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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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“The Darfur of America” (or not)

by Cara January 9, 2008

Following the trend of increasingly manipulative and stupid arguments against abortion comes this story about African-American anti-choice activists calling the high rate of abortions among black women “the Darfur of America.” Because where’s the fun in protesting if you can’t pointlessly and falsely pit against each other two groups who already have a lot of [...]

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On lamenters of black pregnancy

by Cara November 19, 2007

So some asshole named Will Okun — the male kind of asshole, meaning the kind of asshole who never has to worry about being pregnant unless he co-stars in a bad movie alongside Danny Devito — has written some opinion piece in the NY Times lamenting pregnant black teenagers. He never does specify race, but [...]

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On pregnancy and exercise

by Cara November 10, 2007

A new study shows that exercise is perfectly healthy and safe for pregnant women whose pregnancies are low risk. The researchers tell of pregnant competitive athletes who significantly elevated their body temperature with strenuous exercise. Doctors often worry that heating a pregnant woman’s body may harm a fetus. But those women had normal babies. And [...]

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American views on birth control: reasonable or delusional?

by Cara November 2, 2007

A new poll from the AP of over 1,000 Americans shows some interesting results regarding views on birth control being provided by schools. It is, of course, in response to the “controversy” over the Maine middle school that decided to provide BC as part of its on site health services. Sixty-seven percent support giving contraceptives [...]

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Just when you forget how horrible and irresponsible women are with medical decisions, you can depend on the media to remind you

by Cara October 31, 2007

So you know what’s always fun? When a newspaper digs up a study from the “well, duh” files, decides that it needs fresh coat of paint, and decides to use the “women are stupid and selfish” brush. And here we go, my fix for the week: an Australian newspaper on how unnecesasry c-sections are dangerous. [...]

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On being black and pregnant in America

by Cara October 23, 2007

Via Bean comes both some good and some bad news for African American women of childbearing age. The good news is that they’re still legally allowed to become pregnant. The bad news is that, if they do, they are four times more likely to die in childbirth than white American women. Nicole Black at Sui [...]

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It all comes back to controlling women’s bodies

by Cara October 14, 2007

You may have already heard about the case of the woman who was abducted by her parents because they wanted to force her into having an abortion. The case that has been called “an American family tragedy” began one morning September 2006, in North Yarmouth, Maine. Katelyn Kampf had just told her parents she was [...]

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Failing women, one arrest at a time

by Cara October 7, 2007

In the off chance that you need more evidence that our current law enforcement system actually does more harm than good, here you go. A 36-year-old woman was arrested yesterday after she tried to sell her newborn to an undercover officer for $25,000, according to Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney. The woman, Yue [...]

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On health care, women and caregiving

by Cara October 4, 2007

A Womens eNews article via AlterNet asks whether the Clinton, Obama or Edwards health plan is best for women. Before reading the story, I have to say that I was excited. I was hoping for a detailed breakdown of the three plans from a women’s issues perspective with some kind of grading system telling voters [...]

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