Tag: Abortion

Millions of missing female births predicted in India in next decade

There could be 6.8 million fewer girls born in India between 2017 and 2030 than would be expected without practices such as sex-selective abortion Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2252285-millions-of-missing-female-births-predicted-in-india-in-next-decade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Majority of women who have an abortion don’t regret it five years on

A survey of US women found half said the decision to have an abortion was difficult, but five years later most felt positive or no emotion about it Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229842-majority-of-women-who-have-an-abortion-dont-regret-it-five-years-on/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Abortion is now no longer illegal in Northern Ireland

Women and girls in Northern Ireland can now legally access abortions, seek medical aftercare and can get funding to travel to England for the procedure Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220714-abortion-is-now-no-longer-illegal-in-northern-ireland/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

When US pulls overseas abortion funding, abortion rates go up not down

Withholding aid from clinics that offer abortion services leads to a rise in terminations – perhaps because the clinics often provide contraception services too Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2208034-when-us-pulls-overseas-abortion-funding-abortion-rates-go-up-not-down/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Alabama’s extreme new law could lead to an end of US abortion rights

A wave of extreme abortion laws in the US has started a fight that could end with federal courts overturning abortion protections in place for nearly 50 years Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2203559-alabamas-extreme-new-law-could-lead-to-an-end-of-us-abortion-rights/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Mainstream Media Now Calling for the Arrest of “Antivaxxers”

Matt Agorist – The Washington Post published an article this week that called for rounding up “antivaxxers” and throwing them in jail. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/05/03/mainstream-media-now-calling-for-the-arrest-of-antivaxxers/…

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Rule on Abortion Referrals

An administration measure would bar groups that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning money. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/science/title-x-injunction-abortion-referrals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

Evangelicals are now the key constituency in the Republican Party. They are reaping the benefits. 

Source: https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2019/4/24/18513213/trump-evangelicals-gop…

Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou To Run For President of Taiwan

hackingbear writes: Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of electronics giant Foxconn, is stepping down from his role as chairman to run for president of Taiwan. Taiwan broke off from mainland China in 1949 after a civil war and is officially known as Republic of China; its legal territory still covers all of China. He will stand in the primaries of the…