saline abortion legal: An odd search request. Yes, they're legal. But they're also a really bad idea, even if you don't mind the death of the fetus.
Unbelievable 911 calls: I just have one story, of a dogged 911 operator dealing with hospital staff after a call to report an infant had been kidnapped.
Milagros Cerron: Best known as The Mermaid Baby, born with sirenomelia, a condition in which the legs are fused. Like Tiffany Yorks, Milagros underwent surgery to separate her legs. The only other known survivor is Shiloh Pepin. Milagros is walking now:
Number of born-alive babies: The last time I know anybody in the United States made an estimate, it was Willard Cates of the Centers for Disease Control. He said that 500 births were being reported annually, but that this number had to be low because reporting a live birth from an abortion is "like turning yourself in to the IRS for an audit." (“The Dreaded Complication,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1981) You can go here to read some stories of these babies. And here is one of those babies, all grown up and speaking out:
deaths that came from illegal abortions in 2004: I don't know of any. The most recent Centers for Disease Control Abortion Surveillance Report is for 2004, and they don't have their mortality data for 2004. Their most recent maternal abortion mortality data are for 2003, and for that year there were no illegal abortion deaths reported. However, there were 10 safe and legal abortion deaths confirmed. For 2004, I have the stories of Chanelle Bryant and Tamiia Russell (pictured), and I have no way of either confirming whether or not the CDC counted them. God only knows when they'll get around to noticing them. If ever.
Palin rape kits: A tempest in a teapot. There's never been a shred of evidence that even one rape victim in Wasilla had to pay for a rape kit while Palin was mayor.
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