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I'm just back from vacation and trying to catch up on the war in Gaza. More on that later. But first, something I didn't have a chance to get to before the break: the Vatican's latest pronouncement on fertility technology. Apparently the men in Rome are having trouble understanding some nuances of the female reproductive system. Read More 
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