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Items in this update:
o Affirmative action for suicide bombers?
o Anti-abortion anthrax hoaxer to serve 30 years in prison
o 'Deadbeat' dads - or just 'dead broke'?
o China furious with Bush over blocking 'abortion' funds
o Ultrasound may lead to aborting females
o Sperm bank girl seeks dad
o Bush wants more funds for abstinence
o Women slam military's PC policies
o Coeds want to pack heat
o Muslim woman sues California over driver's license photo
o Did pro-life group fake fetus photos?
o Parents pick baby's sex
o Gun issue surfaces in domestic violence bill
o Satan banned from town -- ACLU protests
o Federal government change usage: 'fetus' to 'unborn child'
o NY downplays inquiry into 'crisis pregnancy centers'
o John Ashcroft hides a breast at taxpayer expense
o Politically correct Bible loses true believers
o Where choice and life should agree
o Why we don't marry
o NOW unites with divorced dads for kids' sake
o Has diversity become a civic religion?
o Are fathers' rights a factor in male suicide?
o The charmer and the torturer
o Stop Abuse For Everyone
o Prostitutes' Rights Model Law for Decriminalization of Prostitution
o Men Against Discrimination email list
o Dilbert's man-hating boss cartoons
o NRA sets women's hunt schedule
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"California Mother's Triple Murders Show Cost of Ignoring Female Abusers"
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==> News Reports <==
Affirmative action for suicide bombers?
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WorldNetDaily
Leila Khaled, of the "Black September" Palestinian group,
is inspired by the story of female suicide bomber Wafa
Idris, who took one life and wounded approximately 100
in Jerusalem. She is calling for women to participate
more actively in attacks on Israel. (01/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/888049004.html
Anti-abortion anthrax hoaxer to serve 30 years in prison
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Feminist Majority
Clayton Lee Waagner has been sentenced to 30 in prison for
charges related to weapons and theft. Waagner also
awaits trial on charges from federal authorities related
to more than 250 anthrax threats sent to reproductive
health care and abortion facilities. (01/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/33657174.html
'Deadbeat' dads - or just 'dead broke'?
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Christian Science Monitor
Child welfare advocates are now joining the long list of
critics of aggressive government tactics used to collect
child-support payments from strapped dads. They say that
tough collection tactics -- some of which make it hard
to hold a job -- ignore economic realities. (02/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/325960825.html
China furious with Bush over blocking 'abortion' funds
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Telegraph (UK)
President Bush may suspend a $34 million dollar
appropriation bill that Congress approved for the UNFPA
-- the United Nations' agency in charge of women's
reproductive health. At issue -- the money that goes to
China which has a one-child policy that leads to forced
abortions. (02/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/327150898.html
Ultrasound may lead to aborting females
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Newsday/AP
"Authorities in India are alarmed that the technology is
being used by women to avoid giving birth to a girl."
India's 2001 census suggests a sharp drop in females and
people are linking the decline to the use of ultrasound
and abortions that often follow if the fetus is female.
(02/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/445049288.html
Sperm bank girl seeks dad
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The Age
"A Californian teenager is to become the first sperm-bank
baby to meet her biological father under new rules in
the United States that allow the release of the donor's
identity to the child he helped to conceive." Meanwhile,
the teenager has withheld her name so that the man
doesn't have the option of contacting her. (02/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/424816236.html
Bush wants more funds for abstinence
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Feminist Majority/AP
President Bush will seek a 33% increase in funding for
"abstinence-only" sex education programs in the 2003
federal budget. The proposed funding will total $135
million and represent an increase of $33 million over
the last year. Discussion of birth control is banned
within such programs. (01/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/401615430.html
Women slam military's PC policies
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WorldNetDaily
"Female representatives of two political activist groups
yesterday called for changes to what they deem
'politically correct' defense policies, urging the Bush
administration to stop co-ed military training and
implement tougher performance standards." (02/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/780839634.html
Coeds want to pack heat
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CNSNews.com
At a small liberal arts college in the liberal, anti-gun
state of Massachusetts, something appears to be out of
sync. The Mount Holyoke chapter of the Second Amendment
Sisters (SAS), now in its first year, is a recognized
on-campus organization with a membership approaching 50
women is lobbying for students' right to carry firearms.
(01/31/2002)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/292406319.html
Muslim woman sues California over driver's license photo
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WKMG News
Both Florida and Illinois allowed Muslim Sultana Freeman to
wear a niqab, which covers her face with the exception
of her eyes, for her driver's license photo. California
suspended her license for her refusal to "show it all."
Freeman is suing. (01/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/900029866.html
Did pro-life group fake fetus photos?
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The Scotsman
A British pro-life group faces legal action from one of its
U.S. counterparts in a row over the authenticity of
images of dismembered fetuses to be used in a protest
campaign. (01/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/974412202.html
Parents pick baby's sex
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The Advertiser
"Lliana Kenna is the world's first child born by
revolutionary gender selection technology. The Invitro
Fertilisation technique, which screens out genetic
diseases, has allowed parents Debbie and Gary to avoid
playing Russian roulette in having another child."
(02/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/564157850.html
Gun issue surfaces in domestic violence bill
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Maine Today
A bill drafted by the Portland Commission to Study Domestic
Violence includes a provision provision that would allow
judges to seize handguns from people under temporary
protection from abuse orders. The majority of such
people are women who have voiced an urgent need to be
able to protect themselves. (01/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/924930256.html
Satan banned from town -- ACLU protests
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CNN
The mayor of a small town in Florida has banned the Prince
of Darkness with a stern "not welcome" note. The
proclamation was was issued by the mayor on official
town stationery, an act that the ACLU says is a
violation of the Separation of Church and State.
(01/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/980562659.html
Federal government change usage: 'fetus' to 'unborn child'
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FOXNews.com
"Abortion opponents got a morale boost from the Bush
administration when Health and Human Services Secretary
Tommy Thompson announced that fetuses would henceforth
be redesignated as 'unborn children.'" (01/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/116557333.html
NY downplays inquiry into 'crisis pregnancy centers'
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The Nation
In the wake of nationwide protest, the New York Attorney
General's office is downplaying its investigation into
whether information offered by pro-life "crisis
pregnancy centers" is misleading. The centers -- often
located near abortion clinics -- offer counseling and
aid, attempting to convince expectant mothers not to
abort. (01/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/766362588.html
John Ashcroft hides a breast at taxpayer expense
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ABC News
Attorney General John Ashcroft, offended by a bare breast
on a statue in a Justice Department auditorium, has
ordered draperies to hide it at a cost of over $8,000
taxpayer dollars -- and seems to be lying about it.
(01/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/979482600.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Politically correct Bible loses true believers
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Sydney Morning Herald
"Mary is no longer 'with child' and the 'sons of God' have
been ejected, along with mankind." The new PC Bible,
which has yet to hit American bookstores, is
"egalitarian-minded, gender-relaxed" and rejected by
many Christians. (02/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/417536010.html
Where choice and life should agree
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FrontPageMagazine
by Chris Weinkopf
If there is one subject on which abortion defenders and
opponents should agree, it is on the brutal "one child"
policy of China that leads to forced abortions. So why
is the pro-choice side not standing up in protest?
(01/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/937583922.html
Why we don't marry
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City Journal
by James Q. Wilson
Wilson explores the personal, economic and political
reasons that underlie out of wedlock births in the
United States. One in five white children, and more than
half of black children, are now born to unmarried
mothers. (12/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/771380560.html
NOW unites with divorced dads for kids' sake
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Ann Arbor News
February 12, 2002
by Liz Cobbs
"Two unlikely allies -- the National Organization for Women
and a group for divorced fathers -- are jointly calling
for changes in the way child custody is handled by the
courts." One of their goals is to take some of the decision
making out of the hands of judges. (01/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/968831942.html
Has diversity become a civic religion?
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National Review
by John O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan doesn't think so. "Diversity's eventual collapse
is suggested by the changing ratio of donors to
recipients -- just as with the Social Security system.
When hiring and college-admissiom preferences were
introduced ... they benefited the 11 percent of
Americans ... at the cost of the 89 percent." As more
Americans become recipients, the "system" will stagger
and collapse. (01/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/187201703.html
Are fathers' rights a factor in male suicide?
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ifeminists.com
by Wendy McElroy
One reason for the alarming increase in male suicide may be
the discrimination fathers encounter in family courts.
(01/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/61008338.html
The charmer and the torturer
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Washington Times
February 12, 2002
by Michelle Malkin
A delegation of American women from the University of
Washington met with Fidel Castro and came back raving
about his Latin charm. Malkin dissects their response:
"Ms. Niva told the Herald that Cubans 'are in poverty,
but they are very happy people.' These women should have
stayed right here in the United States and talked to
some of the 'happy people' who escaped the Castro
regime." (01/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/914258683.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
Stop Abuse For Everyone
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SAFE
A non-profit organization that provides advocacy,
information, and support for men and women who are the
victims of domestic violence.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/212969948.html
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/organizations/
==> Online Discussions and E-Mail Lists <==
Men Against Discrimination email list
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MAD
M.A.D., Men Against Discrimination, has just added an email
discussion group. It is an opportunity to talk about the
issues and how to fight for gender justice, including
fairness for men.
mailto:madmenunitedgroup-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://www.free-market.net/rd/210089713.html
For more Online Discussions and E-Mail Lists see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/discussions/
==> Games, Surveys, and Tools <==
Dilbert's man-hating boss cartoons
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Dilbert
The Dilbert cartoon has recently been featuring the
character the "Man Hating Boss." The series started on
January 29, and by clicking the following days on the
calendar you follow the development. (01/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/572698296.html
For more Games, Surveys, and Tools see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/games/
==> Events <==
NRA sets women's hunt schedule
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NRA
December 1, 2002
As a continuation of their ongoing mission to foster
women’s safe and responsible participation in the
hunting and shooting sports, the National Rifle
Association’s Women On Target program has set its 2002
ladies-only hunt schedule.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/315950203.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
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