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		<title>Abortion of surrogate fetus with DS sparks ethics debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctor says Canadian bio-parents demanded termination; Surrogate mom refused, then relented &#8216;Should the rules of commerce apply to the creation of children?&#8217; From the Vancouver Sun, [UK] Daily Mail: A Canadian surrogate mother reluctantly terminated her pregnancy at the insistence of the fetus&#8217; biological parents after it was learned that the fetus had an elevated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor loses license after mixing up twins in DS abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Miami Herald: A Florida doctor has had his license revoked after botching an abortion in a twin pregnancy. Asked to abort a fetus with Down syndrome, Dr. Matthew J. Kachinas mistakenly terminated the twin fetus that did not have the genetic anomaly. Immediately after the hearing by the Florida Board of Medicine, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher rate of birth defects found with assisted reproduction</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/23/higher-rate-of-birth-defects-25863/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Reuters/ABC News: A new study has found a higher rate of birth defects among babies conceived by assisted reproduction compared to babies conceived naturally. In the study, almost 3 percent of infants conceived with assisted reproduction were diagnosed with a major birth defect, compared to less than 2 percent of babies conceived naturally, Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertility treatment babies have heightened risk of disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: An increasing number of American babies are being conceived with the help of the fertility industry &#8212; at a cost. Experts say these children are disproportionately likely to be twins, and are at a heightened risk for disabilities including mental impairments, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, and eye and ear impairments. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal embryo test expected soon</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/02/embryo-test-19495/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can identify any of 15,000 known genetic disorders, researchers say From the [UK] Times, [UK] Telegraph, BBC News: A universal test to check embryos for almost any genetic condition could be available in the UK within a year, British researchers say. Clinical trials are expected to start within months. Researchers say the £2,500 procedure, called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer sees &#8216;impending epidemic of disability abortions&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/08/epidemic-disability-abortions-18063/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the American Spectator, Daniel Allott assesses the potential impact of Sequenom, a California company that has promised to produce an earlier, more reliable prenatal test for Down syndrome. The introduction of Sequenom&#8217;s test to the marketplace has been delayed as a result of the alleged &#8220;mishandling&#8221; of data by its employees. &#8230;Recent developments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IVF babies more likely to have birth defects, couple learns</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/30/ivf-babies-birth-defects-15369/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Daily Mail: Both of Yvonne Finlayson&#8217;s IVF twins (at left) have birth defects that have required medical treatment and surgery. Scientists say test-tube babies are up to 30 percent more likely to come with birth defects, and Finlayson and her husband, Mark, say they feel guilty that their desperation for children may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In wake of octuplets, calls to limit embryo implantation</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/02/embryo-implantation-limit-10835/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal, Contra Costa Times: A group of influential Georgia legislators has introduced a bill that would make illegal some of the procedures used by Nadya Suleman, a 33-year-old California woman who gave birth to eight babies through in vitro fertilization in January. Similar legislation has been introduced in Missouri. &#8220;Nadya Suleman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope denounces genetics-based discrimination</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/23/pope-discrimination-10418/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press: In an apparent reference to pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that any type of discrimination based on genetics is an &#8220;attack against all of humanity.&#8221; The remarks came during an audience with participants at a Vatican conference on &#8220;New Frontiers of Genetics and the Risk of Eugenics.&#8221; While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad: Don&#8217;t let &#8216;designer baby&#8217; fears block assisted reproduction</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/17/dad-designer-baby-fears-9870/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Procedure can save lives of kids with disabilities, he says Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Allen Goldberg says clinics that offer to screen embryos for eye color and hair color risk poisoning public opinion against a procedure that can be life-saving for some children with genetic disease. Goldberg&#8217;s son, Henry, had Fanconi anemia, a [...]]]></description>
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