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9% respectively in 1999) [ 12 ] . Minority women from poor urban communities, such as D. C., enter prenatal care later and have fewer prenatal care visits than white women of higher socio-economic levels [ 13 14 ] . Women who make little or no use of prenatal care often are disenfranchised members of the community, such as homeless and substance abusing women [ 15 16 ] . In D.C., many people, particularly those from disenfranchised communities, do not believe that prenatal care is important.
But as far as how the world would treat me--ignoring me or not, abusing me or not, redeeming me or not--I can't say I would be much better off for being white.
Considering his abusive, alcoholic stepfather, his substance abusing brother, his mother's penchant for gambling, and his own compulsive eating and alleged womanizing, Clinton's family looked like a case study in a codependency book.
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing an antitrust suit against Intel . The alleged offenses: abusing its monopoly power and using pressure tactics against uncooperative computer makers.
"The agency spends significant resources educating personnel to treat taxpayers fairly, and the commission found very few examples of the IRS personnel abusing power," the report noted.