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Thursday, March 21, 2013  Influential pediatricians group backs gay marriage; says kids raised that way do just as well

Monday, August 06, 2012  Jackie Richards works hard as an advocate for children in South Carolina.  If you need further verification, ask the members of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the group that awarded recognized her in their annual meeting on July 28.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  Doctors say kids and tanning salons don’t mix, that's why they want teens banned from tanning salons. According to the Americans Academy of Pediatrics, the risk of developing skin cancer is too great. The academy’s policy statement is published in the March issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.