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Monthly Archives: April 2005
New Mexico Hounded Father for Support for Non-Existent Child
In December, Wendy McElroy wrote about one of the strangest cases of child support gone awry in a case where a man was hounded by the state of New Mexico to support a child that didn’t actually exist. Viola Trevino … Continue reading
British Study Confirms that Multiple SIDS Deaths Not So Unusual
This site frequently mentions cases where parents or others kill children and escape with ridiculously lenient sentences. But there is another sort of injustice, and that is where overzealous officials use pseudoscientific nonsense to create a hysteria that convicts people … Continue reading
Tagged Great Britain
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Conference Hears Testimony of Forced Abortion In North Korea
The 6th International Conference on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees heard testimony in February about alleged forced abortions and infanticide in North Korean prison camps. Using the alias Park Sun-ja, a 28-year-old defector from North Korea testified that she … Continue reading
Indiana Court Rules Lesbian Partner Must Pay Child Support
In February, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that a lesbian woman must pay child support for a child conceived by her partner before the two separated. In 1997, the woman adopted her partner’s in 1997 when the two were … Continue reading
UC Rethinks Rejection of Men’s Literature Course
In January, the University of California reversed itself and agreed to accept for transfer credit a course taught by Professor David Clemens at Monterey Peninsula College, “Literature By and About Men.” In December 2004, Clemens complained that the University of … Continue reading
Virginia House Approves Bill that Would Further Regulate Abortion Clinics
As I’ve said before the best hope for success that those opposed to abortion might have is to regulate abortion clinics to death. Numerous superfluous regulations of businesses have been upheld by courts, and pro-lifers could turn the tables on … Continue reading
Mother Gets Off With No Jail After Shaking Baby Girl to Death
Carisa Ashe, 34, reached a plea agreement with Atlanta prosecutors in February in which she will not serve a single day in jail for shaking her 5-week-old daughter to death in 1998. The infant, Destiny, had been born premature and … Continue reading
Kenyan Justice Minister Apologizes for Rape Remark
Kenyan Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi apologized in February for using rape as a metaphor for his criticism of aid donors concerned about corruption in that country. Responding to criticism from donors about corruption in Kenyan, Murungi said that such criticism … Continue reading
Relatively Large Numbers of Single British Women and Men Don’t Want to Get Married
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a survey of British singles by Mintel found that 56 percent of single women and 46 percent of single men describe themselves as “very happy.” Meanwhile, 19 percent of men and 28 percent of … Continue reading
French Appeals Court Rules Driver Can’t Be Charged With Killing Pregnant Woman’s Fetus
A French appeals court ruled in February that a driver who caused the death of a pregnant woman and the fetus she was carrying cannot be charged with two counts of manslaughter in the accident. In October 2003, a van … Continue reading
Tagged Abortion, France
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