Abortion Rates Down 12 Percent Since 1980 in 1992 Data
Washington reports 1992 saw 6.5 million U S pregnancies with 2.4 million ending in abortions miscarriages or stillbirths. Abortion rate declined 12 percent from 1980 aided by fewer women in late teens and 20s. 1.5 million abortions 900000 miscarriages and stillbirths and 4.1 million births. Demographer Stephanie Ventura notes higher pregnancies among Black and Hispanic women.
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Washington
United States
National Center For Health Statistics
Stephanie Ventura
Woman abducted in trunk freed by bystanders in Kansas City
A 36-year-old Kansas City woman said her husband abducted her from a Pleasant Valley business and placed her in a gray Buick trunk. An off duty Baytown police department civilian employee stopped the attack, while a TWA employee helped pull the woman free. The suspect fled north as bystanders chased him and police searched for him.
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Kansas City
Pleasant Valley
Baytown
Foster faces Senate panel vote on surgeon general bid
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee approved Dr. Henry Foster's nomination with support from freshman Republican Bill Frist and other Democrats. Foster now advances to the full Senate amid abortion debates and GOP presidential contest pressures from Gramm and Dole.
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Washington
Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Henry Foster
Bill Frist
R-Tenn
Foster
Senate
James Jeffords
Vermont
Tennessee
GOP
Phil Gramm
Texas
Bob Dole
Kan
Eight juror dismissed halts O J Simpson trial
Los Angeles AP reports the eighth juror dismissal slows the O J Simpson murder trial as the alternate pool shrinks from 12 to four. Defense smiles after the private session while prosecutors grow grim. Jury sequestration exceeds four months with months to go.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Christopher Darden
Robert Pugsley
Southwestern University
Common male ancestor traced to 270000 years ago
Researcher Dorit of Yale and colleagues report in Science that all men share an identical pattern in a segment of the Y chromosome, implying a single common male ancestor around 270,000 years ago. The finding supports a very recent origin for humanity.
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Washington
Humanity
Robert L. Dorit
Yale University
Science
Earth
Dorit
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