41.   On Thursday, the service announced it would allow McAliskey, who suffers from asthma and an eating disorder, to keep her baby with her.

42.   On Thursday, the British Prison Service bowed to pressure from human rights groups and ruled she can keep her baby with her in jail after the birth.

43.   Pregnant women in British jails undergo rigorous scrutiny by welfare and medical experts before they are given permission to keep their babies with them in the early months.

44.   She later denied her story and said she wanted to keep the baby.

45.   The data also indicate a growing number of teens are choosing to keep their babies rather than giving them up for adoption or seeking abortions.

46.   The doctor said mother and baby would be kept under observation.