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Over 90% of flu cases this year will be caused by the H1N1 strain of virus. As with the most strains of the flu virus, young children, the elderly, those with comprised immune systems and pregnant women are especially at risk. The H1N1 strain of flu carries a greater risk of complications and death compared to the traditional flu. This is due to the fact that the H1N1 virus causes more severe respiratory complications much faster. As a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, I am very concerned that pregnant women understand the dangers of not being vaccinated for both the seasonal flu...

Pro-Choice Rhetoric Leads to Violence against Pregnant Women and Children September 27, 2006 UPI reports: “the mother … of a Columbus, Ga., teenage girl has been charged with trying to induce an abortion by forcing her to drink turpentine. September 22, 2006 AP reports: “Police on Friday desperately searched for the three young children of a woman whose body was found in a weedy lot, a fetus apparently cut from her womb possibly with scissors an investigator says were found near the woman's body.” September 20, 2006 Canada Press reports: “A Maine couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter,...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Police fighting crime against tourists in Rio de Janeiro were surprised to arrest two visibly pregnant assailants during the weekend. A police officer told Reuters Monday that three men and the two women mugged two U.S. tourists near the famed Copacabana beach in the Brazilian city Sunday, stealing $40, sunglasses and a baseball hat. The Americans shouted for help and police arrested the fleeing robbers, who were unarmed. "As far as we understand the pregnant women participated in the attack quite actively despite their bellies," the officer said. Violence experts say poverty, especially in...