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  Did Elizabeth Edwards use donor eggs? - By Suz Redfearn - Slate Magazine
And yet if Edwards used her own eggs, this is all but impossible—a woman's ovaries completely stop producing viable eggs by age 45 in all but a tiny percentage of women.
Edwards has publicly stated that she "used fertility treatments" and "took hormone shots" in order to have Emma Claire and Jack.
Edwards could use the limelight to become the infertility and/or donor-egg spokesperson so people could see that many people—6.1 million of them in the United States, in fact—experience infertility, and many of them are seeking out treatments to have babies.
www.slate.com /id/2108863   (1431 words)

  
  Elizabeth Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Elizabeth Edwards (nee Anania) (born July 3, 1949, in Jacksonville, Florida) is a former attorney and the wife of John Edwards, a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina and the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential candidate.
The Edwards are the parents of four children: Catharine (or "Cate"), Wade, Emma Claire, and Jack.
On November 3, 2004, the day Kerry and Edwards conceded defeat in the 2004 US Presidential Election, Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer (she later revealed that had she became aware of the breast cancer in the midst of the campaign after discovering a lump while on a campaign stop in Kenosha, Wisconsin).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_Anania_Edwards   (480 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards' cancer returns | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Elizabeth Edwards' oncologist, speaking to reporters after the couple left, said the breast cancer had advanced to stage four and spread to her bones, a lung and possibly other organs.
Elizabeth Edwards, 57, a former lawyer known for her strong opinions and fierce protectiveness, looked at her husband and smiled throughout a news conference focusing on the grim details of her health.
Elizabeth Edwards, who has long played an active role in her husband's political career, said she believed it was important for the country to elect her husband president.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20070323/news_1n23edwards.html   (1020 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards visits Sprizzo’s on campaign grind
Edwards said she has no fear or loathing of being on the campaign trail with her husband.
Edwards said her husband has a "real life" approach because his parents worked in a small mill to support a family and John Edwards was the first person in his family to attend college.
Edwards met her husband in law school and they practiced law together for a while before being married.
www.gmtoday.com /news/local_stories/2004/February_04/02172004_03.asp   (445 words)

  
 Edwards: Wife's cancer returns, campaign goes on - CNN.com
Elizabeth Edwards played a key role in convincing her husband to continue his campaign, a source close to both John and Elizabeth Edwards told CNN's Candy Crowley.
Elizabeth Edwards said she was fortunate that she felt pain from a cracked rib and got X-rays that revealed the cancer.
Elizabeth Edwards first underwent treatment for breast cancer after the 2004 campaign in which her husband was the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
www.cnn.com /2007/POLITICS/03/22/edwards.2008/index.html   (718 words)

  
 John Edwards' One America Committee - Elizabeth
Elizabeth Edwards shares her husband's deep commitment to improving the daily lives of all Americans and making sure that everyone in this country has the opportunity to succeed.
Elizabeth also taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at UNC Law School for two years, and in 1997–98, she was a member of the first group of Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC.
Both Elizabeth and her husband are strongly committed to strengthening communities and expanding educational opportunities for all children.
oneamericacommittee.com /about/elizabeth   (527 words)

  
 Ms. Magazine | Elizabeth Edwards, The Strategist
Elizabeth, born in 1949, says hermother was a “stay-at-home mom”: “Although she was largely traditional as a wife and mother, she was also independent-minded,” Elizabeth told Ms.
Elizabeth had always used Anania as her last name, but in 1996 she took the name Edwards, not for political reasons but to honor the memory of their son.
Elizabeth perceives her role in the campaign in a different way than she views the equal partnership of her marriage.
www.msmagazine.com /spring2004/edwards.asp   (677 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards' Triumph Over Tragedy, Lynch: Wife Of Ex-VP Nominee Reflects On Personal Tragedies And Politics - CBS ...
Elizabeth Edwards has always been more outspoken than her "on message" husband and her book is powerful because of its specificity and the rawness of the facts.
Edwards' reprints e-mail after e-mail which she wrote to other suffering souls about her grief and, while she has moved on with her life, it is clear that her book is yet another mode of healing.
Edwards is starting to discover that her words in the next campaign may be scrutinized more than they were the last time and that she may have to curtail her honest and specific language.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/10/23/opinion/lynch/main2113764.shtml   (869 words)

  
 Charlotte Observer | 10/06/2006 | Edwards in pain, but trying to inspire
In the days since her book was published, Elizabeth Edwards has gone from one interview to the next, from Oprah Winfrey to Diane Rehm to Charlie Rose, talking about the pain of losing her son and her battle with breast cancer.
Edwards, 57, and her husband, former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., rarely spoke of their son's death during the senator's 2004 run for president, or during his bid for vice president.
Edwards -- who did graduate studies in English literature at UNC Chapel Hill and graduated from UNC Law School -- worked on her manuscript from December 2005 to March 2006.
www.charlotte.com /mld/charlotte/entertainment/books/15691459.htm   (1181 words)

  
 John Edwards for President-Elizabeth
Elizabeth Edwards shares her husband's deep commitment to improving the daily lives of all Americans and making sure that everyone in this country has the opportunity to succeed.
Elizabeth also taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at UNC Law School for two years, and in 1997–98, she was a member of the first group of Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC.
Both Elizabeth and her husband are strongly committed to strengthening communities and expanding educational opportunities for all children.
johnedwards.com /about/elizabeth   (569 words)

  
 My Way News - Edwards, Wife to Hold News Conference
Edwards had cut short a trip to Iowa to be with his wife but still attended a barbecue fundraiser Wednesday evening in Chapel Hill, their hometown.
Edwards, 57, had a follow-up appointment Wednesday to a routine test she had Monday.
Edwards discovered a lump in her breast in the final days of the 2004 campaign, when her husband was the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
apnews.myway.com /article/20070322/D8O17GPO0.html   (425 words)

  
 Powell's Books - by Elizabeth. Edwards
Edwards writes about growing up in a military family, where she learned how to make friends easily in dozens of new schools and neighborhoods around the world and came to appreciate the unstinting help and comfort naval families shared.
Edwards' reminiscences of her years as a mother focus on the support she and other parents offered one another, from everyday favors to the ultimate test of her own community's strength — their compassionate response to the death of the Edwards'teenage son, Wade, in 1996.
Elizabeth edwards, a lawyer, has worked for the North Carolina Attorney General's office and at the law firm Merriman, Nichols, and Crampton in Raleigh, and she has also taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at the law school of North Carolina University.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0767925378-2   (1524 words)

  
 John Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edwards was born on June 10, 1953, to Wallace R. Edwards and Kathryn Juanita Wade in Seneca, South Carolina.
Edwards largely avoided attacking Kerry until a February 29, 2004 debate in New York, where he attempted to put Kerry on the defensive by characterizing the front-runner as a "Washington insider" and by mocking Kerry's plan to form a committee to examine trade agreements.
Edwards is widely regarded as a potential candidate for the 2008 U.S. presidential election; his concession speech at the close of the 2004 race hinted at his continued presidential ambitions: "You can be disappointed, but you cannot walk away.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Edwards   (3642 words)

  
 newsobserver.com | Elizabeth Edwards' cancer returns
Edwards was treated for breast cancer after being diagnosed shortly after the end of his vice presidential campaign in 2004.
Edwards said that about a week ago she was moving a chest of drawers in their house and felt pain in her left side.
Edwards said that the injury was a blessing in disguise because it revealed the cancer.
www.newsobserver.com /100/story/556209.html   (747 words)

  
 The modest, impassioned 'anti-Barbie' | csmonitor.com
Edwards lost a son, Wade, in a traffic accident in 1996; Heinz Kerry lost her first husband, GOP Sen. John Heinz, in a plane crash in 1991.
Edwards was a factor in the decision to choose John.
"Elizabeth Edwards is extremely skilled, and clearly knows politics: She knows what to say and what not to say," says Larry Sabato, a professor at the University of Virginia, who recently introduced her at an event at the University of Virginia law school.
www.csmonitor.com /2004/0712/p01s01-uspo.html   (1158 words)

  
 News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | Triangle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
John Edwards, a lawyer and former U.S. senator from North Carolina, is among several Democrats contemplating a presidential run in 2008.
Elizabeth Edwards found an ominous lump in her breast 12 days before the election.
Right after presidential candidate John Kerry and Edwards conceded the election in Boston, she and Edwards drove to the city's Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she got a definitive diagnosis.
rdu.news14.com /content/your_news/triangle/default.asp?ArID=91549   (213 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Edwards continued to stump through five key states in the final days of the campaign despite receiving a distressing diagnosis from her family doctor last Friday: breast cancer.
Edwards discovered a lump in her right breast while campaigning last week for Sen. John Kerry and her husband, his running mate.
Elizabeth Edwards, 55, has been a warm and energetic presence during the campaign, and she is one of her husband's most trusted advisers.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-04-edwards-cancer_x.htm   (600 words)

  
 Salisbury Post | LOCAL NEWS | Elizabeth Edwards' memoir full of emotion
A phone call informed Elizabeth Edwards that John Kerry had asked her husband to be his vice presidential running mate in 2004.
The wife of former Democratic Sen. John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards won widespread sympathy when the family announced — the day after the VP bid ended in defeat — that she had breast cancer.
Edwards bares her pain in all its rawness, captured in e-mails she shared over the Internet with alt.support.grief, a group that became her lifeline, and with friends she made there.
www.salisburypost.com /area/295024302637141.php   (864 words)

  
 Political Wire: Elizabeth Edwards and the Blogosphere
As noted in a previous insider post, Elizabeth Edwards took exception to some sharp criticism from Handin by posting a response on his blog.
Edwards to point out that my story Handin linked to did not draw the same conclusion, and she graciously responded very promptly.
Elizabeth Edwards is extremely smart and a terrific writer...
politicalinsider.com /2006/12/elizabeth_edwards_and_the_blog.html   (266 words)

  
 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation :: Elizabeth Edwards shares her story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Elizabeth Edwards eventually returned to New Hampshire dozens of times when her husband, John Edwards, ran for president.
Edwards said she was glad to attend the event for state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, a staunch supporter of her husband's presidential campaign.
Edwards said a publisher approached her soon after the 2004 election asking her to write a book about herself, but she didn't want to write a ''me, me, me'' memoir.
www.suntimes.com /news/nation/78663,CST-NWS-liz01.article   (540 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer - Undefined Section
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry conceded the presidential race.
Edwards had a needle biopsy performed at the hospital, where Dr. Barbara Smith confirmed the cancer, Ginsberg said.
I wish there were a way I could email Elizabeth and tell her that cancer cannot grow in a body which is alkaline.
www.dailycollegian.com /news/2004/11/05/UndefinedSection/Elizabeth.Edwards.Diagnosed.With.Breast.Cancer-1557457.shtml   (662 words)

  
 The Elizabeth Edwards Campaign
Elizabeth Edwards went on to say that she felt "unbelievably important" for her husband's campaign to continue.
Elizabeth Edwards, who I have interviewed frequently and watched on many of the twists and turns of the presidential campaign trail, is a wholly engaged and very serious political player.
Elizabeth Edwards has a talent for downplaying her own ailments in a way that allows her to connect with people on a human level.
www.thenation.com /blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=178129   (1052 words)

  
 southern_hope: Transcript of Elizabeth Edwards on Hardball yesterday
EDWARDS: I think if you had asked people what the difference was between John Kerry's and George Bush's health care plans, they could not have told you.
EDWARDS: But he is also going to places where there is—where there are no races, but where there might be minimum wage battles to be fought, in states where there's not going to be a primary that matters.
Elizabeth Edwards, who should be president herself, perhaps, in a better country.
community.livejournal.com /southern_hope/77113.html   (1911 words)

  
 Edwardses vow to continue his bid despite her cancer
Edwards' oncologist, speaking to reporters after the couple left, said the cancer had advanced to stage four and spread to her bones and possibly a lung and other organs.
Elizabeth Edwards, 57, a former lawyer known for her strong opinions and fierce protectiveness, looked at her husband and smiled throughout a hastily arranged news conference focusing on the grim details of her health.
For Edwards, the news of his wife's illness came in the midst of a heavy fundraising push at the end of the first quarter of the year, at the start of the most wide-open election in more than a generation.
www.startribune.com /587/story/1072472.html   (647 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards' Breast Cancer Back
At a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C., Elizabeth Edwards, who is 57, told reporters that doctors had discovered cancer on a rib on her right side.
Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer on the last day of her husband's unsuccessful vice presidential bid on a ticket with Sen. John Kerry in 2004.
Elizabeth Edwards said she would begin a new round of cancer treatment but that doctors had told her the treatment would not force her to quit campaigning.
www.webmd.com /breast-cancer/news/20070322/elizabeth-edwards-breast-cancer-back   (588 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 2 sides of Elizabeth Edwards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Elizabeth Edwards' intellect was termed 'a weapon of mass destruction' by a former courtroom rival.
Edwards' intellect, termed "a weapon of mass destruction" by a former courtroom rival, is one side of what she brings to the 2004 campaign as wife of North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential candidate.
Edwards arranged her law practice years ago to be home when Wade and Cate arrived from school.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-07-11-elizabeth-edwards_x.htm   (1254 words)

  
 Everywoman tag fits Elizabeth Edwards
Edwards is on her own with her hair and makeup (She doesn't need much makeup to hide crow's feet - she has few).
Edwards is getting to know her counterpart, Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of the presidential candidate.
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate of John Edwards, speaks to a group of undecided women voters at Portland's restaurant in Phoenix on Saturday.
www.azcentral.com /news/election/president/articles/0823edwards23.html   (901 words)

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