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Minority births set to be the majority this year
9:00 AM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - This is part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years...
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Pregnant woman ignored in waiting room; baby dies at home
7:05 AM on 12/12/2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Clark County says University Medical Center has suspended six employees while it investigates claims that a woman was ignored for so long in an emergency room that she went home and gave birth to a premature baby who later died...
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Stress of racism can cause premature births for black moms
7:42 AM on 11/23/2009
OPINION - Being black in America is bad for a woman's health. Why? Chronic racism over the lifetime of African-American women affects their birth outcomes...
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Former Chicago inmates: We were handcuffed while giving birth
12:15 PM on 06/16/2009
ALEX PEREZ Former Chicago inmates Simone Jackson and Danielle Bryant are seeking to file a class action lawsuit against the Cook County Sheriff's Department. Both claim they were forced to give birth while shackled and handcuffed to the hospital bed. Jackson said, "It's dehumanizing. It's degrading. It's immoral." Jackson and...
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Triplet mother gives birth to triplets (video)
12:04 AM on 06/08/2009
A 23-year-old triplet said she is still in shock after doing the unthinkable: giving birth to her own healthy triplets. Amber Ali of Detroit, Michigan gave birth to Amir, Armann and Amari Whitaker, at Sinai Grace Hospital on May 26. The brothers came within minutes of each other, arriving at...
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Undeveloped twin removed from baby's mouth (video)
8:19 PM on 05/27/2009
MIAMI - The mother of a newborn in South Florida is praising doctors for her son's survival. Her son was born with an extremely rare deformation. Little Jordan Smith was born with what doctors determined to be an undeveloped twin protruding from his mouth. Just nine days after his birth,...
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Number of babies born from unwed moms grows dramatically (video)
3:39 PM on 05/27/2009
More and more young women are walking with baby strollers before they walk down the aisle. A new study from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics finds the percentage of babies born to unmarried mothers has risen dramatically within the past few decades. Birth rates among unmarried U.S. mothers...
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Recession causing a baby bust (video)
12:13 PM on 05/22/2009
New census figures show we are in a baby bust because of the recession. The government says because of recession the number of children born last year fell sharply compared to 2007. Experts say the trend started just before the earliest stages of the recession when home and gas prices...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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