S.Africa ‘Sterilized Pregnant HIV Patients Without Consent’
A South African inquiry into the forced sterilization of dozens of HIV-positive pregnant women said Monday that their rights had been breached, and called for government action.
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Mississippi’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday once again blocked Mississippi’s persistent efforts to usher in some of the nation’s most sweeping abortion restrictions, striking down a controversial ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat has been detected – around six weeks of pregnancy.
Read moreEmbryos
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the lower court improperly found that a divorced woman could keep embryos created by her and her former partner, finding that the embryos should have been donated to another couple under the terms of a contract both parties signed at the fertility clinic.
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New Visa Rule Aims to Crack Down on ‘Birth Tourism’
The Trump administration unveiled a new visa rule Thursday in an effort to stop pregnant woman from traveling to the U.S. so their children can be born American citizens.
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Contraception-Insurance Case Faces New Round at Top Court
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to again take up a dispute over whether religious groups are exempt from the requirement that health insurance plans cover contraception.
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Andrew Yang’s Wife Says Doctor Sexually Assaulted Her
The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple’s first child.
Read moreHong Kong Airline Made Passenger Take Pregnancy Test
A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies.
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Putin Extends Cash Payouts for Babies to Counter Population Slump
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced new financial incentives to encourage Russians to have more children to boost the population.
Read moreNewborn Mauled to Death by Dogs at India Hospital
Indian police have sealed a private hospital and charged staff for manslaughter after a newborn baby was mauled to death by dogs inside an operating theatre, an investigator said Tuesday.
Read moreMedical Fraud
A federal class action accuses Amag Pharmaceuticals of unjustly enriching itself by falsely claiming that its overpriced drug Makena (hydroxyprogesterone caproate) prevents preterm births.
Read moreImmigration Prison
A refuge-seeker from El Salvador sued the Department of Homeland Security, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic et al., in federal court, claiming conditions at the Otay Mesa immigration prison, including poor food and wretched or no medical care, are so horrendous that they caused her to miscarry.
Read moreNinth Circuit Slaps Down Trump Rules Prioritizing Abstinence
The Trump administration changed rules on how the government funds programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but the law requires that money to go to evidence-based programs – a hurdle, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, that abstinence-only programs don’t clear.
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Official Quits Amid Charges He Paid for Babies
An elected official in metro Phoenix resigned Tuesday, months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babies in the United States.
Read moreIn Vitro Custody
A mother who conceived her child through in vitro fertilization is the child’s legal parent, a Georgia appeals court ruled in a custody dispute in which the father asserted the mother was not the child’s “biological, legal, or adoptive parent.” The mother is the “recipient intended parent” under the Option of Adoption Act.
Read moreWith Births Down, US Had Slowest Growth Rate in a Century
The past year’s population growth rate in the United States was the slowest in a century due to declining births, increasing deaths and the slowdown of international migration, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Slew of New Laws Take Effect Nationwide on New Year’s Day
The new year will bring new fees for some owners of electric vehicles, as an increasing number of states seek to plug in to fresh revenue sources to offset forgone gas taxes. In Hawaii, the charge will be $50. In Kansas, $100. In Alabama and Ohio, $200.
Read moreJudge Advances Case of Woman Who Gave Birth in Jail Cell
Candace Steel was in the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, awaiting trial on a charge of misdemeanor trespassing when she began to feel birth pangs. She told officers on duty she believed the birth of her daughter was imminent.
Read moreThe White House
Arlene Delgado sued the Trump campaign, Sean Spicer, Reince Priebus and Stephen Bannon in federal court for breach of contract and discrimination, claiming they refused to hire her for a proffered White House job after they learned she was pregnant by her supervisor, Jason Miller.
Read moreWoman Snared in Birth Tourism Scheme Sentenced to Time Served
A federal judge sentenced a Chinese national to time served in federal prison Monday for running a multimillion-dollar operation that helped wealthy Chinese women cheat on visa applications in order to give birth to their babies in the United States, netting the babies U.S. citizenship.
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‘Not the Father’: Baltimore Man Says DNA Kit Got It Wrong
Filing suit against the same DNA company that talk-show hosts like Maury and Dr. Phil have used to settle paternity disputes, a Baltimore man claims that a spurious test wrongly identified him as the father of a 1-year-old girl.
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