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An anti-birth-control dystopiaA new lawsuit argues that Manila's ban on contraception has had a devastating effect on poor women. Does the sex of your doctor matter?A new study finds that breast cancer patients treated by female surgeons were more likely to receive post-op radiation. South Africa gets an earful about Mike Tyson's visitA visit from the former boxing champion illustrates how the nation's government is still painfully ignorant about rape. Global news roundupFeminists silenced in Iran, making noise in Mexico. Feminism: Five minutes ago?Or are the rumors -- once again -- greatly exaggerated? (Or just poorly edited?) Sperm on, sperm offAustralian scientists test remote-controlled reversible vasectomy. Is there such a thing as too much folic acid?Some scientists suggest that folic acid -- known for preventing birth defects -- may come with a downside.
Extra! UIdaho Student Found Shot to Death
One demanded to know if she was a candidate for the position she now holds while a search committee hunts for Michael Burke's replacement. She'd have an unfair advantage in the search process if she was interested in the job, it was noted. The prez deferred that question to NIC PRmeister Kent Propst. Another queried her about the political makeup of the faculty � conservative, liberal, middle of the road? Of course, he was dredging up the flap involving student Linda Cook, who received her tuition money back recently after she complained that part-time English instructor Jessica Bryan regularly bashed Republicans and the Bush administration during classroom discussions. That was "European-American" activist Stan Hess' cue to launch a monologue about the need for the college faculty to reflect the political views of the community.
Full Rights & Protection by the US Gov't for the Unborn.
As far as what I think? I think a human life begins at conception. I also think that Science has a hard enough time wrapping things up, that it has no right to dictate when THEY think life begins. As a Christian, of course, life begins at conception, as we were "sinful from birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." I'd just assume to not risk making myself a murderer, christian or not, because science cannot definitively say. The Avatar .
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