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2 groups support Catholic school teacher fired over in vitro
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Two national groups are supporting a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Indiana parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization. The American Society for...
Tags: Justice System, Discrimination, Christianity, American Civil Liberties Union, Career and Workplace
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Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over reproductive and religious rights. Emily...
Tags: Justice System, Teachers, Religious Education, Discrimination, Christianity
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Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Health, Cleft Lip and Palate, Australia, Cornell University
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Diocese wants fertilization suit dismissed
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial schoolteacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. The...Tags: Justice System, Christianity, Labor Legislation, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Litigation
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Study: Dads less likely to die of heart problems
Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are. The study — by the AARP, the government and...Tags: Denver, High Blood Pressure, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Problems
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Indiana House backs greater abortion restrictions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Both houses of the Indiana Legislature have now approved bills that would restrict access to abortions. The Indiana House voted 72-23 on Wednesday to require that women seeking an abortion be told that human life begins at...Tags: Politics, Health, Indiana, Diseases and Illnesses, Abortion
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Doctors aim to save fertility of kids with cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The treatment beating back 9-year-old Dylan Hanlon's cancer may also be destroying his chances of fathering his own children when he grows up. Upset that doctors did not make that risk clear, his mother, Christine, tracked down...Tags: Research, Agricultural Research and Technology, Chest, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses
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Mailbag: Providing abortions is not a service
I was disappointed to see the letters in your mailbag section all held the same opinion — that Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian was wrong to ban abortions at its facility. I hope you will publish other opinions as well about this matter. I, for...Tags: Abortion, Human Interest, Women's Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Family Planning
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Humor softens tale of infertility battle
On a bright morning in San Francisco, Holly Finn sits in a parking lot, her car swaying in the wind. Avoiding eye contact with passers-by, Finn shoots up. She shoots up hormones. Leuprolide Acetate, to be exact. "To prep my body for embryo transfer,...
Tags: In Vitro Fertilization
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Mailbag: As doctors, we oppose abortion ban
Re. "Commentary: Hoag is committed to women's health," (May 24): As obstetricians/gynecologists who admit patients to Hoag Hospital, we are compelled to respond to the commentary by Robert Braithwaite, Hoag CEO, and Gary McKitterick, chairman of the Hoag...Tags: Family, Abortion, Hospitals and Clinics, Women's Health, Family Planning
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Infertility due to old eggs? An anti-aging pioneer ponders solutions
One of the many ways in which humans' evolved characteristics clash with a fast-changing post-industrial society can be seen in the female egg. Even before a woman passes the age of 30, the quality of the oocytes she carries begins a downturn in...
Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Research, Harvard Medical School, Biotechnology Industry, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Wilmette school poised to claim Guinness record on twins
For those wondering which school might hold the world record for most twins in one grade, look no further than Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette. Highcrest has 23 sets of twins, representing about 10 percent of its fifth-grade class. That appears to...
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