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on his keys to a long life. "First, I am the result of a tremendous shuffling of genetic material, which included some 3 billion potential variables. I got lucky. My combination seems to confer longevity," he said. He also wrote that his career and his family life had been enjoyable and rewarding,
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in the late 1990s, Jones officially retired from his institute so that he could care for her. However, as of 2013, Jones still spent a few hours per day at EVMS and was writing his twelfth book. In
February 2012, Jones successfully appealed to Virginia legislators to stop a bill that would have
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published a 1997 follow-up study revealing Reimer experienced gender identity problems and lived as a man in adulthood. Reimer ultimately committed suicide at the age of 38.
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declared life to begin at conception. Jones said that the bill would have interfered with medical treatment for infertility.
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Jones Howard (2005). "Twenty-Five Years of In Vitro
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Jones Howard W.; Toner James P. (1993). "The Infertile Couple".
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Crockin, Susan L., and Jones, Howard W., Jr. (2010).
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Diamond, Milton; Sigmundson, H. Keith (March 1997).
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952:"Jones named chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology"
245:recommended sex reassignment for a child named
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311:In 2011, Jones wrote an article for
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