Over 2,000 fetal remains found at ex-abortion doctor’s home
Joliet (Illinois): More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said.
The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release late Friday that an attorney for Dr Ulrich Klopfer’s family contacted the coroner’s office Thursday about possible fetal remains being found at the home in an unincorporated part of Will County in northeastern Illinois. The sheriff’s office said authorities found 2,246 preserved fetal remains but there’s no evidence medical procedures were performed at the home. The coroner’s office took possession of the remains.
An investigation is underway. A message left Saturday seeking additional comment on the discovery was not returned by the Will County Sheriff’s Office investigations department. Klopfer, who died September 3, was a longtime doctor at an abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana.
It closed after the state revoked the clinic’s license in 2015. The Indiana State Department of Health had previously issued complaints against the clinic, accusing it of lacking a registry of patients, policies regarding medical abortion, and a governing body to determine policies.
The state agency also accused the clinic of failing to document that patients get state-mandated education at least 18 hours before an abortion. Klopfer was believed to be Indiana’s most prolific abortion doctor, with thousands of procedures performed in multiple Indiana counties over several decades, the South Bend Tribune reported. (AP)
British Library ad triggers Twitter storm over ‘comma’
London: The British Library’s advertisement outside its building has triggered a debate over the use of ‘comma’ on social media. It reads: “Shops. Cafés. The whole wealth of human knowledge, endeavour and experience to date. Events. Exhibitions.”
The sign was shared on Twitter by Peter Hornsby. The post went viral and netizens pointed out that the British Library should have included a ‘comma’ after the word endeavour.
Few wrote in favour of the library, while others said there should be a ‘comma’ after the word endeavour. “Love it! But where is the Oxford comma?????,” said a Twitter user. Another wrote: “The lack of the Oxford comma is killing me.”
The post has gained around 21,000 likes and over 3,400 retweets.
“I don’t think an Oxford comma is necessary in this particular sentence; it isn’t ambiguous. Besides, isn’t it Americanism?” posted another.
Meanwhile, the British Library has not responded or tweeted anything in return. (IANS)
75-year-old taxi driver rams into people watching street music act
Nagoya: A 75-year-old taxi driver on Saturday rammed his vehicle into the sidewalk and injured seven people who were watching a street music performance at the station square in Nagoya.
Four men and three women were hurt in the incident which was witnessed around 9:25 p.m. (Local time) near the city’s Kanayama Station, the Japan Times reported.
“While people were attending to those who had been injured, the taxi suddenly backed up, hitting and injuring more people,” said one of the witnesses.
The driver, identified as Katsuhiro Komori, was arrested and he told the police that he does not remember what happened, cops said. A colleague of the driver said that he had never heard of him causing an accident and that he did not have any problems at work.
In the aftermath of similar accidents involving elderly drivers, the National Police Agency (NPA), the land ministry and other related ministries are in discussion to create a new driver’s license system that limits senior citizens to cars with certain safety features and mandatory cognitive assessment test when they renew their licenses.
Last year, 460 fatal traffic accidents were reported in Japan which was caused by drivers aged 75 or over. The numbers has surged from 8.7 percent in 2008 to 14.8 percent in 2018, NPA said. (ANI)