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- Ohio senators to hear 'heartbeat' abortion bill
- Breaking: HHS shoots down over-the-counter morning-after pill for teens
- British women urged to pre-order abortion pill for Christmas
- Report reveals majority of MTV's misogyny comes from women
- HS censored Christmas, Chanukah songs with religious meaning
- Plan B: Barack Obama and the Morning After Pill
- China children rescued in swoop on traffickers
- Romney's changes of heart worry conservatives
- ACLU fights to suppress rights of unborn
| Ohio senators to hear 'heartbeat' abortion bill Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:41 AM PST An Ohio bill that would impose the nation’s most stringent abortion limit is scheduled to have its first hearing before state senators Wednesday, after months of sitting idle in the Republican-led chamber. |
| Breaking: HHS shoots down over-the-counter morning-after pill for teens
Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:38 AM PST The Federal Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has overruled the FDA, nixing plans to allow minors access to the morning-after pill without a prescription. |
| British women urged to pre-order abortion pill for Christmas Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:18 AM PST British women were being urged to order the morning-after pill as a precautionary measure as the Christmas party season approaches. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is offering to send a pack of the emergency contraceptive Levonelle to women's homes free of charge in a bid to reduce the number of 'unplanned' pregnancies in January. |
| Report reveals majority of MTV's misogyny comes from women
Posted: 07 Dec 2011 07:08 AM PST A new study of the MTV network’s shows finds women engage in a whopping 88 percent of the shows’ sexual dialogue, insult each other much more than the men, and offer themselves up in positive portrayals only when they’re talking about physical appearance and their ability to bounce back from getting ridiculed. |
| HS censored Christmas, Chanukah songs with religious meaning
Posted: 07 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST A New Jersey high school admits that it “inadvertently” censored Christmas songs that include the words God, Jesus, Santa, Christmas and Chanukah – in place of music that would not be “belief-specific. |
| Plan B: Barack Obama and the Morning After Pill Posted: 07 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST The always market-friendly Barack and Company are eager to provide right-to-choose accessibility for underage girls. Instead of stocking shelves with organic apples, the Obama administration hopes to make products available that, rather than enhance life, take it away. |
| China children rescued in swoop on traffickers
Posted: 07 Dec 2011 06:16 AM PST A BBC correspondent in Beijing says the staggering numbers in the investigation reveal the scale of the country's child-trafficking problem. Critics blame China's one-child policy and lax adoption laws, which they say have created a thriving black market for Chinese children. |
| Romney's changes of heart worry conservatives Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:08 AM PST Mitt Romney: flexible pragmatist, or a politically soulless flip-flopper too eager to please? |
| ACLU fights to suppress rights of unborn
Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:49 PM PST The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said Tuesday it plans mount legal challenges against two bills that would restrict access to abortions in the state if they become law. |
