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US CDC expert in Colombia to study Zika impact
A US expert on birth defects said on Tuesday that children born from women infected with Zika may suffer other complications in addition to microcephaly.Margaret Honein from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in...
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Medics aim to reduce deaths of women and babies
LEAD IN:Medical experts in Sudan are working to lower the number of deaths in pregnant women, new mothers and their babies.The death rate for these women and the infants is significantly higher than the world average.STORY LINE:A tiny...
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Hillary: "I am a human being!"
An array of celebrities turned out in New York to support Planned Parenthood at its centennial celebration, and to hear Hillary Clinton urge continued activism on behalf of women and girls around the world, and access to services like...
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A look back at Catherine's busy third pregnancy
LEADIN:
The birth of the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is expected any day now.
But while Catherine is spending the final days preparing for the new arrival, her pregnancy has been a busy...
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Doctors Without Borders closing women's hospital in Haiti
Aid group Doctors Without Borders is closing an obstetrics hospital in the Haitian capital that it opened in the aftermath of the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
Chief of mission Michelle Chouinard says the hospital...
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Lena Dunham writes essay about undergoing hysterectomy at 31
LENA DUNHAM WRITES ESSAY ABOUT UNDERGOING HYSTERECTOMY AT 31
Lena Dunham has written an incredibly personal essay about coming to terms with permanent infertility at age 31.
Vogue.com published Dunham's...
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Washington state to sue over new abortion policy
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Monday he will sue to challenge President Donald Trump's policy setting up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, calling it "a transparent attack on Planned Parenthood" that would...
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Lawsuit seeks to block Georgia abortion law
Opponents of a Georgia law that bans most abortions asked a judge on Tuesday to keep it from taking effect while their legal challenge plays out.
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Lawsuit seeks to block Georgia abortion law
Opponents of a Georgia law that bans most abortions asked a judge on Tuesday to keep it from taking effect while their legal challenge plays out.
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WRAP Pope Benedict completes visit to Brazil, departure
Pool
Aparecida
1. Wide of Aparecida Sanctuary
2. Tilt down of Sanctuary facade
3. Large outdoor screen showing meeting of CELAM = Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (Latin American Episcopal Council)
4. Interior, wide of Pope Benedict...
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Southern Indian village attempts to reverse teen pregnancy trend
Attappady, Palakkad district, Kerala, India - April/May 2008
1. Pan from view of hills to road
2. Wide of village
3. Pan over huts
4. Various of women carrying out daily chores
5. Mid of Lakshmi with her child
6. Close of Lakshmi's...
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USA: WASHINGTON: ABORTION DEBATE RAGES ON IN US CONGRESS
English/Nat
The U-S senate could be facing a showdown with President Bill Clinton next week following a congressional vote Thursday which could lead to a ban on late-term abortions.
The move was welcomed by anti-abortion campaigners who...
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Treatment for the male menopause
AP Television
Manchester, UK - March 11th, 2011
1. Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers treating patient
2. Close of blood pressure being applied
3. Close of blood pressure monitor
4. Mid of Dr Malcolm Carruthers and patient through door
5....
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Peggy Young sued UPS for discriminating against pregnant women and, after losing two rounds in lower courts, the Supreme Court will hear her case Wednesday. (Dec. 1)
SOUNDBITE (English): Peggy Young, former worker suing UPS:
"My doctor recommended I not lift anything over 20 pounds."
SOUNDBITE (English) Peggy Young, former worker suing UPS:
"UPS explained to me they do not provide light duty for...
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TAIWAN: TAIPEI: FILIPINO MAID AND BABY DEPORTED
Man/Eng/Nat
In Taiwan, a Filipino maid and her one month old baby were deported today (Tuesday) for violating a local employment law that bans foreign workers from becoming pregnant.
Raymunda Baccay is the first immigrant worker to be...
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Maternal mortality rate still high in sub-Saharan Africa despite UN goals
Nairobi, Kenya - 22 June 2010
1. Pan across corrugated iron roofs of Nairobi's Korogocho shanty town
2. Wide of people walking through Korogocho
3. Close-up of feet belonging to traditional birth attendant Margret Atieno as she walks...
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How to turn unborn babies into future art lovers
AP Television
St Petersburg, Russia - December 9, 2009
1. Mid of woman listening to guide
2. Close up of woman''s hand on her bump
3. Close up of woman''s face
4. Wide of group of women standing in front of painting
5. SOUNDBITE...
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Medical staff work to overcome people's suspicions about the polio vaccine
1. Wide of street and bazaar (market)
2. Mid of a disabled man walking down the road
3. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Murad Khan, villager:
"At that time (when he suffered from polio) the polio vaccine was not available. Now that it is available I...
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Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak says he will vote for the health care bill after coming to an agreement on abortion language. Obama will sign an executive order reaffirming the ban on the federal funding of abortions.
HEADLINE: Stupak to vote yes on health care bill
CAPTION: Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak says he will vote for the health care bill after coming to an agreement on abortion language. Obama will sign an executive order reaffirming the ban...
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CHECHNYA: WAR STRESS BLAMED FOR INCREASE IN BIRTH DEFECTS
Russian/Nat
Doctors in Chechnya are blaming war stress for a big increase in problem pregnancies and birth defects.
There's no peace dividend for the healthy ones either they're born into a land with no electricity or running...
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Concern over lack of medical facilities for pregnant women
1. Tent city outside campus of Muzaffarabad University
2. Shehnaz Bibi and children walking through tent city
3. Various of Bibi and children inside tent
4. Close up of Bibi
5. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Shehnaz Bibi, Pregnant Mother:
"I don't...
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Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel recommended Wednesday
HEADLINE: Who should get swine flu vaccine first?
CAPTION: Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel...
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KENYA:NAIROBI: CAMPAIGN ON DANGERS OF ILLEGAL ABORTIONS
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Women activists in Kenya have launched a vigorous campaign aimed at curbing the country's high mortality rate from illegal abortions.
Kenya's Family Planning Association wants the abortion issue given top priority at next...