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Items in this update:
o CA bill to bar abortion rollback
o Mandatory abortion training in California?
o Sex history questions for pregnant women
o The new flesh trade
o 'Sexual past' law delays adoptions
o Anti-prostitution law targets men's cars
o Prostitution sting spoiled by 'mistake'
o Aussie Democrats attack maternity leave figures
o Radio DJ's words ignite controversy
o Nigerian court uphold stoning of mother
o Abortion upon official's demand
o Who makes a good father?
o Why one woman boycotts the 'pill'
o A review of documentary Bad Girl
o Young Afghan women setting themselves ablaze
o Gendercide in China
o Sins of the fathers
o Why NY women are buying guns
o Abortion advocates send mixed messages
o More guns, fewer crimes
o The West's crocodile tears for Afghan women
o Senate must not ratify CEDAW
o Men presumed guilty in domestic violence
o Commentary on Ann Coulter
o Academia's PC swindle
o Feminists who fake it
o Paxton Quigley
o Father's rights and gender feminism
o Humane studies fellowships
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==> News Reports <==
CA bill to bar abortion rollback
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Washington Times
The California state assembly is expected to pass a bill
forbidding the state from outlawing abortion should the
Supreme Court ever overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade
decision." (08/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/669959348.html
Mandatory abortion training in California?
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San Jose Mercury News
A bill now in the California Senate would make that state
the first in the nation to take away the discretion
medical schools now have over how to offer abortion
training. Proposed legislation would require all
accredited institutions to teach the procedures to
ob/gyn residents. (08/12/02) [The bill passed]
http://www.free-market.net/rd/294252290.html
Sex history questions for pregnant women
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About.com
The Health Ministry is pushing a controversial program that
requires doctors and midwives to ask pregnant women
about their sexual histories. The justification is the
health of the baby, and assessing AIDS risk, but the
risk of AIDS is extremely low. (08/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/398445869.html
The new flesh trade
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MSNBC
Western Europe's new wave of immigrant prostitution is
disrupting the oldest profession. "Our profits go down,"
said one non-foreigner. (08/09/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/351937706.html
'Sexual past' law delays adoptions
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Toronto Star
Under Florida law, any mother who doesn't know who fathered
her child must bare her sexual history in a newspaper ad
before an adoption becomes final. The goal is to find
the father and stave off custody battles that can break
up adoptive families, but its main effect is to delay
adoptions. (08/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/374016961.html
Anti-prostitution law targets men's cars
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Reuters
Men arrested for soliciting prostitutes in Los Angeles
could have their cars taken away from them for 30 days
under a proposed law. (08/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/348528783.html
Prostitution sting spoiled by 'mistake'
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News Observer
Authorities were forced to dismiss charges against 32
people arrested in an undercover prostitution sting
because a state Highway Patrol trooper caught in the
roundup was not charged. (08/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/692721228.html
Aussie Democrats attack maternity leave figures
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Ninemsn
Australian Democrats have questioned federal government
predictions for the cost of taxpayer-funded paid
maternity leave. Finance Minister Nick Minchin has put
the cost of a taxpayer-funded scheme at up to $780
million per year. (08/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/696411552.html
Radio DJ's words ignite controversy
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The Capital Times
"Station management at WTDY/AM 1670 has decided to clip the
phrase 'bitch slap' from its talk radio lexicon after
the words drew furious reaction from domestic abuse
prevention groups." (08/10/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/399636491.html
Nigerian court uphold stoning of mother
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Yahoo/Reuters
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ruled that a woman
must face death by stoning according to Muslim law for
having a child outside marriage. (08/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/177287146.html
Abortion upon official's demand
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Washington Post
During a March 2001 orientation class in D.C., emergency
medical technician trainees were told that their
employment could be terminated if they became pregnant
in their first year on the job, prompting some to have
abortions. Scandal has ensued. (8/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/675441354.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Who makes a good father?
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Boston Globe
by Patricia Wen
Conventional men may not be the glamorous male icons of
today's society but according to a recent study, they
have one thing going for them: they make good fathers. (08/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/904873827.html
Why one woman boycotts the 'pill'
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Independent
by Rowan Pelling
"My stance on the oral contraceptive is a lonely one," Rowa
writes. Her argument against the much-lauded birth
control pill is compelling and unusual. (08/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/296142369.html
A review of documentary Bad Girl
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UPI
by Joe Bob Briggs
"There's only one thing worse than intellectuals talking
about pornography; that's FRENCH intellectuals talking
about porno. No, I take that back. French intellectual
FEMINISTS talking about porn is worse than having your
fingernails ripped out by a Hessian dominatrix." (08/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/298482505.html
Young Afghan women setting themselves ablaze
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Women's eNews
by Fariba Nawa
In Herat, at least four young women have killed themselves
this year by setting themselves ablaze. Experts remain
unsure why now, just as they are regaining their
freedom, that they are embracing death. (08/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/300062643.html
Gendercide in China
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WorldNetDaily
by staff
"Shanam Saini, 17, of Santa Clara [CA] wrote 'Born to die:
the tragedy of being born the wrong gender' and won the
2001 Humanist Essay Contest for Young Men and Women ....
In it, she interviewed ... Chinese women who have been
forced to endure the agony of killing their own children
..." (08/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/362463176.html
Sins of the fathers
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Reason
by Thomas Szasz
Is child molestation a sickness or a crime? Szasz argues
that it is a crime. (07/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/385084993.html
Why NY women are buying guns
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New York Post
by Abby Ellin
"Though New York City keeps no statistics on the number of
women who own guns, anecdotal evidence strongly suggests
that they are arming themselves like never before --
taking classes at shooting ranges, organizing weapons
seminars and applying for permits to carry pistols and
rifles." (08/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/390005347.html
Abortion advocates send mixed messages
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New York Post
by John Leo
Leo accuses "NOW and its allies" of being willing to scrap
the First Amendment in order to defend "abortion
ideology." (08/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/344956146.html
More guns, fewer crimes
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Nando Times
by John R. Lott Jr.
"A year ago it would have been shocking news: a governor
publicly telling women to get a concealed-handgun permit
so that they can defend themselves against a serial
killer. Contrast this with the typical recommendation
that women behave passively or simply make sure that
their doors are locked." (08/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/562631796.html
The West's crocodile tears for Afghan women
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The Guardian
by Gary Younge
Younge writes, "The west voiced concern for Afghan women
under the Taliban -- but we deport them when they end up
here." (08/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/178947224.html
Senate must not ratify CEDAW
----------
ifeminists
by Wendy McElroy
CEDAW would give an intrusive, corrupt, non-elected foreign
body -- the U.N. -- the power to sculpt American laws
and institutions into the image of gender feminism. (08/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/180367298.html
Men presumed guilty in domestic violence
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ifeminists
by Glenn Sacks
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Scott Erickson was arrested after
an altercation with his girlfriend last week--the latest
example of how police often arrest men who have been
attacked by their female partners. (08/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/181937372.html
Commentary on Ann Coulter
----------
Women's eNews
by Carla Rivers
A right-wing, liberal-hating, miniskirted, mean pundit owes
some of her success to the very movement she bashes:
feminism. And while Carla Rivers hates what Ann Coulter
stands for, she is delighted there is a place for
Coulter to take her stands. (08/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/690782243.html
Academia's PC swindle
----------
FIRE/San Francisco Chronicle
by Debra J. Saunders
"[S]tudents demanded and won free-speech rights at public
universities; now many of them are tenured professors,
and they're imposing speech codes on helpless students.
When universities clamp down on political incorrectness
... the contest is between 'totally unarmed students
facing administrators who feed them totally spurious
legal and self-contradictory theories about rights.'" (08/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/714175360.html
Feminists who fake it
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FrontPageMagazine
by Marni Soupcoff
"The college feminists at Stanford and elsewhere weren't
relying on their own imaginations to come up with
far-fetched womyn's issues and illogical excuses to
blast conservatives (a.k.a. the man). There is, as I
recently discovered, a feminist web site that does all
that hard work for them." (08/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/719565555.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Experts <==
Paxton Quigley
----------
Paxton Quigley
Quigley writes, "I've taught security tactics (with and
without guns) to thousands of women and couples in my
seminars 'Women's Empowerment in the '90s' and to
millions more in my bestselling books 'Armed and Female'
and 'Not an Easy Target'.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/303973087.html
For more Experts see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/experts/
==> Audio and Video <==
Father's rights and gender feminism
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Men's Hour
by Wendy McElroy
The audio files for the contra-NOW conference held in St.
Paul on June 21st, including presentations by Wendy
McElroy and Warren Farrell.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/366523627.html
For more Audio and Video see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/multi/
==> Contests and Scholarships <==
Humane studies fellowships
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Institute for Humane Studies
December 31, 2002
The Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships up to
$12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the
United States or abroad. Application deadline 12/31/02.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/710515012.html
For more Contests and Scholarships see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/contests/
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