"The Texas Attorney General's office will continue to defend the Texas Legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program, " Abbott's communications director, Lauren Bean, said.

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After the daily dawn-to-dusk fast, comes the feast, and even the most career-minded single women are dragooned back into the kitchen to help prepare the time-consuming harira bean soup and the traditional pancakes and sweets: melaoui, baghira, chebbakia, sfouf.

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All women should have sufficient pillows, and use of floor mats, a birth ball and bean bags.

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