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Items in this update:
o GOP addresses 'partial-birth' abortion
o New army rule on women
o Wrongful life case thrown out
o Woman sues over abortion distress
o Anglicans okay same-sex union
o Man who caught rape suspect gets a party
o Pimps subtracted from math
o Non-fathers challenge child-support laws
o Bishops do not oust child molesters
o House divorces 'marriage tax'
o Woman charged in internet baby sale
o Another misuse of 'good behavior' warrant
o Parents' right-to-spank lawsuit
o Honey, I shrunk the household
o Well-to-do Chinese avoid one-child law
o UN whitewashes China's coerced abortion policy
o Creating a lie
o Abused nuns get scant attention
o Girls have the advantage in school
o FBI hunts for Arab women and children
o Web gives voice to Iranian women
o The femi-nazis campaign against fathers
o PC superstition on campus
o 'Jesus' edit backfires for ABC
o Stay-at-home dads, a solution for women
o Why feminists aren't funny
o Objectivist parenting
o McElroy on radio
o This Sunday's chat room
o Charting parenthood
Hello ifeminists:
What a week this is going to be! On Friday, I will be at a rally for
father's rights in a park across the street from NOW's National Convention.
The event is sponsored by the National Coalition of Free Men
<http://www.ncfm-tc.8m.com/news.htm> who also organized an evening event
entitled "Scrapping NOW" at which I will be joining other speakers. It
should be a whirlwind.
One of the other speakers, Trudy Schuett -- editor of DesertLight
Journal and a tireless worker for father's rights -- will join me in the
ifeminists/mensactivism chat room
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat> this Sunday, the 23rd at 9:00
p.m. EST to give a recap of events and answer questions. "War" stories
should abound. Come join us!
The weekly editorials are now posted: my FOXNews/ifeminist column,
"Dark Cloud Shades U.N. Women's Treaty"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0618.html>; Glenn
Sacks' "American Fathers Get a Bad Rap"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0618a.html>; and,
George Getz's "FBI Should Investigate Terrorism, Not Sex"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0618b.html>. Enjoy!
Now ... onto the main event...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
GOP addresses 'partial-birth' abortion
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The Hill
"House Republican leaders are gearing up to pass
legislation to ban so-called 'partial-birth abortion'
this summer, a move that would please the GOP's
conservative wing in a critical election year." (06/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/847537358.html
New army rule on women
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Women's eNews
"A new Army policy that will keep women out of ground
combat will also bar them from other opportunities in
the U.S. military, women's rights activists were quoted
as saying in a Boston Globe article..." (06/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/313515577.html
Wrongful life case thrown out
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The Age
A test case on whether disabled children can sue doctors in
their own right for negligence that resulted in their
birth rather than termination has been dismissed by
courts in Australia. (06/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/880899652.html
Woman sues over abortion distress
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BBC
A woman is suing England's National Health Service for not
warning her of the distress she would suffer after
having an abortion. (06/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/893690998.html
Anglicans okay same-sex union
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Newsday
"Officials representing Anglican parishes in southwest
British Columbia have voted to create a ritual to bless
same-sex unions, making the Diocese of New Westminster
the first in Canada to accord homosexual couples such a
ritual." (06/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/849817583.html
Man who caught rape suspect gets a party
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Amarillo Globe/AP
Edwin "Bubba" Schafer is having a block party thrown in his
honor. Bubba stopped a serial rapist from breaking into
his next-door neighbor's house and the neighbor wants to
say "thank you." (06/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/869659451.html
Pimps subtracted from math
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Yahoo Daily News/Reuters
"A Canadian teacher has been suspended after shocking a
small northern Manitoba school by distributing a math
exam that included questions about pimps, prostitutes,
machine guns, cocaine trafficking and getting 'knocked
up'." (06/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/884770541.html
Non-fathers challenge child-support laws
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Sacramento Bee/AP
"Armed with the latest in genetic technology, aggrieved men
across America are attacking a centuries-old legal
doctrine that has forced them to pay child support even
after they belatedly discover they are not the child's
biological father." (06/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/907332963.html
Bishops do not oust child molesters
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Yahoo/AP
America's Roman Catholic bishops have backed away from a
national sex abuse policy that would automatically oust
molesters from the priesthood, focusing instead on
stripping clergymen of their authority. (06/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/96872109.html
House divorces 'marriage tax'
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Houston Chronicle
House Republicans have pushed through legislation granting
permanent tax relief to married couples, overriding
Democratic complaints they were draining Social Security
trust funds to gain election-year advantage. (06/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/141106348.html
Woman charged in internet baby sale
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Melbourne Herald Sun
A 39-year-old Australian woman faces two years in jail or a
large fine in the first Australian case of a mother
trying to sell her unborn child on the Internet. (06/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/145336777.html
Another misuse of 'good behavior' warrant
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two political activists have been arrested for alleged
aggressive behavior toward county officials: a female
clerk said she was frightened tho' no violence or
threats occurred. They were arrested under 'good
behavior' warrants, typically used in domestic violence
cases. (06/10/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/616882695.html
Parents' right-to-spank lawsuit
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Sacramento Bee
"A woman whose son was erroneously removed by Child
Protective Services has filed a civil lawsuit against
Sacramento County demanding social workers be barred
from taking children from their parents unless they have
proof the children are in imminent danger." (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/902485211.html
Honey, I shrunk the household
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Sydney Morning Herald
July 10, 2002
"Some 47 per cent of families are now couples with
children, down from 50 per cent in the 1996 census. And
the Australian household is shrinking - from 3.3 people
per dwelling in 1971 to 2.6 people in 2001." (06/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/911865413.html
Well-to-do Chinese avoid one-child law
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Yahoo Daily News/AP
"When Mrs. Ma became pregnant with her second child, she
was so afraid village family planning officials would
force her to have an abortion she left town to give
birth." By giving birth in other venues and by bribing
officials, many Chinese are "buying" larger families. (06/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/919629483.html
UN whitewashes China's coerced abortion policy
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Yahoo
"Misinformation about forced abortion in China has made its
way into the western press, following a second
international whitewash of United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) support of forced abortion in China." (06/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/573789535.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Creating a lie
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The American Prospect
by Garance Franke-Ruta
Franke-Ruta questions virtually all aspects of Sylvia Ann
Hewlett's much-hyped "Creating a Life: Professional
Women and the Quest for Children," from its accuracy to
its interpretation. (07/01/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/896691333.html
Abused nuns get scant attention
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Centre Daily Times
by Jane R. Eisner
The National Catholic Reporter published the results of a
two-year investigation into the disturbing rape and
abuse of nuns by priests in March 2001, but the Vatican
remains silent. (06/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/866309160.html
Girls have the advantage in school
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Star Tribune
by Katherine Kersten
Kersten examines a new study and finds, "Today, boys are on
the short end of the academic stick, and their
performance gap with girls is both startling and
alarming." (05/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/897621667.html
FBI hunts for Arab women and children
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WorldNetDaily
by staff
In a move that may cause a backlash in moderate Islamic
countries, the FBI are seeking women and children
"related" to al-Qaida members. The motivation for the
search is not known. (06/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/102552929.html
Web gives voice to Iranian women
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BBC
by Alfred Hermida
"The web is providing a way for women in Iran to talk
freely about taboo subjects such as sex and boyfriends.
Over the past few months there has been a big jump in
the number of Persian weblogs which are providing an
insight into a closed society." (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/938642878.html
The femi-nazis campaign against fathers
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FrontPageMagazine
by Michael P. Tremoglie
Tremoglie attacks NOW for using bogus data as the basis for
launching a crusade against fathers. (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/942313133.html
PC superstition on campus
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Pacific Research Institute
by Sally C. Pipes
"[T]here are now about 900 women's studies programs in
universities across the country .... But according to a
study of the most commonly used textbooks, the course
materials in these programs bear little resemblance to
scholarship. ... [W]omen's studies is ... an axis of
feminist superstition, a victim mentality, and anti-male
demonology." (06/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/957108221.html
'Jesus' edit backfires for ABC
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Boston Globe/AP
by David Bauder
ABC says it edited the word "Jesus" out of a recent
broadcast so viewers wouldn't be offended. For many, it
had the opposite effect. (06/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/17057325.html
Stay-at-home dads, a solution for women
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ifeminists.com
by Glenn Sacks
"Replacing the two-earner couple with a female breadwinner
and a stay-at-home dad can be an attractive option." (06/10/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/20027592.html
Why feminists aren't funny
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National Review
by Jonah Goldberg
Goldberg speculates, "99 percent of feminist work has been
accomplished" and, in order to sustain momentum current
feminists must scream that the remaining 1% is crucial. (06/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/566988742.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
Objectivist parenting
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Christy Yeadon
The Principled Parenting Network is a national network of
parents who adopt rational parenting principles based
upon secure attachment, "educaring," and Ayn Rand's
Objectivist values.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/287833591.html
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/organizations/
==> Events <==
McElroy on radio
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KSTP-AM
June 21, 2002
On June 21st, shortly after 10:00 a.m. CT, Wendy McElroy
will discuss the counter-NOW conference on KSTP-AM radio
1500 (St. Paul-Minneapolis).
http://www.free-market.net/rd/936152730.html
This Sunday's chat room
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ifeminists/mensactivism
June 23, 2002
This Sunday, the 23rd, at 9:00 p.m. EST, join the free
online ifeminists/mensactivism chat where Trudy Schuett,
father's rights activist, and Wendy McElroy will discuss
their participation in the path-breaking counter-NOW
conference on June 21st.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/916278960.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Charting parenthood
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Child Trends
Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and
Mothers in America is available online for free. This
report focuses on both parents, not just mothers, e.g.
how do men feel about parenthood.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/584420519.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
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