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more about #fertilitytreatments more comments → girlarchaeologist: I can provide anecdotal evidence to back up the driving in the snow poll. Trucks blow past me on a regular basis. I feel like I should have a sign o... more » BytheSea: Advance doesn't matter. If your book sells over the advance, then you're paid royalties for the overage. However, for the normal author, if your book... more » gherkinfiend: And now you know why the UK has around a 6% rape conviction rate on a good year...the police only worry about doing something wrong when it might affe... more » lucylooo: Slow down in bad weather? I can't count the number of times I"ve had some jackass blow by me doing 140 on the 401 in near-whiteout conditions. It's ... more » curiousgeorgiana: In addition to being worthy of a larger advance, Secretary Clinton's book was actually readable. more » phantom lady: soooooo.... being born a girl is a side effect? more » Kate- Kate: I like that raising the chance of having a girl is known as a "side effect". Really no one would ever know they are having a girl vs. boy because of m... more » MargaretMoony: God, stories about people who don't know they're pregnant until they give birth terrify me! I mean, they made a whole tv series about it so it could ... more » clevernamehere: The Sacred Heart assault case is interesting. I saw an AP piece on it where they had assumed it was a gang rape and then had to re-edit when the foun... more » Ailatan: "I wish I could be more artful in the way I say things." so you're actually praising yourself for your honesty? more » Chivone: Isn't that a part of the ADA? That everyone is affirmed a right to bear life? Here in America I know that holds when it comes to the government and yo... more » misspell: I think the key thing is that "unfairly labeling the couple as one person" business. Only one of them is going to have to carry a living creature in h... more » Bunsen Honeydew: I think there's something really wrong about this. Why aren't people like the Duggars prevented from having more children or something if this is the ... more » Stabby McStabberson: it sgould be pointed out that she can have IVF if she pays for it. she has been turned down for natinal health funding, the equivalent of medicaid -- ... more » greengrey: Biological children are a right? I do think this is pretty shitty, and they should do it if she can pay for it. But it does make me think, why does e... more » -
#leftovers
On The Shelf: Hillary Vs. Sarah • Study: Police Ignore Rape Claims If Victim Is Drunk
• Sad, sad news: Going Rogue beat Hillary Clinton's memoir in sales with 700,000 to Clinton's 600,000. However, the awesome Secretary of State received a much bigger advance of $8 mil, while Palin was only offered five. • More » -
#reproductiverights
Woman Denied Fertility Treatments Because Her Husband Already Has Kids
Janine and Jason Macallister have been unsuccessfully trying to have a child for many years. Janine decided to look into fertility treatments—and was deemed "ineligible" because Jason already has two biological children of his own. More » -
#wombraiders
Research Suggests Women May Produce Eggs As Adults
Scientists have found evidence that adult women have stem cells in their ovaries that let them generate more eggs, challenging the long-standing belief that women are born with a fixed number of ova. More » -
#personalpolitical
What About This Should The Government Regulate?
Slate's William Saleten is all over the IVF-regulation beat. Today, he follows up on the Georgia bill that was an ill-disguised effort to confer personhood on cell clusters. It was amended, but still has issues. More » -
#pregnantpause
Backlash Hits Octuplets Doctor, Mom & Fertility Industry
With the news that Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor has another patient expecting quadruplets, many are calling for new regulations on fertility treatments. But will these regulations unfairly penalize women? More » -


