Yesterday CNN featured a story about Xochitl Parra, a 17-year-old girl who not only hid her pregnancy from her family but gave birth at home and walked to the hospital with the baby still attached by the umbilical cord and placenta.
While recent movies like "Juno" make teen pregnancy seem relatively easy with an accepting family and guilt-free adoption, Parra's story - though extreme - reflects the reality many teen mothers-to-be face.
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Something is wrong with America. Who am I kidding, a lot is wrong with America. But when the No. 1 movie at the box office last week was one called "Baby Mama," something must be said.
I have decided to break from my long-standing fancy of writing about politics to talk about the American film industry, an economic behemoth that has, as of recent years, almost completely lost my confidence.
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It is not hard to see what the Clinton family is trying to do within the Democratic Party. By staying in the race for the White House, the Clintons are attempting to drag the Democratic nomination process on until the convention this summer. They know that this will damage the party to a point where it will not be able to recover in time to win the general election in November. That way, Hillary Clinton will be granted clear favorite status to challenge Republican John McCain in his quest for a second presidential term in 2012. Unfortunately for the Clintons, the media and Democratic insiders realize what they are doing, and they will not look too kindly on the Clintons since they are intentionally trying to give the White House to McCain.
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The Centers for Disease Control, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and England's National Health Service all agree: Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccines do not cause autism. Within 10 years of the vaccine's licensing, the number of cases of measles in the United States fell by roughly 400,000. Mumps and rubella were also much more common prior to the vaccine's introduction.
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