Baby Farms'
Neighbors were suspicious of the daytime silence at the maternity clinic that came to life only after nightfall, though never suspected its disquieting secret - it was breeding babies for sale. But police raids have revealed a network of such clinics, dubbed baby "farms" in the local press, forcing a new look at the scope of people trafficking in Nigeria. At the hospital in Enugu, 20 teenage girls were rescued in May in a police swoop on what was believed to be one of the largest infant trafficking rings in Nigeria.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_&set_id=&click_id=&art_id=vn20081110053602694C886962
Obama To Use Executive Orders To Reverse Bush Policy, Usurp Congress
President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research. John Podesta, Obama's transition chief, said Sunday Obama is reviewing President Bush's executive orders on those issues and others as he works to undo policies enacted during eight years of Republican rule. He said the president can use such orders to move quickly on his own.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081110/D94BO8P80.html
Abortion Fight Keys on South Dakota
South Dakota will be America's battleground in the passionate dispute about abortion rights for years to come, a result of easy ballot access and a committed force of local anti-abortion activists. That's the assessment of leaders of national advocacy groups on both sides of the issue, as well as some legal scholars who have watched from the outside for two election cycles as South Dakotans beat up each other up over ballot measures seeking to ban abortion. "This is a state that simply has eschewed abortion rights for years and years, and so this is the perfect forum to push this message," said Timothy Johnson, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota.
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081109/NEWS/811090301/1001/rss01
Woman Facing Forced Sterilization Seeks Asylum
A woman who feared that deportation to China meant forced abortion or sterilization upon arrival at her homeland lost her bid for asylum in the United States. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday denied Xiu Mei Wei's request to reopen her case. A three-judge panel said that Wei failed to present ''material evidence'' that her case be reopened based on conditions in China or her personal circumstances, including her fourth pregnancy.
http://cbs4denver.com/coloradowire/22.0.html?type=local&state=CO&category=n&filename=CO--ChineseAsylum.xml
Video: Population Control: The Eugenics Connection
Has eugenics faded away with time, or has the pseudo science morphed and cloaked itself under new auspices? Were some of the original founders of population control efforts themselves eugenicists? How and when did eugenicists shift from Galton era ideals to Malthusian population control?
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http://www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/048363.html
Adultery, Abortion-Cover-up Cost Doctor License For Two Years
Dr. Timothy J. Heyd, a Centerville osteopath whose license was suspended briefly in 2005 because he had an affair with a patient, has lost his license again after the state Medical Board learned he had sex with two other patients and lied to the board about his behavior. The 43-year-old Heyd, whose practice included 3,000 patients, begins a two-year suspension today, Nov. 8. The Medical Board issued the suspension Oct. 6, saying Heyd violated medical ethics by having sex with the patients, perjured himself during 2003 testimony before the board, failed to cooperate with the board investigation, and made false statements to secure a medical license. According to Medical Board records, Heyd met a nurse at Miami Valley Hospital, where they both worked, in late 1995 or early 1996. She became his patient and, in 1998, his lover. Heyd, who was married to his first wife and had two small children at the time, testified he broke off the affair in April 1998 but learned the following month that the patient was pregnant. Heyd accompanied her to the Women's Medical Center of Dayton in Kettering in June 1998 and, in a deviation from standard clinic practice, was present during the abortion. The clinic sent her post-operative report to Heyd's office, and he read and initialed it.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/11/08/ddn110808doctor.html
