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Immigrant Woman Abused By Government While Giving Birth

by Cara July 17, 2008

Juana Villegas DeLaPaz’s story is, sadly, not particularly unusual, but it is gut-wrenching and outrageous. (h/t brownfemipower) Authorities identified Villegas DeLaPaz as an undocumented immigrant and begin deportation proceedings in such a way that violated ICE’s own procedures.  She did not pose a threat, and was in the advanced stages of pregnancy.  Then she went [...]

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Why We Need to Stop the Democratic Infighting

by Cara April 24, 2008

Because John McCain is a misogynist nutbag. As are his fellow Republicans. Yesterday, Republican Senators successfully filibustered — that’s right, not just voted against but fucking filibustered — a bill that would provide those who have been the victims of discriminatory pay with more legal recourse. In other words, they filibustered a civil rights bill. [...]

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The Cost of Unwed Parenting?

by Cara April 16, 2008

Some conservative wingnut groups funded a study on divorced and out-of-wedlock parenting, and results claim that it costs U.S. taxpayers $112 billion each year. There have been previous attempts to calculate the cost of divorce in America. But the sponsors of the new study, being released Tuesday, said theirs is the first to gauge the [...]

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Anti-Choicers Are Furious Because Obama Cares About His Daughters

by Cara April 7, 2008

You’ve probably already read about Barack Obama’s statements regarding teen pregnancy and the outrage it has inspired in forced-birth proponents. Amanda has already wonderfully skewered the reaction. This is what Obama said: “When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include — which should include abstinence education and teaching [...]

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“News” Organization Files Offensive “Report” on Trans Issues

by Cara April 4, 2008

By now, you’ve probably heard of Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who is pregnant with his first child. With the exception of the original Advocate story, written by Beatie himself, pretty much all coverage I’ve seen has been extremely obnoxious and sensationalized. Thomas and his wife Nancy say that they came out with the news [...]

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Maximum Sentence

by Cara April 4, 2008

Cesar Rodriguez has received a maximum sentence for the manslaughter of seven-year-old stepdaughter Nixzmary Brown. Nxzmary died of child abuse syndrome, specifically from blunt impact to the head with subdural hematoma. It followed years of abuse at the hands of her stepfather who beat her, starved her (she weighed 36lbs), tied her to chairs, apparently [...]

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Breaking: Nixzmary Brown’s Stepfather Convicted of Manslaughter

by Cara March 18, 2008

Cesar Rodriguez – stepfather of Nixzmary Brown, the 7-year-old girl who was subject to persistent physical abuse that eventually killed her – was convicted of manslaughter. A jury in Brooklyn acquitted Cesar Rodriguez, the stepfather of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, of second-degree murder Tuesday, but convicted him of a lesser charge, first-degree manslaughter, for fatally beating her as [...]

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Child Murder Trial Takes Another Disgusting Turn

by Cara February 8, 2008

Remember Nixzmary Brown? The 7-year-old girl who was beaten to death by her stepfather, only to have his defense lawyer argue that the emaciated child who was regularly tied to a chair and forced to use a litter box as a restroom was “a little Houdini” who couldn’t be disciplined and apparently had it coming [...]

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Maryland School District Violates Pregnant Students’ Rights

by Cara February 6, 2008

A school district in Maryland has instituted a policy of informing parents of a student’s pregnancy regardless of that student’s wishes. A revised regulation that directs Howard County school officials to notify parents when students reveal they are pregnant has drawn criticism from health experts who say it violates a young woman’s right to privacy [...]

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Misogynist Excuses For Killing Women Now Extend to 7-Year-Olds

by Cara January 17, 2008

Meet the defense attorney who makes the prosecutor who called gang rape of a ten-year-old “childish experimentation” look good. Warning: graphic descriptions of extreme child abuse follow after the jump:

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