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For the first time in the US, more babies are now born to moms 40–44 than 15–19. This marks 2 historical shifts for the US, plummeting teen pregnancy and gradually rising fertility for older women.

Matthew's dad had brown eyes and black hair. His grandparents had piercing blue eyes. There was a running joke in his family that "dad looked nothing like his parents", the teacher from southern England says. It turned out there was a very good reason for this. Matthew's father had been swapped at birth in hospital nearly 80 years ago. He died late last year before learning the truth of his family history. Matthew - not his real name - contacted the BBC after we reported on the case of Susan, who received compensation from an NHS trust after a home...

We have watched the baby eagles at the Decorah (Iowa) North nest site for the past several years. This year, both eggs at Decorah North failed. One died during hatch; the other never cracked the egg. The site there directs to another one, in Colorado, at Fort St. Vrain. There are 2 cameras, and the eagles pair have been watching over 4 eggs, 2 of which hatched in the past day or so. It is fun to watch the parents keep up on feeding, and the eaglets are cute as can be.

If you have autism in the family, history of autoimmune disorders, MTHFR mutation: delay vaccines until at least age five, or never. Do discuss…know the risks of not vaccinating. Pregnancy: Birth: No Hep B No vaccines (No Tdap, No flu) 2 months: Hib, DTaP (No Hep B, Rotavirus, IPV) 3 months: Prevnar 4months: Hib, DTaP (No Rotavirus, IPV) 5 months: Prevnar 6 months: Hib, DTaP (No Hep B, Rotavirus, IPV) 7–9 months: Prevnar 1 year: 18 months: DTaP Hib, Prevnar (No MMR, Hep A, Varicella) 2 years (No Hep A) 3 years: Consider MMR (always give MMR by itself) 4-6...

In 2022 there were approximately 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States — far above rates for other high-income countries. U.S. maternal mortality is lowest for Asian American women and highest for Black women. Maternal death rates increased in Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, and the U.S. during the height of the pandemic, between 2020 and 2021. In Chile, Norway, and the U.S., where 2022 data are available, maternal death rates have begun to decline. Nearly two of three maternal deaths in the U.S. occur during the postpartum period, up to 42 days following birth. Compared...

James Harrison, the Australian known as “The Man With the Golden Arm” because of a rare antibody in his blood which has saved the lives of millions, has passed away. He was 88 years old. Harrison initially began donating blood in 1954 at age 18, after he underwent a lifesaving surgery which required multiple blood transfusions. Knowing his life was saved thanks to the generosity of strangers, Harrison wanted to pay it forward once he turned 18. Despite having a fear of needles, he began donating blood and plasma on a regular basis; he currently holds the world record for...

A pioneer in the treatment of lung disease in premature babies and founder of one of America’s first newborn intensive care units has died aged 101. Dr Mildred Stahlman was admitted to Vanderbilt medical school in 1943, one of just four women in her class. In 1954, she received a grant to study what was then known as hyaline membrane disease in premature babies, now more commonly known as respiratory distress syndrome. In this condition, the baby’s lungs are underdeveloped and unable to provide enough oxygen, causing severe breathing difficulties. When the condition was severe, it was almost always fatal...

The abortion industry’s extremism rarely shocks me, or anyone else entrenched in the pro-life movement, anymore. After all, it’s the business of killing innocent human beings in the womb for profit. Thankfully, the 2024 election between former Vice President Kamala Harris and President Donald Trump brought abortion extremism, preborn death up to nine months gestation, to the forefront of Americans’ minds, but also the unethical business practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF). And, it seems the public is starting to catch on to the ethical issues of the IVF industry and how it’s not as “pro-life” as some have been...

Elon Musk has fathered a thirteenth child with 26-year-old conservative influencer, she announced on his social media site X on Friday night. The alleged new mother, Ashley St Clair, 26, is a conservative firebrand who has previously courted controversy by fraternizing with the far right. She announced the baby in a post on the evening of Valentine’s day. ‘Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father,’ she wrote. ‘I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media...

America is an outlier among developed nations in offering unrestricted birthright citizenship. Not a single European country does.. By any reasonable measure, unrestricted birthright citizenship, the practice of giving citizenship to almost anyone born in America, is an irrational policy. It abdicates the composition of the nation’s citizenry to chance, instead of bringing it within our control. It communicates a deep unseriousness about our sovereignty and national security to the rest of the world. Without it, we can continue to open our country to foreign talent and victims of genocide or state violence. Together, the president and Congress can choose...

After eight years of prosecuting Sandra Merritt, the California Attorney General’s office agreed to a plea deal to end this criminal case with no prison time and no fines for her role in the undercover journalism and videos that exposed Planned Parenthood’s trade in aborted baby body parts. Before this unprecedented case, the State of California had never criminally prosecuted undercover journalists for surreptitious recordings made in the public interest. Yet, this courageous grandmother was charged with 16 felonies and faced more than 10 years in prison for shining a light on the abortion industry’s profit from illegal organ harvesting...

(Liberty Counsel) A day after the U.S. Senate failed to advance its own “Born-Alive” bill, the 119th U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill today which mandates life-saving measures for babies that are born alive after an attempted abortion. H.R. 21, the pro-life measure known as the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” (Born-Alive Act), was sponsored by Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO) and passed largely along party lines by a vote of 217-204. The bill is nearly identical to another bill (H.R. 26) of the same title passed by the 118th Congress in January 2023, which had failed to advance in...

Many of the same senators who voted against the born-alive bill on Wednesday proudly filibustered it in 2020.Democrats have tried to pretend they are not the party of abortion extremism. Their rhetoric and voting records on common sense and popular protections for women and babies, however, confirm they support ending life up to and even through birth.The most recent display of this radicalism occurred on Wednesday, the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, when all 47 Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted to block a bill that seeks to criminalize leaving babies born alive during botched abortions to die. The...

New York Times Highlights Christian and Jewish ‘Blessings’ for Abortion ClinicsThe New York Times has published a glowing article in praise of Christian and Jewish ministers who conduct “blessings” of abortion clinics in America.A Baptist minister, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Jewish cantor walked quietly through an abortion clinic where they “blessed the exam tables and their stirrups, the boxes of disposable gowns and the cushioned chairs in the recovery room,” the Times notes approvingly in Friday’s article.“Through a ritual blessing of the year-old clinic,” the piece states, the faith leaders “wanted to show that religion could be a source...

After an Arizona constitutional amendment allowing abortion past 15 weeks was recently certified, abortion businesses in the state announced they can’t wait to kill preborn children later in pregnancy, with at least one admitting that it is already committing abortions up to about 24 weeks, even though the 15-week law is still in effect until overturned by the courts. Dr. Atsuko Koyama, an abortionist at Camelback Family Planning in Phoenix, told The Copper Courier that her facility is now committing abortions up to the point of “fetal viability” because they are “confident” the current law restricting abortions after 15 weeks...

An Indianapolis man who went out to pick up some packages stumbled across two baby girls abandoned in a ditch in below-freezing temperatures after their family car was stolen, police said. Robert Deane had gone out of his house to check if his mail arrived Monday morning when he spotted two car seats tossed in a local ditch, with two infants, 4- and 5-month-olds, crying for help. “One of them was screaming, so I immediately grabbed the car seats, brought them inside,” he told local CBS 4. “We got them warmed up and called 911.”

As President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards last week (she’s the former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 2006 to 2018), David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress released an horrific report exposing the University of California San Diego for receiving “viable nonanomalous” babies up to 6 months along, killed in “elective abortions” to be “harvested” for experimentation.

The nation’s largest abortion clinic was caught selling 23-week-old aborted babies for research— the same clinic that argues they are “saving” women’s lives. According to shocking emails, Planned Parenthood negotiated terms concerning the donation of aborted fetuses for medical research regarding a “research plan” submitted to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Ethics Review Board. In 2018, the so-called “plan” was approved, noting that scientists requested up to 2,500 fetuses that were aborted at the six-month gestation period. The heavily redacted plan stated that the project would harvest fetuses from four weeks up until six months old from patients...

Planned Parenthood has been providing “viable nonanomalous” babies killed in “elective abortions” to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for experimentation, according to a new report. Published by The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), the emails detail a “Research Plan” that documents the harvesting of babies for experimentation on their bodies. The plan was submitted to and approved by UCSD’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) in 2018. The heavily redacted communications were obtained by the group via open records request. According to the records reported by CMP, researchers unveiled plans in their submission to “collect tissues from fetuses ranging from...

The nation’s biggest abortion business has been shown once again to be selling the body parts of aborted babies. The latest expose’ of the Planned Parenthood abortion giant comes via never- before-seen documents released under a California public records request. They show Planned Parenthood selling 23-week-old aborted babies to a university for dubious research, Newly revealed documents show Planned Parenthood supplying UC San Diego with aborted babies parts from unborn babies killed in elective abortions , including viable babies up to 23 weeks. The agreements suggest the use of fetal material for research projects in exchange for potential intellectual property...