Monthly Archives: February 2002

Throw the Bums in Jail

A Canadian judge was very angry this month for a very odd reason — a man who admitted he wrongfully accused his wife of assaulting him was arrested and jailed for several days. Judge Dianne Nicholas railed against prosecutors, arguing … Continue reading

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Women Obtaining Concealed Weapons Permits in Michigan

A concealed weapons permit system went into effect in Michigan several, and the Detroit Free Press focused on women who are lining up to obtain their weapons permits. Under the new state law, anyone with a clean criminal history can … Continue reading

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Is Positive Discrimination the Solution to Gender Imbalances in British Parliament?

After last summer’s elections in Great Britain, women made up only 118 of 659 politicians elected to the House of Commons. Great Britain is now considering requiring political parties to nominate women. Is this legal or even a good idea? … Continue reading

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Glenn Sacks on Bogus V-Day Statistics

Glenn Sacks wrote an interesting article about a lot of the statistical claims that Eve Ensler‘s nonprofit V-Day was spreading around about domestic violence. The entire article is worth reading, but I was especially intrigued by this claim which Sacks … Continue reading

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Let Mike Tyson Fight Already

The other day an e-mail from the National Organization for Women crossed my desk. The e-mail was outraged that Washington, DC, had granted Mike Tyson a license to fight and called for people to protest to city officials to have … Continue reading

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North Carolina Boy Wants Tryout for Girls Softball Team

Josh Godbold is in an odd position — the 8th grader desperately wants to obtain some experience so that he can have a shot at trying out for a high school baseball team next year. There’s only one problem. The … Continue reading

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Upcoming Abortion/Breast Cancer Trial in North Carolina

Women’s eNews recently reported about an upcoming trial in Fargo, North Dakota, in which a judge will be asked to weight the claims and counterclaims about whether or not abortion contributes to increased risk of breast cancer. Not only are … Continue reading

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Anti-Abortion Groups Challenges Morning After Pill in Great Britain

Since January 2001, women in Great Britain have been able to buy the emergency contraception drug levonelle from pharmacists without a prescription. Now an anti-abortion group is mounting a legal challenge to this policy that could also threaten the availability … Continue reading

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Female Genital Mutilation Hospitalized 21 Girls in Kenya

This happened back in October but is an frightening example of the dangers of |female genital mutiliation|. At the end of October, 21 girls in Kenya had to be hospotailized due to serious infections they developed after being forced to … Continue reading

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The Ever Expanding Problem of Domestic Violence

Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick wrote an excellent debunking of a widely publicized study published in the British Medical Journal claiming that extremely large percentages of women in Great Britain were victims of domestic violence. It turns out that is true only … Continue reading

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