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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; Pregnancy</title>
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	<description>An intellectual climate favorable to marriage</description>
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		<title>A hospice in the womb</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/a-hospice-in-the-womb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/a-hospice-in-the-womb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan When prenatal diagnosis brings bad news about their child, parents deserve a real choice of paths. Happily, there is a beautiful option available. In a Melbourne maternity hospital last month a very shocking event occurred. A healthy, 32-week-old, wanted, unborn child was killed by a lethal injection when the sonographer performing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage activists use Beyonce’s pregnancy to send message to single moms</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/18/marriage-activists-use-beyonce%e2%80%99s-pregnancy-to-send-message-to-single-moms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/18/marriage-activists-use-beyonce%e2%80%99s-pregnancy-to-send-message-to-single-moms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Co habitation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, September 1, 2011&#8211; R&#38;B Pop Superstar Beyonce Knowles&#8217; recently announced pregnancy has ignited lots of interest but also social debate about controversial issues like the high rate of out-of-wedlock births in urban cities. Last Sunday, during the walk along the “red carpet” that preluded the MTV’s Video Music Award, Beyonce posed cupping her belly signifying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Nobody Gets Married Any More, Mister”</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/08/%e2%80%9cnobody-gets-married-any-more-mister%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/08/%e2%80%9cnobody-gets-married-any-more-mister%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demography]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An urban high school teacher in Connecticut talks about unwed motherhood, fatherlessness, and how it affects the kids in his classroom. by Gerry Garibaldi &#8230;Here’s my prediction: the money, the reforms, the gleaming porcelain, the hopeful rhetoric about saving our children—all of it will have a limited impact, at best, on most city schoolchildren. Urban [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Attorney admits guilt in baby-selling ring</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/10/attorney-admits-guilt-in-baby-selling-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/10/attorney-admits-guilt-in-baby-selling-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By TERI FIGUEROA An internationally known Poway attorney who specialized in reproductive law pleaded guilty Tuesday to a key role in what federal authorities said was a baby-selling ring. Theresa Erickson, 43, admitted that she and her co-conspirators used women to create an inventory of unborn babies that they would sell for over $100,000 each, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teach girls to say “no” &#8211; British MP</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/10/teach-girls-to-say-%e2%80%9cno%e2%80%9d-british-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/10/teach-girls-to-say-%e2%80%9cno%e2%80%9d-british-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=7334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wowsers. Some people have totally lost their minds, particularly regarding the tidbit in the very last paragraph. by Carolyn Moynihan British secondary schools are required by law to teach the biological facts of human reproduction in science lessons, but students themselves often say the instruction given is too biological. The facts also speak for themselves: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbohydrates, Fertility and One-Arm Pullups</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/10/carbohydrates-fertility-and-one-arm-pullups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/10/carbohydrates-fertility-and-one-arm-pullups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 17:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invitro Fertilization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=7325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About ten years ago, I set the goal for myself to perform a one-arm pullup. Working diligently and using a variety of training techniques, I got very close to that goal.  Agonizingly close.  Despite years of effort, the feat eluded me.  Yet I never gave up. Finally, I got the idea to radically restrict my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping America: &#8220;Ever Had an Unwed Pregnancy&#8221; by Current Religious Attendance and Structure of Family of Origin</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/12/mapping-america-ever-had-an-unwed-pregnancy-by-current-religious-attendance-and-structure-of-family-of-origin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/12/mapping-america-ever-had-an-unwed-pregnancy-by-current-religious-attendance-and-structure-of-family-of-origin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. and Scott Talkington, Ph.D. The 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth shows that females who grew up in intact families who frequently attended religious services are least likely to have had an unwed pregnancy. Description: Examining structure of family of origin, 19 percent of females who grew up in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More Reason To Be Wary Of ART</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/31/one-more-reason-to-be-wary-of-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/31/one-more-reason-to-be-wary-of-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday there was a segment on NPR titled Taming The Twin Trend From Fertility Treatments. They talked about how various forms of ART have caused an increase in the incidence of twin pregnancies: Twins, once a rarity to marvel over, are now a common part of American culture, thanks in large part to increased use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU presents upside-down understanding of federal conscience law</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/07/aclu-presents-upside-down-understanding-of-federal-conscience-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/07/aclu-presents-upside-down-understanding-of-federal-conscience-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Would it surprise anyone to find out that left-wing extremists believe that religious hospitals must perform abortions? Uh&#8230; no, I doubt very much that would surprise anyone at all. In fact, I doubt anyone would be at all surprised to learn that, as this article points out: &#8230;while the ACLU falsely claims that the only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>44 Years of Failure to Protect Women</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/03/44-years-of-failure-to-protect-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/03/44-years-of-failure-to-protect-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest media hoaxes of the 20th century is The Reproductive Healthcare Movement’s concern for social justice &#38; women’s safety Also from the article: &#8230;history has proven this to be completely false! After 1967-73 most abortionists simply moved out from the back alley onto Main St. and little has changed to help make [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consequences of Abortion</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/03/consequences-of-abortion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/03/consequences-of-abortion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leland</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The article speaks for itself.]]></description>
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		<title>If Abortion is Safer Than Childbirth, Then Explain Chile</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/28/if-abortion-is-safer-than-childbirth-then-explain-chile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/28/if-abortion-is-safer-than-childbirth-then-explain-chile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been some flak in the news lately about new abortion counseling guidelines issued by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. LifeNews.com: The guidelines, which have already been panned for ignoring the link between abortion and breast cancer, contain other scientific flaws. The guidelines say “Women should be advised that abortion is generally safer [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The pregnancy trap</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/21/the-pregnancy-trap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/21/the-pregnancy-trap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teen girls keep having children, writes high school teacher Gerry Garibaldi, and we keep encouraging them Teen pregnancy is an &#8220;intractable problem,&#8221; says Gerry Garibaldi, that urban teachers &#8220;cannot spend or even teach [their] way out of.&#8221; Photo: Corbis IN MY SHORT time as a teacher in Connecticut, I have muddled through President Bush&#8217;s No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teenage birth control and its unfortunate consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/10/teenage-birth-control-and-its-unfortunate-consequences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/10/teenage-birth-control-and-its-unfortunate-consequences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=5760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like a logical conclusion they should have come to in advance. by Carolyn Moynihan A decade ago public health experts and frontline health professionals convinced the UK government that easy (free, over the counter) access to the morning after pill would bring down the country’s record rates of teenage pregnancy. It hasn’t, but it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the U.K. Promoting Out of Wedlock Births?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/11/is-the-u-k-promoting-out-of-wedlock-births/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/11/is-the-u-k-promoting-out-of-wedlock-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JThieme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=5024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow this really caught my attention: Unemployed Father of 10 Having 5 More Children The article is about a guy who’s fathered up to 15 kids by the age of 25. There are potentially ten women involved. I am completely mystified as to why these women are willing to bear his children. He’s not handsome, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Moral Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/12/four-moral-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/12/four-moral-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Gallup&#8217;s recent Values and Beliefs survey, Americans are &#8220;sharply divided&#8221; on 4 issues: doctor-assisted suicide, homosexual relations, abortion, and out-of-wedlock childbearing.  Close to half of us perceive these activities in particular as &#8220;morally acceptable;&#8221; close to half disagree and find them &#8220;morally wrong.&#8221;  (The survey asked about 16 behaviors; these were the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen pregnancy: It’s the attitude, stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/07/teen-pregnancy-it%e2%80%99s-the-attitude-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/07/teen-pregnancy-it%e2%80%99s-the-attitude-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thought of kids having kids is really disturbing to me. I had my first child when I was 25, and I can say, it&#8217;s serious business. I can&#8217;t imagine doing it while trying to go to high school or even college. And who is really going to be raising these children anyhow? My guess is, the grandmothers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen pregnancies go up &#8211; who&#8217;s to blame?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/teen-pregnancies-go-up-whos-to-blame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My money is on the horrible movies and tv shows geered toward teens. Just a preview for an American Pie movie was enough to make me want to retch. Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - Teen pregnancies were up three percent in 2006, which is the latest reporting period available. Proponents of comprehensive sex education are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bump+</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/bump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet TV show, Bump+ is up and running. The Party reveals more about Hailey, Katie, and Denise, and follows their individual stories as they struggle to make a decision about their unintended pregnancies.  New episodes will follow every Monday and Thursday through March 15, 2010.  And of course, the conversation between viewers continues around the [...]]]></description>
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