When I was in college the bumper sticker on my car read “Don’t labor under a misconception–legalize abortion.” I was one of a handful of feminists on my campus, back in the days when we were jeered at as “bra-burning women’s libbers.” As we struggled against a hazy sea of sexism, abortion rights was a …
“Jane Doe” was just fourteen when she was seduced by Ghislaine Maxwell, shared with Jeffrey Epstein, then pressured to have an abortion before being gang raped and dumped on the lawn of her grandparents’ home — naked. Princes, politicians, and other powerful men are suspected of sexually abusing “Jane” and many other minors. It’s sick. And it has …
As we all eagerly wait for treatments and a cure for the novel coronavirus, one bit of good news is that exposure to sunlight apparently slows the contagion. Likewise, metaphorical “sunlight” continues to expose more of the ugly side of the world, including those who abuse women and children. Read on in our news roundup: …
When one thinks of the practice of coerced abortion, China’s bullying one-child-per-couple policy likely comes to mind. Government-coerced or “forced” abortion is used to impose this policy on those who violate it: pregnant women who have already borne a child. China’s now expanded but equally coercive two-child-per-couple limit is no less cruel. Consider the story …
