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May 9, 2008

http://www.ccnmag.com/article/common_herbicide_disrupts_human
_hormone
ommon Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone (CCN Magazine)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90273278
Parents Consider Treatment to Delay Son's Puberty: New Therapy Would Buy Time to Resolve Gender Crisis (NPR)

http://www.huliq.com/58988/mouse-can-do-without-man039s-most
-treasured-genes
Mouse Can Do Without Man's Most Treasured Genes (HuliQ)

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=106&sid=1400572
Group Asks Government To End Use of Birth-control Patch (WTOP/Associated Press)

May 8, 2008

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignB
ureaus/archive/200805/FOR20080508b.html
Vote Against Embryonic Cloning Seen as Sign of Shifting Debate (Cybercast News Service)

http://healthinfo.cedars-sinai.edu/healthnews/healthday/080506HD6
15073.htm
Researchers Find Lubricant Doesn’t Hinder Fertility: Doctor Who Helped Develop Product Said It Could Aid Couples Trying to Conceive (Cedars Sinai Medical Center Health News/HealthDay News)

http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=82156536
UK Government: Results of Pilot Study on Early Medical Abortions in Community Medical Settings Published (Individual.com/M2 Presswire)

http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1142&dept_id=
567520&newsid=19669902
Iowans Take 5-year Initiative to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies (Mt. Pleasant News)

May 7, 2008

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9175169
Stem Cell Funds Likely, Post-Bush (Denver Post)

http://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20080506clin008%
2Ehtml
Half of Women Not Using Contraceptives At Time of Elective Abortion (Clinical Lab Products/Reuters)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/hl_nm/iud_dc
IUDs Seen to Reduce Cancer Risk (Yahoo! News/Reuters)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1930938/Campaign-to-end-'ab
ortion-capital'-Britain.html
Campaign to End 'Abortion Capital' Britain: MPs Will Today Launch a Campaign To Cut The Number of Abortions Carried Out And Reduce The Upper Time Limit For Termination From 24 to 20 Weeks (Telegraph)

May 6, 2008

http://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20080505epid003%2Ehtml
Aberrant Karyotypes More Common in Infertile Couples (Clinical Lab Products Magazine/Reuters)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/health/research/06patt.html?_r=1&ad
xnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=science&adxnnlx=1210083088-erN0ecG5xuEUp9
CpBAon2g
Patterns: Serious Message in a Seductive Voice (New York Times)

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080505/LIFE
STYLE03/805050319/1004/LIFESTYLE
Even at 40, Many Women Still Pursue Motherhood (Binghamton Press/Sun-Bulletin)

May 5, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR20
08050301735.html
Sharing the Gift of Life - Jamie Thompson, a 'Test-Tube Baby,' Is Doubly Blessed: She Has Loving Parents and a Caring Surrogate Mother (Washington Post)

http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/lambda_050508.html
State Supreme Court to Decide: Could Federal Law Prevent a Lesbian From Having Children? (PageOneQ)

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2008/05/03/life/lifestyles/d00478a50dd10a2b
8625724a007e1eb3.txt
Some Clinics Claim to Help Shape Babies With ‘Defective’ Genes (Northwest Indiana Times/Associated Press)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2
008042901698_pf.html
Maternal Truths: How Much About Your Teenage Transgressions Should You Tell Your Kids? (Washington Post)

May 2, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR20
08042801875.html?tid=informbox
HRT Increases Stroke Risk (Washington Post/HealthDay)

http://media.www.pacepress.org/media/storage/paper424/news/2008/04/
30/Features/Egg-Donation.Generates.Interest.Among.CashStrapped.Coll
ege.Females-3361275.shtml
Egg Donation Generates Interest Among Cash-strapped College Females (Pace Press)

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080502/LIFE
STYLES/805020345/1013

Motherhood Hopes Fade at 40: Fertility Levels Begin to Drop By Mid 30s (Fort Myers News-Press)

http://www.star-telegram.com/458/story/617488.html
What About the Guys? (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Minneapolis Star Tribune)

May 1, 2008

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/29/MN9A10
DOR1.DTL
White House Blocked EPA Studies, GAO Reports (San Francisco Chronicle)

http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10973
British Lawmakers Consider Updating Abortion Law (Feminist Majority Foundation)

http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis
/2008/04/30/walkers_world_french_births_soar/2087/
Walker's World: French Births Soar (UPI)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120960715396558293.html?mod=hp
p_us_personal_journal
Which Genetic Tests Are Really Worth Getting? (Wall Street Journal)

April 30, 2008

http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/deciding-babys-sex
Deciding Baby's Sex: Can Diet, Timing, And Changing Body Chemistry Really Determine The Sex Of Your Baby? (WebMD)

http://www.dothaneagle.com/content/gulfcoasteast/dea/lifestyle.apx.-
content-articles-DEA-2008-04-29-health_experts_step_up_debate_
over_safety_of_plastics.html
Health Experts Step Up Debate Over Safety Of Plastics (Dothan Eagle/Washington Post)

http://www.physorg.com/news128691662.html
Women’s Biological Clock Revealed: Hormone May Predict Age at Menopause (PhysOrg)

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-afghan-health-mothers
.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Death in Childbirth: A Health Scourge for Afghanistan (New York Times/Reuters)

April 29, 2008

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/apr/29/fertility_center_signs_
deal_firm38929/
Fertility Center Signs Deal With Firm: New York Company Agrees To 25-Year Management Pact (Charleston Post & Courier)

http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=81606022
Fertility Test Claims to Measure Good Eggs (Individual.com/Chicago Tribune)

http://www.emaxhealth.com/48/21959.html
Poor Sexual Health Must Be Addressed (EMax Health)

http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2008/04/24/BRAZEN-0717-
whatsEggingYou-A.aspx
The Brazen Careerist - Egged On: Bag the Career, Have Babies Soon (The Hook)

April 28, 2008

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1360296/tests_will_tell_if_you_
can_still_have_a_baby/index.html?
Tests Will Tell If You Can Still Have a Baby (Red Orbit/South Wales Echo)

http://www.mlive.com/saginawnews/living/index.ssf/2008/04/surprise
_offer_brings_special.html
Surprise Offer Brings Special Delivery (Saginaw News)

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=179535&src=120
The Pill And IUD Make A Comeback For Women Over 40 (Illinois Daily Herald)

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