When You’re Told You’re Too Fat to Get Pregnant

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When You're Told You're Too Fat to Get Pregnant Elinor Carucci for The New York Times By VIRGINIA SOLE-SMITH A patient recalls being told: "I would never give you I.V.F. You're too fat. Have more sex and lose the weight." Does it make sense, medically or ethically, when fertility clinics refuse to treat prospective mothers they consider too large?

I Found $100 in a Cab. Was It O.K. to Keep It? By KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH Illustration by Tomi Um Last night, I flagged down a yellow cab. When I opened the door, there were five $20 bills lying on the seat. Since there was no way of tracking down the person who left the money — and I figured the cabdriver would just keep the money for himself if I told him about it — I decided to keep it and donate half to charity. Was that the right thing to do?  Read the Ethicist's response here.

Judge Judy Is Still Judging You Ramona Rosales for The New York Times By JAZMINE HUGHES For more than 20 years, Judith Sheindlin has dominated daytime ratings — by making justice in a complicated world look easy.

Letter of Recommendation: Stick-and-Poke Tattoos Unlike professional parlor tattoos, homemade stick-and-pokes retain an air of the illicit. Eva O'Leary for The New York Times By WES ENZINNA Professional parlor tattoos have become respectable. Homemade tattoos are meaningful precisely because they look so bad.

The Man's Blood Pressure Dropped, and He Was Acting Strange. What Was Going On? Photo illustration by Ina Jang By LISA SANDERS, M.D. The older man was unsteady on his feet and seemed to be talking nonstop. Then the seizures started, and his wife sounded the alarm.

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