A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-102.1, 32.1-102.2,
32.1-123, 32.1-125, 32.1-125.1, 32.1-126, 32.1-127, 32.1-129, 32.1-130,
32.1-131, 32.1-133, and 32.1-135 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to regulation and licensure of abortion clinics; penalties.
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Patrons– Reid, Black, Marshall, R.G. and Oder
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ […]
Full text of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
A few weeks ago I wrote about Zafran Bibi who was convicted of adultery by a Pakistani court and sentenced to death by stoning. The New York Times‘ Seth Mydans recently wrote an in-depth look at Zafran’s fate as well as the status of the sharia law in Pakistan.
Zafran claims that while her husband was […]
A lot of folks are up in arms over Virginia’s proposal to criminalize marital rape, but the proposal seems like simple common sense.
The recent FDA approval of the abortion inducing RU-486 became a hot political issue this week as Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush tried to dodge statements he made back in January that if he were president he would have serious reservations about the FDA approving the drug, while several politicians chimed in to say […]
Tuesday, September 26, 2000
After I pointed out what I think is feminist hypocrisy over the Nike ads, there was some discussion on the site along the lines of, “get real, you don’t think violence is a real problem for men, do you?” Actually, yes.
Men are the overwhelming victims of violent crime in every society of […]
When Islamic extremists and feminists agree on a principle, run for cover. In this case, both feminists and a Kuwaiti politician both decried the provocative display of the female body in regards to the same event: the Olympics.
In Kuwait, the conservative member of parliament Waleed al-Tabtabai complained about the obscene display of women’s bodies during […]
One of the more fascinating sexual dynamics in the media is how it is usually perfectly acceptable to depict violence against men as humorous while using the same tactics against women brings an immediate protest reaction. This was highlighted over the weekend when NBC announced it was pulling a Nike ad featuring American runner Suzy […]
Some days I think I could just replace this web site with a page saying “go read Cathy Young.” She really hits her stride in a Salon.Com article, Medical gender wars, which deflates a lot of the myths put out by individuals and groups that the medical establishment fails women due to sexism (the “patriarchal […]
Police in Khartoum, Sudan, used tear gas and batons to break up a demonstration by dozens of women. The women were protesting a recent decree by Khartoum’s governor banning women from working in public places such as restaurants and hotels.
According to Ghazi Suleiman, a lawyer who heads the National Coalition for the Restoration of Democracy, […]