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History of Abortion Laws

alterwords.wordpress.com     11 hrs ago   11 related          

In describing the “abortion trial” of Canada’s first woman doctor, Emily Howard Stowe [download pdf], feminist legal historian Constance Backhouse outlines the history of Canada’s abortion laws and the motivation of doctors who...                

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Achieving MDG5 Through Free Medical Care for Pregnant Women

allafrica.com     55 mins ago          

Now it feels so easy and better because every one can deliver at no cost at all." These are the words of a two thirty-one year old mother of two, Charity Okine, who delivered at the Prampram Health Centre in the Dangme West...                

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28 Sens.' Letter Urges Leavitt To Scrap Draft Rule That Could Limit Birth Control Access

medicalnewstoday.com     2 hrs ago          

Twenty-eight senators, including Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), on Wednesday sent a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt calling on the Bush administration to halt its proposed regulation being...                

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A can't miss community post: What Makes for a Good Abortion?

feministing.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

Community blogger Nell (also of Abortion Clinic Days - a blog of abortion providers telling their stories) asks readers, "What makes for a good abortion?" We often share your stories with our own patients. Hearing that someone...                

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The Anniversary of Humanae Vitae

firstthings.com     10 hrs ago   3 related          

You know the story. Forty years ago—on July 25, 1968—a tired, grumpy, and celibate old man in Rome issued an encyclical called Humanae Vitae, solemnly declaring that birth control is bad, and half the world responded with a...                

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EU food safety experts say NO to cloned meat

aftermathnews.wordpress.com     10 hrs ago   37 related          

Calls for clone farming to be banned were stepped up yesterday after an official study highlighted animal suffering and food safety risks. This is London | Jul 24, 2008 The European Food Safety Authority found that animals...                

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Roundup: Humanae Vitae Issued 40 Years Ago Today

rhrealitycheck.org     7 hrs ago   3 related          

How Humanae Vitae Happened ... 40 years ago today Pope Paul VI's declared that the Catholic church stands opposed to all forms of contraception. Patsy McGarry looks back to the run-up to the decision to issue the encyclical in...                

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Mindy McCready: Miscarriage?

babble.com     9 hrs ago          

Ugh. This story is so just so many kinds of terrible.According to Access Hollywood, the troubled country music star was hospitalised in Nashville last week after (reportedly) suffering a miscarriage. Some reports also suggested...                

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Anger as EU rejects calls to ban baby bottles made with chemical linked to breast cancer and...

thisislondon.co.uk     5 hrs ago   12 related          

Calls to ban baby bottles made with a chemical linked to early puberty, breast cancer, miscarriage and infertility have been rejected by EU watchdogs. The European Food Safety Authority(EFSA) has angered campaigners by...                

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Babies at Risk as Reid Spikes Omnibus Package with Psychotropic 'MOTHERS Act'

christiannewswire.com     23 hrs ago   2 related          

Contact: Amy Philo, UNITE, 214-705-0169, 817-793-8028 WASHINGTON, July 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D NV) has slipped a controversial bill called The MOTHERS Act into an omnibus package called...                

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