A DAY IN THE LIFE

A Nurse Midwife Ministers to Pregnant — and Often Troubled — Girls

By Mary E. Medland

Washington

At 6 a.m. the alarm goes off at Loral Patchen's home in the northwest quadrant of this city, but the first one out of bed is her husband, César Torres, who soon will bring his wife a fresh cup of coffee.

"I get to drink coffee until I become...

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