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Where Is the Anti-Choice Outcry Over North Carolina’s Forced Sterilization of Women of Color?

January 27, 2012 | A task force in North Carolina recently ruled that survivors of that state’s eugenics program should be paid $50,000 each in financial compensation. Eugenics is often defined as the science of “improving” a human population by… Continue Reading →

Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive

Arguments before the Supreme Court set for late March * Administration: only two provisions would fall with individual mandate * Justice Dept. says rest of law independent and can survive By James Vicini WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – The Obama… Continue Reading →

Military Sexual Abuse: A Greater Menace Than Combat

26 January 2012 by: H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout | News Analysis “A woman who signs up to protect her country is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire,” stated former California Democratic Rep…. Continue Reading →

SC: Build night shelters in all govt hospitals

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court last week  urged the Delhi government to take steps to set up night shelters in and around all government hospitals in the city to protect patients and relatives from the biting cold and expressed happiness… Continue Reading →

Gallantry Award for Sexual Torture

 The Victim of Sexual Torture Soni Sori, an adivasi school teacher and warden from Chhattisgarh, is currently facing trial in Chhattisgarh. Accused as a Maoist supporter, despite evidence of her having being framed as one in several cases, she has… Continue Reading →

Republic Day gallantry award to alleged torturer of Soni Sori!

      Kamayani Bali  Mahabal says she is ashamed that the nation is giving gallantry award to a police officer Ankit Garg on the occassion of our Republic Day who is accused of torturing a tribal woman and the… Continue Reading →

Roe At 39: Celebrate Roe by Taking Action to Ensure Abortion Is Both Legal and Accessible

January 22, 2012, marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that recognized a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, if she so chooses. Reflecting on the anniversary of this landmark case, I am… Continue Reading →

U. S Supreme Court Upholds Law That Pulled Foreign Works Back Under Copyright

By Jeffrey R. Young, Washington, Jan 18,2012 A professor lost his long legal fight to keep thousands of foreign musical scores, books, and other copyrighted works in the public domain when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against him on Wednesday… Continue Reading →

Save Soni Sori and Punish Chattisgarh police for her torture

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOToo5-H3Nc] The recently received medical report of Soni Sori, a Chattisgarh school-teacher, has revealed that two large stones were planted deep inside her vagina and another stone inside her rectum. On October 20th, 2011, the Supreme Court had ordered the… Continue Reading →

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