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What We Missed

By Vanessa | Published: September 7, 2011
TweetThe anti-choice bill in the UK that would have prohibited abortion providers from giving counseling to patients has been rejected by the House of Commons. The parents of Annie Le, the young researcher who was murdered by a co-worker at Yale two years ago, are filing suit against the university on the grounds that they [...]
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UK abortion law may change to require “independent” counseling for patients

By Vanessa | Published: September 1, 2011
TweetNext week, Members of Parliament are scheduled to meet and decide on a new bill being pushed by anti-choice MP Nadine Dorries that would strip abortion providers’ rights to counsel patients and make in mandatory to send those seeking abortion to “independent” counseling before the procedure. In other words, this could be a potential CPC-style [...]
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In UK, the average coming out age has dropped by over 20 years

By Vanessa | Published: November 16, 2010
TweetStonewall just released new findings from an online poll they conducted of over 1,500 individuals, revealing that the average coming out age has dropped significantly: [A]mong the over-60s the average age they had come out was 37. But those in their 30s had come out at an average age of 21, and in the group [...]
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Pope Benedict welcomed in UK with bus message: “Ordain Women Now”

By Vanessa | Published: August 31, 2010
TweetNow this is what I call some kick-ass activism. We all know that Pope Benedict ain’t too much of a fan women priests. In fact, he’s ordered the excommunication of any women involved in being ordained as well as recently updated Vatican documents implying the ordination of women is just as grave a sin as [...]
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