Ross Douthat: "But given our society’s track record with prenatal testing for Down syndrome, we also have a pretty good idea of what individuals and couples will do with comprehensive information about their unborn child’s potential prospects. In 90 percent of cases, a positive test for Down syndrome leads to an abortion. It is hard … Continue reading Eugenics, Past and Future
Forced abortion picture causes uproar in China
AFP: "Graphic images posted online showing the bloody corpse of a baby whose mother was allegedly forced to terminate her pregnancy at seven months have caused an uproar in China. Rights groups say authorities in north China's Shaanxi province forced Feng Jianmei to abort her pregnancy on June 2 because she was unable to pay … Continue reading Forced abortion picture causes uproar in China
If Only Our Leaders Had Mariam’s Guts
Nicholas Kristof: "Once again, in Sudan there are starving children, tens of thousands of refugees, rapes and racial epithets, a spiraling death toll and passivity in the White House."
Starving Its Own Children
Nicholas Kristof: "Perhaps hundreds of thousands of people here have no food and are reduced to eating leaves and insects, as Sudan’s government starves and bombs its own people in the Nuba Mountains. Children are beginning to die."
Blackballing Nat Hentoff
RCR: "Hentoff dug into the case and the abortion industry at large, and what he found shocked him. He came across the published reports of experiments in what doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital called "early death as a management option" for infants "considered to have little or no hope of achieving meaningful 'humanhood.'" He talked … Continue reading Blackballing Nat Hentoff
A Glimmer of Hope for the Women in Congo
Margot Wallström: "Impunity reigns in the region as most perpetrators of sexual violence acts continue to walk unpunished without any repercussions for their crimes. The absence of justice has long-lasting effects on the whole society and is an impediment to restoring peace and security in the region. However, the initial steps toward holding perpetrators accountable … Continue reading A Glimmer of Hope for the Women in Congo
"Pro-Choice" Americans at Record-Low 41%
Gallup: "The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as "pro-choice" is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves "pro-life," one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009."
Nations must protect their children, not their reputations
Washington Post: "In the course of our investigation, I saw starving and emaciated children who, because of their disabilities, were unable to feed themselves and were frequently left unfed. I was told by staff that when many of these children became ill, they were no longer bathed or taken out of their cribs, denied medical … Continue reading Nations must protect their children, not their reputations
Germans Can't Fathom Opposition to Universal Healthcare in the US
Spiegel Online: "As the United States Supreme Court considers whether requiring people to have health insurance is unconstitutional, Germans are bewildered as to why so many Americans appear to be against universal coverage. They also question the continued portrayal of US President Barack Obama and his health reform backers as socialists and communists, noting that … Continue reading Germans Can't Fathom Opposition to Universal Healthcare in the US
Report: Texas Executed Innocent Man
Slate: "Carlos DeLuna maintained his innocence from the moment he was arrested in 1983 for the stabbing death of a young Texas woman right up until he was executed six years later. On Monday, a Columbia University professor and a group of law students offered what appears to be definitive proof that DeLuna's mistaken-identity claims … Continue reading Report: Texas Executed Innocent Man
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