The mother and brother of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face charges after they cut her open and removed her fetus without anaesthetic. picked by funkfrost 11 months ago

Mexicans marched on Sunday against plans to legalise abortion in Mexico City, a move that has split opinion in the world's second-largest Roman Catholic country and drawn fire from the Pope. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

In the last presidential debate, Sen. Barack Obama, responding to a question about an abortion litmus test for Supreme Court nominees, unequivocally affirmed his support for the right to choose abortion. But then - and here is the part that made my heart flutter, nay, pound - he went on to connect the debate about abortion to the issue of ensuring equal pay for equal work. picked by tundramonkey 1 year ago

Once again Miss Teen SC demonstrates grace under pressure. picked by narfpie 2 years ago

The abortion pill RU486 will be available to Victorian women within weeks. But the drug will be restricted to cases considered clinically necessary because a surgical abortion is not appropriate. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Dumisani Rebombo, 49 had participated in a gang rape when he was a teenager. Rapes in South Africa have become epidemic with 1 in 4 males admitting that have raped someone. Rebombo is working on changing that. He also went to the woman he raped so many years ago and sought forgiveness. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Aurelio Vallerillo-Sanchez is no gentleman art thief. He may have stolen a painting of the Virgin Mary, but it was not in the pursuit of fine art. Instead it was to pay for an abortion. An abortion for a 14 year old. A 14 year old that Vallerio-Sanchez had repeatedly raped. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

"The woman still would have the right to avert her eyes under this legislation. There's nothing that would require her to actually look at the ultrasound image."

WTF? So the father gets off with nothing? Yeah, that's fair. picked by tundramonkey 2 years ago

Two words that do not belong together. Their very juxtaposition in the headline should give you shudders. In South Africa the "cure" for lesbians is rape.

Further information here picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Over 1,000 pregnant women in South Africa set a new world record on Saturday for the largest gathering of women due to give birth -- and there were no early arrivals. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Crews from the North Carolina firm Signage Industries installed two signs near downtown Columbia, South Carolina that mistakenly pointed motorists away from the two colleges and an auditorium they promoted. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

The South Carolina incumbent governor forgot his voter ID card, blaming it on eye injuries from bright lights on the campaign trail. picked by capriccio 3 years ago

The campaign, which plastered the London subway with posters advertising the charms of South Carolina and five major U.S. cities to gay European tourists, landed with a resounding thud in South Carolina... picked by ybcool 1 year ago

Some doctors who oppose abortion say they’ll quit their jobs if President Obama repeals Bush regulations that allow health care professionals to refuse to perform operations that are in opposition with their beliefs, NPR reports. A Christian Medical Association report found that “90% of those surveyed said they will quit their practices before violating their conscience.” picked by Bingo 5 months ago

“I really am hopeful that eBay can see that once this is up, that it is not a glorification of violence,” said auction organizer Dave Leach, an abortion opponent from Iowa. “If the auction stays up, it will only be because eBay has been shamed into recognizing the nonviolent nature of the items.” Items organizers said were being donated for the auction include an Army of G... read full post picked by cecilberman 4 weeks ago

Six cloned Labrador retrievers are now using their olfactory prowess to help officials find drugs and explosives at airports and harbors across South Korea. The dogs—which all share the name “Toppy,” a combination of “tomorrow” and “puppy”—became the world’s first working cloned sniffer dogs when they reported for duty last Thursday, according ... read full post picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Abortion is a problem in China as elsewhere. Previously abortions were mainly due to the legal limit on number of children. Lately more and more are young women, often with no sex education to speak of, resulting in multiple abortions picked by suebe 3 months ago

A 44-year old woman is raped by a 15-year old. A rape kit is done to obtain evidence, evidence which helped convict the rapist. Although the woman was assured she wouldn't be billed for the kit, she was and is. After being a victim of rape, she is now being asked to cough up almost $2000 picked by bernardblack 7 months ago

Really interesting theory about the relationship between legalized abortion and crime. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Italy's drug regulation agency has approved the use of the abortion pill RU486, also known as mifepristone, prompting protests from the Vatican. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago