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Epilepsy drug has long-term effect on child IQ: study
A drug found to affect the cognitive ability of toddlers born to women who took the medication for epilepsy has a longer-term impact on their IQ, a study said on Wednesday. Researchers in the United States carried out follow-up tests among the same group of children whose investigation in 2009…
Study: Flu shots pose no extra risk for pregnant women
Pregnant women in Norway who got vaccinated against the swine flu virus that caused the 2009-2010 pandemic showed no increased risk of pregnancy loss, contrary to popular belief, says a study released Thursday. Pregnant women who came down with the flu did however have increased risk of miscarriage and still…
Troubling number of women denied constitutional rights based on pregnancy
Hundreds of women have been arrested, convicted, jailed, detained in mental institutions or forced to endure medical procedures as a result of the “criminalisation of pregnancy” over the last four decades, a new report has found. In the first study of its kind, to be published on Tuesday, researchers from…
Pregnant women who want a 3D model of their fetus are in luck
A company in Japan is offering a unique service to pregnant women: the ability to print out a three-dimensional model of the inside of their abdomen, fetus included. “We actually got three expectant mothers to try this out,” said Tomohiro Kinoshita of Fasotec. “They said it felt great to see…
IQ research prompts warning over drinking alcohol during pregnancy
Research showing that children of women who drank as little as two glasses of wine a week during pregnancy had lower IQs has prompted calls for mothers-to-be to avoid alcohol. The study, by academics at Bristol and Oxford universities, found that offspring of women who consumed between one and six…
Rep. Joe Walsh: No abortion exceptions because pregnant women don’t die
Tea party-backed Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) suggested on Thursday that exceptions to abortion bans were not necessary to protect the mother’s health because science had advanced to the point that pregnant women can’t die. In their final debate before the November election, Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth noted that Walsh did…
Perrycare: Texas effort to ban Planned Parenthood also excludes pregnant women
The State of Texas plans to move forward with a wholly remade women’s health program on November 1 that excludes Planned Parenthood’s clinics from receiving state funds, prohibits doctors from discussing abortion with patients and refuses health services entirely if the patient happens to be pregnant. In doing so, Gov.…
Kansas GOP Wants to Tax Women for Abortion and Lie to Them; Bill Passes the House
The GOP-controlled House in Kansas passed a sweeping abortion bill that is easily the worst in the country. In March, I wrote the following about it: On Monday, the Kansas House Federal and State Affairs Committee will continue discussing a bill similar to the one the Arizona Senate passed, which allows…
Arizona House Passes Bill Permitting Doctors to Withhold Prenatal Information From Women
Last month, when the Arizona Senate passed SB1359, the “wrongful birth” bill, I wrote this: The Arizona Senate passed a bill (SB1359) this week that allows doctors to withhold from pregnant women information regarding prenatal problems because disclosing that information might lead to an abortion. Seriously. From Addicting Info: It’s…
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