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Caution Surrounds At-Home Gender Detection Kit
By 10 Weeks You Could Know Sex Of Your Baby, But Questions Of Accuracy, Fears Of Abortion Persist
It's the big question many parents wait until birth to find out: is it a boy or is it a girl? But for those who don't want to wait, they can now find out earlier than ever. CBS station WCBS-TV in New York reports on a new at-home gender detection kit and the controversy surrounding it. More than half of Americans say they would want to know, and for those curious soon-to-be parents, now there's a new over-the-counter test that can tell you your baby's gender at just 10 weeks. Since it's performed at 10 weeks and abortions are routinely performed until 12 weeks into the pregnancy, some worry that parents may misuse the advantage of knowing so soon. "Whenever anyone finds out the sex of the baby, but especially early, that they might choose to terminate a pregnancy because of gender," Dr. Brustman said.
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Arizona Legislature Approves Abortion Regulations
The Arizona Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill to impose an array of new regulations on abortion, including a mandatory waiting period and a requirement for state-scripted disclosures by doctors. The Senate voted 16-12 to complete legislation action on the measure, which the House approved in March. The number of affirmative votes was the minimum needed for passage by the 30-member Senate. Under the bill, women seeking an abortion would have to wait 24 hours after their initial visit to the abortion provider. So-called "informed consent" provisions would require doctors to inform women specific information about risks and alternatives.
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Healthcare Bill Includes a Bigger Does of Tax Dollars for Abortionists
The Senate is now debating two healthcare bills since President Obama has made reforming the nation's healthcare system one of his top legislative priorities. Under the Miller-Waxman-Rangel healthcare bill, funding for "family planning" is mandatory, meaning more tax dollars for abortion providers. Unlike Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-Mass.) plan, this bill—unveiled by Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.)—includes almost everything on President Obama's wish list.
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Family Says Doctors Tried to 'Euthanize' Stroke Victim
An investigation has been launched after the family of an elderly stroke victim claimed hospital doctors tried to end his life.
John MacGillivray, 78, from Auchterarder, Scotland was admitted to Perth Royal Infirmary after suffering a stroke on May 22.
Two days later, his family was told by hospital doctors he would die within hours.
"We just couldn't believe it," his daughter Patricia MacGillivray told Sky News. "When he was admitted to the hospital on the Friday he was still able to move around and feed himself and suddenly here we all were being told 50 percent of his brain was dead and he was definitely going to die ... and to prepare ourselves to say our goodbyes. It was unimaginable. All too much, too quickly, too soon."
Unable to believe the prognosis, the family started questioning the medication.
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Swiss to Outlaw Suicide Clinics
Apparently certain elements of the Swiss Government are sick and tired of the travesty of suicide tourism. From the story:
Swiss government proposals to restrict the practice of assisted suicide in the Alpine nation could lead to greater suffering for patients and their loved ones, a group that helps people to die said. The government said last week that it wants parliament to discuss proposals including "legal barriers and a ban on organised suicide assistance."
Unsurprisingly, the organized suicide community objects...
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'Child's Rights' Forces Mobilize
The National Comptroller's Office of Chile, which oversees a wide range of government activities, issued a decree on June 16 prohibiting the distribution of the morning-after pill by all municipalities and by any private or public organization.
The decree states that municipalities are legally forbidden from implementing any policies or programs that imply the use or distribution under any title of the morning-after pill. It also ordered all public health care facilities to refrain from making the drug available through their services.Three major developments threatening parental rights have occurred in the last several days. On June 1 and 2, Georgetown University Law School hosted a two-day symposium entitled "The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): Why It Is Time to Ratify." This well-funded conference was held to organize a new coalition effort by American internationalists to seek ratification of the UN child's rights treaty.
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