In Puerto Rico Zika fears shape a mother’s choice
Keishla Mojica and partner John Rodriguez faced Zika as Puerto Rico endured a 2016 outbreak. Doctors linked recent rashes to Zika, with 5 to 8 percent of Mojica’s prenatal patients infected. Abortion remains culturally and legally constrained, and Mojica chose to carry her son Jayden Aramick, praying for protection as services for children with disabilities strain under poverty and budget cuts.
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Aguas
Puerto Rico
Zika
Keishla Mojica
John Rodriguez
Mojica
United States
Commonwealth
Alfonso Serrano
Hima San Pablo Hospital
Caguas
Rodriguez
Pew Research Center
Pew
San Juan
Health Department
The
Pentecostal Fraternity of
FRAPE
Island
Alberto Rodriguez
Division of
Department of Education
Miguel Valencia
Valencia
Social Security Administration
States
District of Columbia
Mariana Islands
Jayden Aramick
TNS
San Lorenzo
National University College
Microsoft pioneer Ric Weiland’s huge bequest reshaped science and society
The $170 million gift to amfAR and other LGBTQ and HIV causes funded cure research and legal wins. It enabled Countdown to a Cure, supported HIV antibodies research, and backed GLSEN, Lambda Legal, Pride Foundation, and endowments at Stanford and others. Weiland’s unrestricted grants spurred schools, policies, and same sex marriage advances amid a changing political climate.
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Microsoft
Ric Weiland
Seattle
Foundation For Aids Research
Berlin
Timothy Ray Brown
Marcella Flores
Amfar
Weiland
Mike Schaefer
U.S. Supreme Court
Schaefer
George W. Bush
Kris Hermanns
Pride Foundation
Stanford University
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle Children’s
Brown
Oregon Health & Science University
Nancy Haigwood
National Institutes of Health
Hutch’s
Keith Jerome
Hutch
Hans-Peter Kiem
Judi O'Kelley
Lambda Legal
Barack Obama
Lambda
Washington State
Hermanns
GLSEN
Obama
Byard
Bush
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