Fact check: Are ‘born alive’ babies really unprotected in some US states? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Are ‘born alive’ babies really unprotected in some US states? | US Election 2024 News

During the September 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, supports “execution after birth”. ABC News moderator Linsey Davis rebutted Trump’s statement, saying, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to…

Recognising domestic violence as a cause of death: One mother’s long fight | Mental Health

Recognising domestic violence as a cause of death: One mother’s long fight | Mental Health

Contains references to self-harm, sexual violence, domestic abuse and suicide.  A talented hairdresser with a knack for convincing people to get dressed up in fancy dress for parties, Jessica Laverack (affectionately known as Jessie) was the youngest of three siblings, owned 52 pets at one point, and warmly jostled with…

Republicans in hotly contested races almost unanimously support IVF availability
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Republicans in hotly contested races almost unanimously support IVF availability

PHOENIX — Democrats are seeking to make in-vitro fertilization an election issue, with Vice President Kamala Harris declaring during the presidential debate that “under Donald Trump’s abortion bans, couples who pray and dream of having a family are being denied IVF treatments.” But Republican candidates across the crucial swing states…

Murdered Uganda Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s funeral march begins in Kenya | Olympics News

Murdered Uganda Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s funeral march begins in Kenya | Olympics News

Activists join the march in Eldoret, Kenya, as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral. The body of murdered Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has begun its journey home to Uganda, accompanied by activists calling for an end to gender-based violence in Kenya….

Young women are more liberal now than decades ago — and there’s more of them, study finds
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Young women are more liberal now than decades ago — and there’s more of them, study finds

The number of liberal young women has skyrocketed over the past two decades and their views on key issues have swayed further to the left, according to an analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. An average of 40% of women 18 to 29 years old identified themselves…

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s attacker dies in hospital | Olympics News

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s attacker dies in hospital | Olympics News

The man who attacked Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from injuries sustained when he poured petrol over the Olympic athlete, the Kenyan hospital treating him said. Police said that Dickson Ndiema Marangach assaulted Cheptegei in her home in western Kenya on September 1. The mother of two sustained 80…

‘A win for all of us’: HK domestic helpers welcome rare rape conviction | Crime News

‘A win for all of us’: HK domestic helpers welcome rare rape conviction | Crime News

Hong Kong, China – A 36-year-old foreign domestic worker in Hong Kong was on her way to throw out the rubbish when her Swedish employer arrived home late one night in October 2022. X, as she was known in court to protect her identity, said he appeared to be drunk….

A tech revolution in rural India: Training poor women in STEM | Women’s Rights

A tech revolution in rural India: Training poor women in STEM | Women’s Rights

Kandabari, India – On a sunny morning in Kandabari village in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, a group of students is learning to code in a classroom. Kriti Kumari, 19, is one of 31 women at the Sapna Center, which trains rural women from marginalised backgrounds and requires…

Virginia Sweet Briar College bans transgender women from admission based on founder’s will from 1900
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Virginia Sweet Briar College bans transgender women from admission based on founder’s will from 1900

Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year, making the school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges. The private women’s liberal arts school said the policy stems from the legally binding will of its founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams,…

‘I wish I was listened to’: NSW to respond to landmark birth trauma inquiry | Women News

‘I wish I was listened to’: NSW to respond to landmark birth trauma inquiry | Women News

Sydney, Australia – Sam Hall, an Aboriginal woman from Ormiston in southeast Queensland, was 40 weeks pregnant when she felt her baby’s movements slow. She was already anxious about her son’s safety – earlier scans had found possible problems with her pregnancy, and her partner had genetic heart issues. But…