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A McDonald's in Amsterdam has removed its grotesque and offensive urinals shaped like a woman's mouth.

Cheryl Bray, 42, a real estate broker in Encinitas, Calif., was flabbergasted that a family practitioner turned her away when she sought a routine physical needed to adopt a baby from Mexico. The doctor said he objected to a single woman's adopting a child. Washington Post: Seeking Care, and Refused.

A new movie about older women, sexual desire and sex tourism is making some waves.

A mental health counselor may not be forced to surrender records of her sessions with an Air Force Academy rape victim, but the case against the accused rapist could be dismissed, court arguments indicated Friday. Rocky Mountain News.

Disgusting: Today's AOL Instant Messenger Front Page.

A New York district attorney fired a dozen part-time women prosecutors unless they agree to work full time. The D.A., who is a woman, defended her decision by saying that some of the top executive positions in her district are held by women. And? One has what to do with the other??

Blogathon Against Torture begins July 29. For more information, visit: Blog Against Torture.

A press release from the HRC about a domestic-partner disparity.

The AP had constantly been referring to the 14-year-old Iraqi rape and murder victim as a "woman." Nice twist. Eventually they switched their language to match the truth.

The New York Times ran an article recemtly about the word "slut".

Sheelzebub at Pinko Feminist Hellcat has up a great post about women, sex, and submission.

Massachusetts' highest court validated a proposed state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, allowing it to go on a statewide ballot. Bizarre, considering the High Court ruled gay marriage constitutional in its last ruling.

Two Australian men have pleaded guilty over the world's biggest ever seizure of the date rape drug fantasy. Guilty plea in date rape drug trial.

Nicholas Bartha, the angry man who had blown up his home while in it, rather than let his ex-wife have it in their divorce....he died. According to the article, "Bartha's ex-wife told police she received an e-mail from him shortly before the explosion saying he would not leave the home alive and warning that she would be "transformed from gold digger to ash and rubbish digger."
Fourteen people were injured in the blast, including ten firefighters. FRA's support his actions.

Statistics on rape show the ages girls and women are at the highest risk of being raped are the ages of 12-34, with the peak risk being in the late teens.

Pro-choice women gathered in Jackson, Mississippi this weekend to support the state’s last clinic that provides abortion, even with a supposed bomb threat. For more information, check out Frontline’s The Last Abortion Clinic.

Yesterday there was an article in the WaPo about health workers who refuse to care for certain patients who, unfortunately for them, fall into the "I don't agree with you or your choices" bracket.

A bridge in Paris has been named after feminist Simone de Beauvoir. Best known for her work: The Second Sex.