“Even my mother does not know about many things. Whenever we discuss any health problems…our mothers say that it happens to everyone, and our parents never think it necessary to take us to the hospital for treatment. If we try to discuss more about this, our parents look ...
In decriminalizing abortion in all cases of rape, the Court stressed that equality, nondiscrimination and human dignity must be the legislative guidelines of parliaments and also the limits to the punitive power of states. To explain these relevant aspects, this commentary follows a socio-legal ...
and most people are astonished that there have been times in history where slavery was accepted as normal and acceptable. Somehow, still, many people are accepting of a form of modern-day slavery: human sex trafficking. And while many people claim to be opposed to human sex trafficking, what...
The emotional response to an abortion is different for each woman. Several sources claim that many women feel relief after the procedure is over [sources:Bazelon;Grimes, Creinin;Planned Parenthood]. There is no medical evidence that abortion has any negative effect on mental health, but some an...
The New York Times misleadingly claims that cases like the abortion sought by a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim "are not as rare as people think." The horrifying case of a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim who crossed the border to Indiana for an abortion understandably attracted national ...
Such a bill was introducedjust this year in Ohio,where the legislation would have banned abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. Other states have tried andfailedto get personhood measures on the books, or have seen their personhood measuresstruck down by courts. ...
In 1972, Washington, D.C., established the first rape crisis hotline, and the Supreme Court legalized abortion via Roe v. Wade in 1973. Two years later, the United States facilitated the first global forum on women's issues. But as the movement spread, it also exposed fractures within ...
Another 12 states have laws that allow abortion prior to fetal viability (generally considered around 24 to 28 weeks of gestation). Some college counselors are starting to see students factor state laws into their college decision. "I had a call with a ...
his wife, former first lady Melania Trump,signaling support for abortion rightsin her new book, by saying he told her to “go with her heart” and that he “wouldn’t want to impose what I think.” He also expressed support for exceptions in cases of rape, incest ...
The price of a regular gallon of gas now is under $3 in many states and heading lower. Trump also repeated the fact that Biden killed the Keystone XL oil pipeline — which is true — but then pivoted to saying Biden also “approved” the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, w...