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Defense seeks dismissal of Ind. fetal murder case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for a woman charged with murdering her infant because she ate rat poison while pregnant says records clearly show that the Indiana law she's charged under was only meant to apply to people who attack pregnant women,...
Tags: Lawyers, Belief and Faith, Witnesses, Laws, Criminal Laws
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NM abortion complaint highlights privacy concerns
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A woman from New York came to New Mexico to terminate her pregnancy at one of the nation's four late-term abortion clinics after she found out the fetus she had been carrying for more than eight months had severe brain...Tags: Lawyers, Cesarean Section, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Justice System
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Prosecutor: Rat poison murder charge may have to be dropped
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana prosecutor acknowledged Friday that he may drop a murder charge against a Chinese immigrant who ate rat poison while she was pregnant now that a judge has ruled a doctor's claim that the toxin killed her newborn baby...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Trials
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Judge: Death link to rat poison "unreliable"
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A medical examiner's conclusion that a newborn baby's death was caused by the rat poison her mother ate while she was pregnant is unreliable and cannot be used against the woman at her murder trial, an Indiana judge has ruled....Tags: Lawyers, Pathology, Medical Specialization, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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CDC: 1 in 8 U.S. women binge drink 3 times a month
CBS NewsThe dangerous activity of binge drinking -- defined as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks at one time -- can take a toll on anyone's health. And, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals in a new report, it's an under-recognized...Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Schools, High Schools, Social Sciences
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Wis. woman sentenced to life for fetal abduction
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman who confessed to police that she tried to steal a baby by killing a pregnant woman and cutting out the full-term fetus was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Annette Morales-Rodriguez,...
Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Trials
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Chicago man held in pregnant Ind. woman's slaying
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A Chicago man has been arrested in northwest Indiana on charges of killing his pregnant girlfriend. The Times reports (http://bit.ly/SYy25b ) that 28-old Isiah Barker was in custody Friday on preliminary charges of...Tags: Chicago Police Department
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Judge: Hobby Lobby must offer morning-after pill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Healthcare Laws, Lawyers, Belief and Faith, Birth Control
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Ind. mom's lawyer: Cause of baby's death unproven
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for a Chinese immigrant charged with murder for eating rat poison in an attempt to kill herself while she was pregnant argued Wednesday that authorities haven't proved that the toxin is what caused the premature...
Tags: Lawyers, Emergency Health Procedures, Medical Specialization, Science, Judges
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Wisconsin woman convicted in fetal abduction deaths
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman was convicted Thursday of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her full-term fetus last year. A jury of six men and six women deliberated for about an hour before convicting Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 34,...
Tags: Punishment, Theft
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Police: Wash. man pointed gun at pregnant smoker
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man has been arrested on allegations that he pointed a handgun at a pregnant woman because she was smoking a cigarette. Bellingham police spokesman Mark Young says 24-year-old Justin Dain Palmer...
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Grandma gives birth to her own grandchild
CHICAGO (AP) — Setting foot in a hospital again, Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious. More than two years before, at age 29, Emily had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. But just before she was to undergo a radical hysterectomy,...Tags: Menopause, In Vitro Fertilization, University of Chicago, Twins, Hospitals and Clinics
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