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Cruel and Unusual

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This is an angle against late term abortion that I hadn’t heard of. I wonder how many people
assume abortion is always painless for the child.

FRC
Endorses ‘Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act’

“WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ — Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony
Perkins released the following statement in support of Sen. Sam Brownback’s (R-KS)
‘Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act’ legislation:”

“We cannot deny the medical evidence now before us. From testimony taken during
the recent partial-birth abortion hearings and advancements in the field of in utero
technology, science is telling us unborn children as young as 20 weeks old can feel
pain. The evidence we have is clear, and we should not keep that evidence from women.”

Shake a Leg

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I suffer from mild RLS. My mom has it pretty bad. My grandmother had it really bad.
It’s good to know that it’s finally getting the research attention and press coverage
it deserves. Before it was a common diagnosis, doctors told my mom it was all in
her head – in a psychological rather than neurological sense.

Study
Says Restless Leg Syndrome Common
By EVAN BERLAND, Associated Press Writer

“TRENTON, N.J. – About one in 10 people suffer weekly from a syndrome that causes
leg discomfort and leads to sleeplessness, and few are properly diagnosed by their
physicians, according to a drug company-funded study to be released Tuesday.”

Restless Legs Syndrome
Foundation

Fizz of Death

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Maybe this will get me to finally lower my soda intake, especially since I already
have GERD. If bottled water weren’t so dang expensive, I might drink more of that
instead.

Sodas
Raise Cancer Risk, U.S. Study Finds
Mon May 17, 7:50 PM ET

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Carbonated drinks may raise the risk of esophageal cancer,
a usually fatal disease, researchers reported on Monday.”

Double Shot of Reproduction

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Here is another example of chemical birth control (pharmakeia) being bad for women.

Birth
Control Shot Linked to Bone Thinning
Thu May 13,10:57 AM ET

“NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Depo-Provera (depot medroxyprogesterone), a popular
birth control injection, seems to promote bone loss, and the effects increase over
a 2-year period, new research shows.”

Just when radical feminists thought they’d be rid of men… 😉

Dads
Deliver More Than Just DNA, Scientists Say
Wed May 12, 3:51 PM ET
By Patricia Reaney

“LONDON (Reuters) – Men can breathe a sigh of relief. Despite the specter of cloning and the birth of a fatherless mouse, scientists have
uncovered evidence that men play a more vital role in procreation than they may
have thought. Male sperm not only fertilizes the female egg, it also delivers male chromosomes and messenger RNA, molecules that carry codes that may help the embryo develop and grow.”

Backup Babies

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Does this mean a non-match would be aborted?

Lab Created 5 Babies for Stem Cells
Associated Press
Wednesday, May 5, 2004; Page A02

"CHICAGO, May 4 — In a practice that troubles some ethicists, a Chicago laboratory helped create five healthy babies to be stem-cell donors for siblings ill with leukemia or a rare anemia."