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		<title>A mom&#8217;s story: Mixed emotions over fixing son&#8217;s cleft lip</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/26/mixed-emotions-cleft-lip-28646/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in  the New York Times Motherlode blog, Meera Oliva says she was devastated when she learned prenatally that the child she was carrying had a cleft lip, but her concerns disappeared as soon as her son, Elan, was born. Now that Elan is six months old and about to undergo his third surgery, Oliva [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators seek to probe birth defects, dump site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, ABC News: California&#8217;s two U.S. senators are seeking to halt the expansion of the state&#8217;s largest toxic waste dump pending the completion of an investigation into birth defects in a nearby community of farm workers. The announcement came shortly after state public health officials said they found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA environmental activists say contamination caused disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/21/ca-environment-disabilities-20445/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno [CA] Bee: Environmental activists say chemical contamination of air and water have caused a cluster of birth defects in a small town in Kings County, CA. They are seeking a moratorium on industrial development in Kettleman City, where they say five babies were born with birth defects between September 2007 and November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Women look away from babies with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/24/women-look-away-19081/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Time magazine, Associated Press: A new study suggests that women have a harder time than men looking at babies with visible disabilities. In the study by psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital and published on online journal PloS One, 27 men and women were shown photos of babies, including some of babies with distinct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Smile Pinki&#8217; takes Oscar; Surgery rid girl of stigma</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/23/smile-pinki-takes-oscar-10455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From BBC, UK Times, People Magazine, Hindustan Times: The story of an Indian girl whose cleft lip was repaired through surgery has won the Academy Award for best short documentary. Directed by Megan Mylan, the film follows Pinki&#8217;s transformation from an introverted social outcast to an outgoing local celebrity after an operation funded by The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth defects linked to assisted reproduction</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/18/birth-defect-4938/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and elsewhere: Babies conceived with the help of medical technology are two to four times more likely to have certain types of birth defects than children conceived naturally, according to a study published online Monday in the journal Human Reproduction. The report from the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In UK, ban sought on abortions for cleft palate, club foot</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/06/cleft-palate-2623/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Scotsman: Conservative Member of Parliament Nadine Dorries is pushing for a measure that would specifically prohibit abortions for club foot and cleft palate. The UK&#8217;s Abortion Act says that an abortion may be carried out if the child &#8220;would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be serious handicapped,&#8221; but does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cindy McCain in Vietnam on cleft palates mission&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/06/19/cindy-mccain-2404/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press report in the [UK] Guardian, Good Morning America (ABC): Far from the presidential campaign, Cindy McCain traveled to the coastal town of Nha Trang, Vietnam, to visit with about 100 children who were awaiting surgery for cleft palates and cleft lips. The operations will be provided by the U.S. charity Operation Smile, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP with cleft palate seeks to limit abortions for disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/05/19/mp-with-cleft-palate-seeks-to-limit-abortions-for-disabilities-2147/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Guardian: An MP with a cleft palate will introduce an amendment to the embryology bill that could reduce the number of late abortions on the grounds of disability. Nick Palmer, the Labour MP for Broxtowe, wants doctors and clinics to be forced to provide mothers with the most up-to-date scientific and medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Insure your unborn baby&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/04/27/insure-your-unborn-baby-2028/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald: Expectant mothers will be able to insure their unborn babies against pregnancy complications, birth defects and even death under a new policy offered by insurance giant ING. The program is called the first of its kind in Australia, possibly the world, and will be aimed at the growing population [...]]]></description>
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