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Items in this update:
o Six months in jail for selling a comic book
o Obscenity arrest for viewing porn in SUV
o Florida child welfare agency collecting digital information
o Polygamist to get jail for life?
o Chinese province loosens child policy
o Groups seek to bar abortion pill
o Planned Parenthood faces lawsuit
o Abortion is now a 'right' in Australia
o Second families count
o New York Times opens its pages to gay couples
o Brouhaha over breastfed 8 year old
o Is fetal protection miscarriage of justice?
o Agency targets hotel porn movies
o Vehicle impounded for pro-life message
o China's one-child policy a double standard
o Vasectomy chosen by 'deadbeat' dad
o CA abortion bill passes
o Feds go after 'deadbeat' dads
o Mom jailed for letting kids get sunburned
o Deciding when a slur is a crime
o Dress code for photographs
o A dad of his own
o For safer streets, give women guns
o Sensitivity training for foster parents
o Kits protect women from rape drug
o Life and death decisions in IVF
o SAS speakers at PA Governor's rally
o A woman's primer on defensive firearms use
o Lack of sexual assertiveness endangers young women?
Hello ifeminists:
It is a bright Tuesday morning in this corner of Canada and I hope the
sun is shining on you as well.
This weeks' editorials have been posted: my FOXNews/ifeminist column,
"Abused Women Have Choices"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0827.html>; "Labor
Day and 9/11: Glass Ceilings and Glass Cellars" by Warren Farrell
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0827.html>; and,
"They're Only Boys" -- an article from the archives of Tresa McBee.
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0827b.html>. Enjoy!
Please consider supporting ifeminists by purchasing the ifeminist
anthology "Liberty For Women"
<http://www.independent.org/tii/catalog/cat_LFW.html> and visiting the
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September will lure a lot of students back onto campus and I hope you
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Now ... onto the main event ...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Six months in jail for selling a comic book
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ICV2
A court of appeals has upheld a comic store manager's
conviction for selling an adult comic book to an adult.
The format and the store's proximity to an elementary
school seem to be what led to the arrest and conviction. (08/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/540457991.html
Obscenity arrest for viewing porn in SUV
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CNS News
Police saw a "pornographic movie" being played in a moving
SUV, and arrested the four men inside for intentional
dissemination of obscenity. The arrest raises privacy
issues, but the police stand by their action. (08/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/824994020.html
Florida child welfare agency collecting digital information
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NewsDay
Florida's child welfare agency has begun digitally
collecting fingerprints, photos and other information
from the children in its care. The Florida agency has
been under fire for its poor performance monitoring its
wards. (08/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/799069738.html
Polygamist to get jail for life?
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Reuters
Polygamist Tom Green, 54, has been in prison since last
year for a term of up to five years after being
convicted of bigamy. The latest conviction -- having sex with his
13-year-old "wife" -- could send him to prison for the
rest of his life. (08/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/712977913.html
Chinese province loosens child policy
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Salon
The Chinese province of Anhui has acted under a new
national provision giving local governments more power
to tailor birth control policies to local needs. Anhui
now allows 13 categories of couples to have more than
one child. (08/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/999918918.html
Groups seek to bar abortion pill
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Salon
Anti-abortion groups have petitioned the Food and Drug
Administration to halt sales of the abortion pill
Mifeprex, saying the agency shouldn't have approved it
almost two years ago. They claim the group bent its own
rules in approving the drug. (08/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/6899404.html
Planned Parenthood faces lawsuit
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WorldNetDaily
A non-profit legal foundation has filed suit against
Planned Parenthood clinics on behalf of a California
woman who alleges she was required to offer medical
services -- including assisting in abortions -- that she
was not licensed to perform. (08/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/9679511.html
Abortion is now a 'right' in Australia
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ABC
This nation's capital is the first Australian jurisdiction
to legalize abortion. Once procured at the discretion of
doctors, it's now "an enshrined right." (08/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/30832524.html
Second families count
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GlennSacks.com
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that child support
guidelines that prohibit consideration of "second
families" violate equal protection guarantees of the
federal and state constitutions. (08/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/876730218.html
New York Times opens its pages to gay couples
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ABC News/Reuters
The New York Times, one of the most powerful newspapers in
the United States, said it was changing its policy to
publish formal gay and lesbian unions, joining scores of
other dailies. (08/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/501118346.html
Brouhaha over breastfed 8 year old
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CBS
Prosecutors are trying to force a woman to stop
breast-feeding her 8-year-old son, even though he
"nurses" less than once a week and shows no signs of
harm. (08/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/69352268.html
Is fetal protection miscarriage of justice?
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ABC
A Michigan man is facing charges in the death of a fetus
for an alleged DUI accident where his pregnant passenger
suffered a miscarriage. Michigan has a law intended to
help protect pregnant women and fetuses "from people who
would endanger them." (08/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/79273441.html
Agency targets hotel porn movies
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The Saginaw News
Two Michigan Marriott hotels have been called "white-collar
porn peddlers" because they offer adult movies.
Prosecutors have been asked to investigate. (08/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/822973879.html
Vehicle impounded for pro-life message
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WorldNetDaily
by Jon Dougherty
A California man has filed suit in U.S. district court
after the Michigan police confiscated his motor home
because it allegedly bore "obscene" pro-life messages
(photographs of aborted fetuses). (08/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/192920627.html
China's one-child policy a double standard
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Washington Post
Uneven application of China's one-child policy has meant
that families in the countryside enjoy greater freedom
in child bearing, and others remain constrained by
punishing rules and a network of family planning workers
who sometimes track women's menstrual cycles on public
chalkboards. (08/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/205869963.html
Vasectomy chosen by 'deadbeat' dad
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Nando Times
A 28-year-old man who failed to pay $1,000 in court-ordered
child support underwent a vasectomy in an appeal for
leniency in sentencing. His conviction could carry a
sentence of a year in prison or five years probation. (07/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/210873282.html
CA abortion bill passes
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Contra Costa Times
A precedent-setting California abortion bill has passed
Assembly and is on Governor Davis' desk. Davis is
expected to sign the bill stating that even if Roe v.
Wade is overturned, abortion will remain legal in
California. (08/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/213464204.html
Feds go after 'deadbeat' dads
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Truth Out
Federal agents in 29 states have arrested dozens of fathers
who owe child support, in a nationwide sweep that
officials describe as a significant expansion of the
federal role. Federal criminal prosecution will be used
against people who have repeatedly ignored state court
orders. (08/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/219016595.html
Mom jailed for letting kids get sunburned
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CNN.com
An Ohio woman spent a week in jail under felony charges of
allowing her three children to become severely sunburned
at a county fair. (08/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/705887218.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Deciding when a slur is a crime
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Philadelphia Inquirer
by Mitchell Sommers
"In July, Warren Ronald Overly, 76, a retired manufacturing
worker, was convicted by a Lancaster County district
justice for yelling an ugly word -- yes, that word -- to
an African American woman ... The court convicted him
and sentenced him to 30 days in jail and a $200 fine." (08/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/704197082.html
Dress code for photographs
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Business First
by Betsy Butler
Provocative pictures on your desk at the job -- wives in
swim suits, husbands with bare chests, naked babies --
could result in sexual harassment claims, lost
productivity or a tarnished company image, say
employment experts. (08/23/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/723065911.html
A dad of his own
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The Sun Herald
by Danielle Teutsc
The story of a foster father and the six-year-old boy he
loves. (08/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/22772033.html
Is an Australian 'baby bonus' family friendly?
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Online Opinion
by Justin Wolfers & Andrew Leigh
"When politics is dressed up as economics, the result is
generally bad policy. Worse, John Howard's $1.2 billion
'baby bonus' is likely to make for bad obstetrics." The
baby bonus is Australia's attempt to boost the
population by paying women to have children. (07/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/25102108.html
For safer streets, give women guns
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Boston Globe
by Jeff Jacoby
"Criminals are less likely to attack a victim who may be
armed; those who do attack are more likely to be scared
off if their intended victim pulls a gun. In much of
America, this is increasingly understood as
straightforward common sense. But that attitude is alien
to 'progressive' venues like Boston." (08/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/278864981.html
Sensitivity training for foster parents
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WorldNetDaily
by David Limbaugh
Under a bill just approved by the California legislature, a
teenage boy in foster care could report his foster
parents for a civil-rights violation if they refuse to
allow him to dress like a girl. (08/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/486758298.html
Kits protect women from rape drug
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U-Wire
by Heather Zwaduk
The practice of slipping gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB) into
the drinks of victims in order to rape them has caused
alarm in the dating community. Now there's a test kit to
detect traces of GHB in beverages. (08/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/794541495.html
Life and death decisions in IVF
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Spiked
by Josie Appleton
The British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
allowed one couple to use IVF to try to save their son,
but not another. Appleton examines why. (08/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/805460623.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Events <==
SAS speakers at PA Governor's rally
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SAS
September 14, 2002
Noon: Maria Heil, SAS National Press Coordinator, will
speak at the "Sportsman Rally for Mike Fisher, Candidate
for Governor," be held at the Lawrence Township
Recreational Park. Also speaking: Professor John Lott,
author of "More Guns, Less Crime," and representatives
from "Gun Week," Second Amendment Foundation; Gun Owners
of America, Firearm Owners Against Crime and the NRA.
(08/26/02)
mailto:press@2asisters.org
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Introductions and FAQs <==
A woman's primer on defensive firearms use
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Doing Freedom!
by Sunni Maravillosa
Informative article discussing considerations largely
specific to women regarding defensive firearms use. (8/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/532799958.html
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/brief/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Lack of sexual assertiveness endangers young women?
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Alan Guttmacher Institute
by Vaughn I. Rickert, Rupal Sanghvi and Constance M. Wiemann
Results of a recent study show that 20% of the women
interviewed believed that they do not have the right to
make their own decisions about contraception and other
sexual matters. (8/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/76532890.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
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