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Queensland Abortion Law Must Change
Shay, a woman whose unborn baby is so seriously malformed doctors have said he won't survive, cannot get a termination in her home town in Queensland, because the government has suspended medical abortions. This means that no hospital will perform the medical abortion (administering a pill like RU486 with medical attention on hand if needed) on...
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Family Guy Cast Perform ‘Abortion Episode’ Live
If you are a Family Guy fan, you've no doubt heard of the infamous ‘Abortion Episode’ which was recently banned from US screens. Seth MacFarlane, the man behind Family Guy, created the controversial episode. MacFarlane recently explained “20th Century Fox, as always, allowed us to produce the episode and then said, ‘You know what...
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New Law Would Give Men Final Decision In Abortion
A Republican lawmaker in Ohio, U.S.A has re-introduced a bill that would give a man the final choice on whether the woman he got pregnant could have an abortion. Dubbed the “father’s right bill,” it would give the man the right to stand up and say he doesn’t want the fetus he contributed DNA to to be aborted. But it says nothing about th...
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School Makes Kid Change Pro-Life Tee
I may not agree with its message, but a California school’s in trouble for forcing a teen to take off the pro-life tee she was wearing in honour of “pro-life t-shirt day.” Her mum says they violated her rights to free speech, and she’s taking them the court. I hope she wins. Yes, I said it. It’s not that I think the shirt has mer...
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The Hardest Choice
Everyone's talking about the murder of George Tiller, the Kansas doctor assassinated because of his work providing late-term abortions to women (and, it must be said, girls). Much of the talk, on television anyway, centres on political questions: Will the Tiller murder reignite abortion as an issue at this delicate moment, just as a new justice is...
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Kansas Abortion Doctor Killed At Church
Sad news from Kansas — Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed while ushering at church. A suspect is in custody. From Huffington Post: WICHITA, Kansas — Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas doctor whose clinic received national attention for performing late-term abortions, was shot to death as he entered his Wichita church on Sunday. Tiller has be...
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Don’t Like Your Baby’s Gender? Sweden Rules ‘Gender-Based’ Abortion Legal
Now, according to a Swedish medical ruling, if a mother or couple discover the gender of their baby and decide “that’s what we were hoping for” they can get an abortion on that basis. Here’s how it broke down. A Swedish mother of two girls requested two abortions in a row after learning the gender of her foetus. It became apparent to doc...
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Abortion Ads On Television?
British TV viewers may soon see "adverts" for abortions alongside the more typical commercials for tea and crisps. According to ABC News, "the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practices [in the U.K.] is considering rewriting the TV rules regarding advertising as a way of tackling the problem" of an increased rate of teen pregnancy. Rules on co...
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Why Teen Girls Are Taking Drugs Meant For Cows
It's rumour and conjecture at this point, but Wisconsin health officials are taking seriously claims that a rash of teenage girls have taking drugs commonly used on cows to force their bodies to abort babies. The kids allegedly got hold of prostaglandins, drugs used by farmers to regulate cows' heat cycles for breeding, and ingested them as "a...
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