Why Are Conservative Christians Suing To Increase Abortions?
December 2nd, 2013The Supreme Court’s decision to hear two cases about the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate is likely to popularize a word many Americans have never heard before: abortifacients. The word has been around since the mid-19th century but recently it has become completely politicized — as everything involving a woman’s reproductive system has —
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Abortion Restrictions Are Harming Women’s Health And Human Rights In Texas
November 25th, 2013Abortion restrictions in Texas are hurting low-income women in the Rio Grande Valley, which is proof positive that the U.S. needs to think about human rights locally, not just internationally. Last week the Supreme Court decided to leave in place a Texas law that has essentially closed a third of the abortion providers in that state. On
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U.S. Top Court Won’t Block Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
November 20th, 2013Washington (AFP) – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a law that restricts women’s access to abortions in the southern state of Texas. The measure requires that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (48 km) of the site of the abortion, in case complications arise. As a result,
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China Eases One Child Rule, Ends Re-Education
November 15th, 2013Beijing (AFP) – China’s Communist rulers announced an easing of the country’s controversial one-child policy as part of a raft of sweeping pledges unveiled Friday including the abolition of its “re-education” labor camps and loosening controls on the economy. The moves — also including reductions on the application of the death penalty — were contained
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U.S. Top Court Rejects Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Case
November 12th, 2013Washington (AFP) – The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear a case concerning pre-abortion ultrasounds for women seeking to terminate their pregnancies in Oklahoma. By refusing to take up the matter, the top U.S. court let stand a ruling by the state’s supreme court that struck down a local law requiring “the performance, display
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