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Monthly Archives: December 2003
California Woman Dies After Taking RU-486
Eighteen-year-old Holly Marie Patterson died in September from complications that resulted after she took RU-486 to induce an abortion. Patterson obtained the drug from a Planned Parenthood clinic. Patterson apparently followed the directions given to her by Planned Parenthood but … Continue reading
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Patricia Ireland Fired by YWCA
In an incredibly unsurprising move, the Young Women’s Christian Association in October fired Patricia Ireland as its national director. Ireland was hired by the YWCA in April 2003 after leaving the National Organization for Women. The move was an odd … Continue reading
Efforts to Criminalize Male Rape in Scotland
In Scotland police are investigating a number of sexual assaults on men perpetrated by what is believe to be a small gang. But under Scottish law, raping a man is not recognized as a crime. Under Scotland’s definition of rape … Continue reading
Studies: Women With Breast Implants Have Higher Suicide Rate
Two recent studies of women with breast implants confirmed what previous studies had found — such women had a higher suicide rate than women without breast implants. A Dutch looked at the cause of death for 3,521 Swedish women who … Continue reading
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Measuring Parental Preferences for Boys Over Girls
A couple of researchers recently published the results of a look at marriage patterns based on the sex of the children in the marriage and came up with a startling conclusion — the fewer male children, the larger the likelihood … Continue reading
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Judge Allows Lawsuit Over Transgendered Bathroom Controversy to Proceed
A judge in New York paved the way for a lawsuit brought by the Hispanic AIDS Forum to proceed against the HAF’s former landlord. The Hispanic AIDS Forum is suing based on a claim of discrimination against transgendered persons. The … Continue reading
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German Court Offers Mixed Ruling in Headscarf Case
In September Germany’s highest court issued a mixed ruling in the case of a Muslim woman who was denied a job at a German school because insisted on wearing a headscarf on the job. Fereshta Ludin, 31, had successfully interned … Continue reading
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Open Season on Children in the United States
One thing I will never understand is why killing a child so often results in so little jail time provided that the person who does the killing is the parent of the child. Consider the case of 22-year-old Tiffany Trice … Continue reading
Gerald Amirault Granted Parole
A Massachusetts Parole Board voted in October to grant parole to Gerald Amirault who was at the center of the Fells Acres child care sex abuse case which marked the start of a nationwide hysteria over alleged ritual sexual abuse. … Continue reading
Unmanned Commonsense at NPR
Sally Pipes has an article on gender neutral language — which isn’t a bad idea but, like all things, gets absurd when taken to extremes — that begins with this hilarious anecdote from a recent National Public Radio broadcast, Last … Continue reading
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