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Trisomy 18

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing: Is This the Brave New World We Want?

Alexandra Minna Stern | Posted 02.10.2013 | Science
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Alexandra Minna Stern

If NIPT becomes part of routine prenatal care, it poses real challenges for genetic counselors, whose professional charge is to communicate genetic information to a wide range of clients in a manner that respects reproductive autonomy and the rights of people with disabilities.

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In Arizona, You'd Be Pregnant By Now!

Deborah Stambler | Posted 06.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, Arizona House Bill 2036, Trisomy 18, Spina Bifida, Women's Issues, Abortion Rights, Moment of Conception, Tay-Sachs, Contraception, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Deborah Stambler

Some who favor this law are claiming that it protects women. I'm not sure how that logic works. It seems to follow the same rule that claims every woman in Arizona who has her period is pregnant.

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Santorum's Daughter Released From Hospital

AP | Posted 04.10.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The 3-year-old daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been released from a Virginia hospital and is settling in...

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Santorum Daughter Recovering

AP | KASIE HUNT | Posted 06.09.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's hospitalized daughter could be released Monday, his campaign said. Santorum spokesman H...

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Santorum Gives Health Update On Daughter

AP | Posted 04.04.2012 | Politics
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FALLON, Nev. -- Rick Santorum says his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, is home from the hospital after a bout with pneumonia. Santorum told reporters tha...

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When It Comes To Parenting, The Political Is Very Personal For Santorum

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.01.2012 | Parents
Read More: Parenting and Politics, Rick Santorum, Trisomy 18, Children With Disabilities, Candidate Families, Parents of Children With Disabilities, Bella Santorum, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Never has a presidential candidate lived so searing a parenting tale while he campaigns. In that way, the former Pennsylvania Senator's life is both a very singular and personal story, and also a very public window into the kinds of private choices families find themselves making across the country every day.

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Confusion Over Reports Of Santorum Daughter's Hospitalization

AP | Posted 04.01.2012 | Politics
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PHILADELPHIA — The daughter of GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum was hospitalized near his home in Virginia, not in Philadelphia, as orig...

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Bella Santorum Hospitalized With Pneumonia: Is It A Complication Of Trisomy 18?

Posted 04.09.2012 | Healthy Living
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Bella Santorum, the youngest daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, will continue to stay in the hospital with pneumonia for two...

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Inside Bella Santorum's Life-Threatening Condition

Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics
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This weekend, Rick Santorum left the campaign trail to be with his 3-year-old daughter, Isabella, who was hospitalized with pneumonia. Fortunately, Be...

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Bella Santorum: What Is Trisomy 18?

The Huffington Post | Jocelyn Richard | Posted 04.09.2012 | Healthy Living
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Few politicians have wed their political and family lives quite like GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Frequently hitting the campaign trail w...

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Rick Santorum's Heartbreaking Family Situation

The Washington Post | Melinda Henneberger | Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics
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At the lectern in a packed convention center last month, Rick Santorum spoke haltingly, not for the first or the last time, about his seriously ill yo...

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