By Jessica • 18 years ago

Pakistani village council orders five women to be raped or killed

From The Telegraph:

A village council in Pakistan has decreed that five young women should be abducted, raped or killed for refusing to honour childhood “marriages”.
The women, who are cousins, were married in absentia by a mullah in their Punjabi village to illiterate sons of their family’s enemies in 1996, when they were aged from six to 13.
The marriages were part of a compensation agreement ordered by the village council and reached at gunpoint after the father of one of the girls shot dead a family rival.
The rival families have now called in their “debt”, demanding the marriages to the village men are fulfilled.

Thankfully, the young women’s fathers are supporting them and are refusing to ...

From The Telegraph:

A village council in Pakistan has decreed that five young women should be abducted, raped or killed for refusing to honour childhood “marriages”.
The women, who are cousins, were married in absentia ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

The Devil Comes Back to Queens

We New Yorkers have a tendency to get all high and mighty over our state’s supposed uber-progressiveness. And then reality slaps us with some nonsense like this:

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed an official complaint to the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a Queens teacher who says she was fired because she got pregnant out of wedlock.
St. Rose of Lima School terminated Michelle McCusker’s contract last month, after she told school officials she was pregnant.

Despite the fact that McCusker was praised by the principal for her “high degree of professionalism,” the Brooklyn Diocese says that the teacher didn’t “follow the principles contained in the teachers’ personnel handbook.” The book requires ...

We New Yorkers have a tendency to get all high and mighty over our state’s supposed uber-progressiveness. And then reality slaps us with some nonsense like this:

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Action Alert: Sign NARAL petition

NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched a national petition drive to save Roe and stop Alito. Go sign it now.
NARAL is aiming for 500,000 signatures by December 9th, so after you sign the petition send it to friends. (You can also print it up.)
A little something cool–if you collect 6 petition signatures by Dec. 9, NARAL will send you a pro-choice magnet. Come on, admit it. You love magnets. Lord knows I do.

NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched a national petition drive to save Roe and stop Alito. Go sign it now.
NARAL is aiming for 500,000 signatures by December 9th, so after you sign ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Respect Yourself. Protect Yourself.


Advocates for Youth and Sex Etc. have just launched a great campaign contest in response to the increasing anti-sex ed nonsense going on.

Some people are trying to hide the truth about condoms and their effectiveness from young people. Advocates for Youth believes you deserve the straight facts. While abstinence is the only 100% effective way to avoid sexually transmitted infections (STIs), condoms are the most effective prevention tool we have for sexually active people. But, a lot of people are uncomfortable talking about condoms. Enter Advocates’ contest to design a message that will get people talking about condoms. You just might win $500, too!
To get the word out that condoms do ...


Advocates for Youth and Sex Etc. have just launched a great campaign contest in response to the increasing anti-sex ed nonsense going on.

Some people are trying to hide the truth about ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Isn’t it ironic

From BBC News:
<blockquoteSingle mother Sue Axon, 51, of Baguley in Manchester, wants the law to be changed to stop under-16s seeking confidential advice on contraception.
…Her lawyer confirmed that her eldest daughter Joy, 16, is expecting a baby.

Well thank goodness Axon’s daughter couldn’t get that contraception advice! She could have actually ended up living out her teenage years without giving birth.
Ugh.

From BBC News:
<blockquoteSingle mother Sue Axon, 51, of Baguley in Manchester, wants the law to be changed to stop under-16s seeking confidential advice on contraception.
…Her lawyer confirmed that her eldest daughter Joy, 16, is ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Head of FDA’s Office Of Women’s Health to start next month

After quite the controversy, the FDA seems to have finally gotten their act together regarding the new head of the agency’s Office of Women’s Health. After Susan Wood resigned in protest over the FDA’s trumping of politics over science in its decision process concerning Plan B, the agency first announced the position would go to Norris Alderson–a man trained as a veterinarian.
Understandably, women weren’t too pleased. The FDA then said that they had never announced anything about Alderson, despite the fact that an email announcing his appointment was sent to several women’s groups and that he was listed on a Health and Human Services directory as the acting director of the office. Mysterious ...

After quite the controversy, the FDA seems to have finally gotten their act together regarding the new head of the agency’s Office of Women’s Health. After Susan Wood resigned in protest over the ...

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