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CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Pregnancy Resource Center volunteer Coleen Pierce and executive director Janet Birkey talk Tuesday about how furniture in the clients room should be situated at the center’s new offices on Main and Seventh Streets. Liliana Castillo The Pregnancy Resource Center offers an array of services for free. To do that, the […]
CNJ staff The Curry County Wellness Council’s Stay Teen Committee is promoting teen pregnancy prevention awareness by asking local teens to participate in the national online quiz at Stay Teen.org. Parents are asked to talk to their teens about the scenarios in the quiz and what they feel are the right answers. Link to the […]
By Anita Doberman: CNJ Columnist When a woman is pregnant, people develop an uncontrollable urge to tell her what to do.
Anita Doberman I had two miscarriages after my first daughter was born. Although they were early in the pregnancy, I felt a deep sense of loss and despair for the babies I lost, and it took me a long time to recover and move forward. I hated having to tell everyone that the baby didn’t […]
By Anita Doberman: Local columnist I had two miscarriages after my first daughter was born. Although they were early in the pregnancy, I felt a deep sense of loss and despair for the babies I lost, and it took me a long time to recover and move forward. I hated having to tell everyone that […]
By Associated Press Correspondent Betsy Blaney CLOVIS — For years, one thing had controlled Rayshaun Parson’s dreams, behavior and sometimes even her body, those who know her say — a baby of her own. It was an obsession that some say included a so-called phantom pregnancy — a rare medical phenomenon in which women who […]
CNJ Staff Photo: Tony BullocksSallie Foster, chairman of the Maternal and Child Health Council of Curry County, gives the opening presentation during Thursday’s Teen Pregnancy Summit at the Clovis Civic Center. By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer Evidence poured from the women in the room: A social service agent whose youngest client is a pregnant […]
Tonya Garner: CNJ Staff My grandmother taught me many simple rules, which have served me well in life: * Keep your hands and feet to yourself; * If you can’t say something nice then don’t say anything at all; * Treat others the way you want to be treated. What is it about a pregnant […]
Tibor Machan What does “partial birth abortion” mean, anyway? A procedure whereby a nearly born infant is killed just before it sees the light of day. The reasons for this are usually because there are concerns about the health of the mother, but without a ban that wouldn’t be necessary. What is wrong with it, […]
Pregnancy births uninvited comments, curiosity
By Anita Doberman