maternity leave

TGIF to all! I certainly need the weekend to relax - and to stay warm. It is freezing in Southern California (I know, it is not really freezing, but it is for me!).

Washington - "A judge dismissed a case this week by a Christian adoption agency's challenge to Obama administration regulations expanding stem cell research.

The case arose from a decision by President Barack Obama to lift restraints on stem-cell research that were put in place by President George W. Bush.

Jewish news service, JTA, reports that Israel's National Insurance Institute authorized its first maternity leave for a homosexual couple.

The institute approved a two-month leave from work for a gay man, Yonatan Gher, following the birth of his biological son to a surrogate mother. His male partner has begun official adoption procedures.