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No Such Thing As ‘Wrongful Birth’ In Maine, Judge Rules

Matthew McDonald

A woman who thought she was getting a contraceptive device that would last three years got pregnant, delivered a healthy boy, and sued the drug manufacturer for wrongful birth. But Maine has a law that prohibits damages for so-called wrongful birth unless someone has been permanently sterilized, and a federal judge as ruled that the state law is constitutional.

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Dartmouth Faculty in Uproar Over College President’s Slap-Down of Pro-Antifa Visiting Scholar

Matthew McDonald

A lecturer at Dartmouth College who defended Antifa's violence at left-wing rallies and counter-protests got criticism from the president of Dartmouth College, but not it's the president who's getting criticism from Dartmouth faculty members. Academic freedom is in jeopardy, say more than 100 signers of a letter.

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