“HK woman cuts baby from pregnant mother's womb - The State” plus 4 more |
- HK woman cuts baby from pregnant mother's womb - The State
- Hong Kong woman pleads guilty to cutting open pregnant mother's womb ... - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
- Ghostwriting Is Called Rife in Medical Journals - Star-Banner
- Groups team up to host teen pregnancy sessions, block party - Carroll County Online
- Lawsuit: Tenure at Siegel denied because of unwed pregnancy - Daily News Journal
| HK woman cuts baby from pregnant mother's womb - The State Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:50 AM PDT It was there that Leung strangled the woman with a cord until she passed out and then slashed a 4-inch (10-centimeter) wound in her abdomen, it said. The woman survived the attack but the infant died six months later after suffering wounds that caused brain damage and impaired bodily function, the newspaper reported. Leung said she was jealous of the pregnant woman's happiness and wanted the child for herself, it said. Details of the case were not released at the time of the crime and were only made public this week. A message left with prosecutors was not immediately returned. According to the news report, the prosecution said Leung, who claimed to have suffered miscarriages in 2003 and 2008, pretended to be pregnant by wearing towels tied under her clothes, according to the newspaper report. She managed to persuade her husband of four years that she was carrying a baby and obtain a doctor's certificate to claim maternity leave, the newspaper said. Sentencing was set for Oct. 27 to give prosecutors time to determine whether Leung should be committed to a mental hospital and whether she posed a long-term risk to the community. A similar case was reported in June in the United States, where an Oregon woman was accused of cutting a fetus out of another expectant mother after they met during a search for baby clothes on the Internet. The woman was found dead in her apartment, and the accused was charged with kidnapping the infant girl.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:09 AM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong woman who faked her own pregnancy has pleaded guilty to cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and trying to remove her baby. The infant later died. Leung Sin-ting, 27, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of manslaughter and inflicting grievous bodily harm on the expectant mother, court spokeswoman Brenda Yu said Friday. Prosecutors said Leung invited the woman, who was eight months pregnant, to her apartment last September after the two met on a childcare Web site, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported. It was there that Leung strangled the woman with a cord until she passed out and then slashed a 4-inch (10-centimeter) wound in her abdomen, it said. The woman survived the attack but the infant died six months later after suffering wounds that caused brain damage and impaired bodily function, the newspaper reported. Leung said she was jealous of the pregnant woman's happiness and wanted the child for herself, it said. Details of the case were not released at the time of the crime and were only made public this week. A message left with prosecutors was not immediately returned. According to the news report, the prosecution said Leung, who claimed to have suffered miscarriages in 2003 and 2008, pretended to be pregnant by wearing towels tied under her clothes, according to the newspaper report. She managed to persuade her husband of four years that she was carrying a baby and obtain a doctor's certificate to claim maternity leave, the newspaper said. Sentencing was set for Oct. 27 to give prosecutors time to determine whether Leung should be committed to a mental hospital and whether she posed a long-term risk to the community. A similar case was reported in June in the United States, where an Oregon woman was accused of cutting a fetus out of another expectant mother after they met during a search for baby clothes on the Internet. The woman was found dead in her apartment, and the accused was charged with kidnapping the infant girl. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ghostwriting Is Called Rife in Medical Journals - Star-Banner Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:08 AM PDT Among authors of 630 articles who responded anonymously to an online questionnaire created for the study, 7.8 percent acknowledged contributions to their articles by people whose work should have qualified them to be named as authors on the papers but who were not listed. In the scientific literature, ghostwriting usually refers to medical writers, often sponsored by a drug or medical device company, who make major research or writing contributions to articles published under the names of academic authors. The concern, the researchers said, is that the work of industry-sponsored writers has the potential to introduce bias, affecting treatment decisions by doctors and, ultimately, patient care. According to the study, responding authors reported a 10.9 percent rate of ghostwriting in The New England Journal of Medicine, the highest rate among the journals. Editors of the Boston-based journal said Thursday that they were "puzzled" and "skeptical" of the findings. The study also reported a ghostwriting rate of 7.9 percent in JAMA, 7.6 percent in The Lancet, 7.6 percent in PLoS Medicine, 4.9 percent in The Annals of Internal Medicine, and 2 percent in Nature Medicine. "These journals are the top of the medical field," Joseph S. Wislar, a survey research specialist and lead author of the study, said in a phone interview. He recommended that they take more action to require that all contributors be listed in acknowledgments if they are not named as authors. Three JAMA editors, Annette Flanagin, Phil B. Fontanarosa and Catherine D. DeAngelis, joined Mr. Wislar in the study. The new study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal, was made public Thursday morning at an international meeting of journal editors in Vancouver. "It was very compelling, and I find it quite shocking, to be honest," Ginny Barbour, chief editor of PLoS Medicine, the journal of the Public Library of Science, said after the meeting. "We are a journal that has very tough policies, very explicit policies on ghostwriting and contributorship, and I feel that we've basically been lied to by authors." Some of the same researchers (though not Mr. Wislar) also sent out a questionnaire to authors of articles published in 1996 in three of the same publications. That study reported ghost authorship rates of 16.2 percent in The New England Journal of Medicine, 15.3 percent in The Annals of Internal Medicine, and 7.1 percent in JAMA. Comparisons between the studies may not be valid because they relied on different methodologies and covered different authors. The older study involved a mail-in questionnaire sent to authors based in the United States while the new study, involving an online questionnaire, solicited responses from authors based both inside and outside the United States. In both cases, the studies have the potential for reporting bias because they did not choose respondents randomly but relied on authors to elect to answer the questions; moreover, authors were asked to disclose their own behavior, with the potential for them to underreport the use of a ghostwriter, which is considered an academic crime akin to plagiarism. Finally, the response rates from authors of articles varied widely, ranging from 58.3 percent for one journal to 85.9 percent for another journal, the researchers said. Karen P. Buckley, spokeswoman for The New England Journal of Medicine, said she was "completely shocked" at the high rate of ghostwriting reported by its authors. She said the journal was continually strengthening its safeguards. Editors of the journal released a statement through Ms. Buckley saying the JAMA study used an improperly broad definition of ghostwriting. But Annette Flanagin, a JAMA editor and co-author of the new report, responded that it was the standard definition of the term.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Groups team up to host teen pregnancy sessions, block party - Carroll County Online Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:13 PM PDT |
| Lawsuit: Tenure at Siegel denied because of unwed pregnancy - Daily News Journal Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:45 PM PDT A former Siegel Middle teacher is suing county schools for sexual and gender discrimination in a federal court in Nashville. Trudy Greer alleges she was terminated because she had an unwed pregnancy while working for the district. But, the Rutherford Board of Education contends Greers annual contract was not renewed due to numerous absences and unfilled administrative requirements. According to a court document filed Tuesday, Greer taught eighth grade language arts from 2005 to 2008. She told principal Tom Delbridge that she was pregnant at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. Throughout the year, he made statements and took actions toward her demonstrating a strong disapproval of her condition give her marital status. This continued even after she married the father of her unborn son. During Greers annual review, she alleges Delbridge told her she was not a good fit long term and that she did not fit in at Siegel. County schools deny that Delbridge said Greer was not a good fit long term, but he did talk to her about being a better fit elsewhere. Greer said she reminded Delbridge that she was up for tenure. According to court documents, he said he could not legally tell her anything about her status, but sometimes teachers see the writing on the wall and if teacher resigns before being non-renewed then it makes it easier to find another position. He allegedly told her if a teacher resigns quietly, the principal would be more likely to give a favorable recommendation. Delbridge denies making the comments. On April 4, 2008, Delbridge told Greer he was not going to renew her contract. That same day Greer claims Delbridge told another Siegel Middle teacher Kelly McCall, who was also eligible for tenure, that her contract would not be renewed. McCall also had an unwed pregnancy that school year. According to court documents, Greer and McCall were the only tenure eligible teachers Delbridge had ever not renewed at Siegel Middle, which county schools deny.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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