Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Link-A-Dink

Check out the ACLU's assessment of the "serious constitutional concerns" raised by the Senate's passing pof the Teenage Endangerment Act.

Amnesty International decided recently to extend its mandate to support abortion access in cases of sexual violence.

In Pennsylvania, A Good Samaritan Hospital emergency room Mennonite doctor refused to give a rape victim a morning-after pill because of his religious beliefs. Hell with gasoline drawers.









According to last year's statistics on HIV/AIDS infection in South Africa, pregnant women are the fastest growing sect of the population to become infected. via SABC News.

Sex education may get adolescents to delay sex, according to a new study.

The California Assembly passed a bill to prevent anyone but licensed medical professionals from purchasing ultrasound machines. If the legislation passes the state Senate, it could prevent the state's "crisis pregnancy centers" from buying ultrasound machines too.

Harper's reports on "the great Ukrainian bride hunt." Otherwise known as sexual trafficking.

Three leading gay rights groups will spend $250,000 on ads promoting gay marriage. Too bad the money won't be spent on, I don't know, education of tolerance or lobbying for equality laws.

Shannon blogs about feminism and the stereotype of hypersexualized Black women.

A kids' show host was fired after PBS found out she had made spoof PSAs about being a "technical virgin."

Studies say more than half the women of Peru have been victims of domestic and/or sexual violence. via Reuters.

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