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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday it had decided to permit certain types of “morning-after pill” for women who have been raped, after two Catholic hospitals provoked an outcry last month for refusing to treat a rape victim. The German Bishops’ Conference said church-run hospitals would now ensure proper medical, psychological [...]
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German Catholic church allows morning-after pill in rape cases
Posted by admin on February 21st, 2013
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No Comments »Republicans throw pity party for Richard ‘Rape babies are a gift from God’ Mourdock
Posted by admin on February 20th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Babies, From, gift, God', Mourdock, Party, Pity, rape, Republicans, Richard, Throw No Comments »Lawmaker Apologizes for Rape Remark
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2013
A video of a Colorado lawmaker talking about rape while debating a gun bill involving college campuses has gone viral, the Denver Post reports, with Republicans and Second Amendment activists likening state Rep. Joe Salazar (D) to failed Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin (R). Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
Five accused plead not guilty to Delhi gang rape, murder
Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2013
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Five men pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges they gang raped and murdered an Indian trainee physiotherapist, in a case that led to a shake-up of laws against sexual crimes after protests about a rising number of attacks on women. A Reuters witness saw the men file into the court [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 'Gang, accused, Delhi, Five, Guilty, Murder, Plead, rape No Comments »New Mexico bill would send rape victims to prison for having abortions because it’s lifey!
Posted by admin on January 25th, 2013
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Bill Would Require Rape Victims to Keep Pregnancies
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2013
New Mexico state Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R) has introduced a bill that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial, the Huffington Post reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
Saudi Air Force sergeant accused of child rape in Las Vegas
Posted by admin on January 19th, 2013
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A Saudi Air Force sergeant in the United States for training has been arrested on child sexual assault charges over accusations he raped a 13-year-old boy in a Las Vegas hotel, and bail was set on Friday at just over $ 1.2 million, authorities said. Mazen Alotaibi is accused of raping [...]
GOP Lawmakers Told to Stop Talking About Rape
Posted by admin on January 17th, 2013
GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway told House Republicans at their retreat that they need to stop talking about rape, Politico reports. Tweet This Post
New ‘sensitivity training’ teaches Republicans that rape is bad
Posted by admin on January 14th, 2013
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Defendants’ lawyers in the spotlight in Indian rape case
Posted by admin on January 13th, 2013
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – In a grubby room, one wall lined with legal tomes, a father and his son leaf through thick case files in preparation for the trial of their lives – defending the main accused in a gang-rape that outraged India and caused shock waves around the world. The small New Delhi legal [...]
