71.   And it has no exceptions to protect the physical or mental health of a pregnant woman.

72.   And government statistics show that the vast majority of pregnant working women do indeed choose to remain on the job.

73.   And he said it was symbolically important to begin consideration of national health-insurance legislation with a look to the future, by aiding pregnant women and children.

74.   And just to prove its intentional meanness, the law makes no exception for rape or protecting the health or saving the life of the pregnant woman involved.

75.   And Kaiser Permanente in Westchester County, N.Y., is planning to provide doulas for at least some pregnant women in the next four months.

76.   And new studies suggest that pregnant women who have HIV can greatly reduce the chance of transmitting the virus to their fetuses by taking the drug AZT.

77.   And in South Carolina, a pregnant woman drowned when her car plunged into a swollen creek.

78.   And pregnant women, like Michelle Leonardo of Boca Raton, have to make their own decisions.

79.   And little research is focused on preventing deaths among black pregnant women, in large part because most people think dying in childbirth is no longer an issue.

80.   And that means identifying pregnant women who, often without knowing it, are infected with the AIDS virus.