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Fri 09 Sep 2008Where babies are concerned a man just cannot win
A baby is not always simply a bundle of joy, sometimes it can be an instrument of political manipulation, writes John Waters
STRANGE, HOW similar events can have such different connotations in different circumstances. You would think the prospect of new life would be everywhere an occasion of unambiguous rejoicing, but the past week has told a different story. On Tuesday, the newspapers carried accounts of two different announcements relating to the arrival of new human life, with starkly contrasting circumstances and equally divergent meanings.
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