By Lisa Bast Kali Jackson always knew she’d attend college. Her goal was to study nursing and eventually embark on a career as a pediatrician. Since the sixth grade, Jackson had been enrolled in The Young Scholars Program with the promise of a full scholarship to Ohio State University. She never saw herself in the role …
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By Michael Cook One of the most terrifying accidents imaginable is to become paralyzed and to be unable to speak. Fortunately, scientists are gradually learning how to interpret signals from the brain and translate them into letters, words, and eventually speech. In a milestone for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have shown …
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By Ashley Leenerts, Texas Right to Life When a family receives a life-limiting diagnosis for their preborn child, these parents face life-altering changes to their future plans. This is a heartbreaking situation that has been highlighted in recent news because of a lawsuit against Texas’ strong Pro-Life laws, which do not include an exception for …
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By Ashlynn Lemos, Texas Right to Life Vitoria Bueno Boche, 19 years old from Mina Gerais, Brazil, was born without arms due to a congenital defect. Although this does impact her life, it has never caused her to lose sight of her dreams. At the age of five, her physiotherapist realized that every time Vitoria …
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By Laura Echevarria, NRL Director of Communications and Press Secretary Editor’s note. This appeared in the January 2022 issue of National Right to Life News and is very much worth a second read. Our culture embraces people with disabilities more readily than it has in the past but many of those same supportive voices claim that …
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By Cassy Fiano-Chesser A Massachusetts politician who said abortion is needed so babies with disabilities wouldn’t be born — and become drains on the system — was voted to remain as chair of the local Democratic party. But after backlash, he resigned. Last month, Michael Hugo spoke in a city council meeting about keeping pregnancy resource …
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By Right to Life UK A prematurely-born Lincoln City Football Club fan has received a surprise makeover of his bedroom after a charity decorated it in homage to his team. Young Oscar from Lincoln was born prematurely and suffered brain damage as a result. Doctors thought it unlikely that he would live for more than …
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By Michael Cook One of the most terrifying accidents imaginable is to become paralyzed and to be unable to speak. Fortunately, scientists are gradually learning how to interpret signals from the brain and translate them into letters, words, and eventually speech. In a milestone for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have shown …
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By Michael Cook One of the most terrifying accidents imaginable is to become paralysed and to be unable to speak. Fortunately, scientists are gradually learning how to interpret signals from the brain and translate them into letters, words, and eventually speech. In a milestone for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), researchers at UC San Francisco and UC …
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By Dave Andrusko The perfect headline captures the gist of a story in language that blends immediacy with a spark of recognition. Enter “Before the ‘Final Solution’ There was a ‘Test Killing,” a story written by Kenny Fries that ran in the New York Times. NRL News Today has written (or reposted) many stories about how the …
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By Michael Cook One of the most terrifying accidents imaginable is to become paralysed and to be unable to speak. Fortunately, scientists are gradually learning how to interpret signals from the brain and translate them into letters, words, and eventually speech. In a milestone for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), researchers at UC San Francisco and UC …
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By Bridget Sielicki Actress Ali Stroker, who is paralyzed from the chest down and uses a wheelchair, recently announced her first pregnancy with husband David Perlow. In an October interview with Self, Stroker spoke candidly about her desire to use her pregnancy to advocate for people with disabilities. Stroker has used a wheelchair ever since …
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