Women in India Have Ovaries Removed- Forced into Early Menopause

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Holy Hormones Journal:  I guess men in India – have not heard of vasectomies.  What is going on in India in the name of forced population control is just amazing.  The situation really captures the inequality of reproductive health.  What a crazy couple of weeks – women escaping from bondage, Angelina Jolie cutting off her Continue Reading …

Women in India Forced into Unethical Hysterectomies

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Holy Hormones Journal – Sterilizing women against their knowledge and will is a violation of human rights. Blaming women’s woes on their faulty uteri is barbaric medicine – without a scientific basis.  What this is showing is the total disregard for women in India – or forced population control. Women in India – nor anywhere Continue Reading …

Mother Jailed for Sobbing in Court after Losing Custody to Abusive Father

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“Ma’am, give him the children and there won’t be any trouble. Alright? Do you understand? Just give Mr. Duckworth the children.”–Kentucky State Trooper Elliot

Women Suffer Shocking Abuse from Elite Male Students

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Men talk openly of my ‘rape potential’… why are they so vile to clever women like me? Cambridge undergraduate tells of shocking abuse by male students at elite university

Arkansas Abortion Law Challenges Roe v. Wade

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Arkansas adopted what is by far the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion on Wednesday — at 12 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can typically be detected by abdominal ultrasound.

‘Mad Men’ Style Sexism Alive and Well in the Workplace

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Jillian Berman has written an excellent article documenting the sexism that still exist in the workplace. Women are harassed more and earn less. Sigh.

The Rock,The Church and the Birth Control Pill

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In the past forty years, millions of women around the world have been given the Pill in such a way as to maximize their pain and suffering. And to what end? To pretend that the Pill was no more than a pharmaceutical version of the rhythm method?

India Women Activist’s Historic Writ of Petition over Unethical Trialing of HPV Vaccines, Gardasil® and Cervarix® Accepted by Supreme Court

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In a historic move, Kalpana Mehta, Nalini Bhanot and Dr Rukmini Rao President of the Gramya Resource Centre for Women, filed a Writ of Petition on October 29, 2012 under Article 32 in the Constitution of India outlining serious allegations regarding the trialing of the HPV vaccines Gardasil® and Cervarix® on thousands of girls between the ages of 10 and 14, in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

Supreme Court of India to Hear Case on ‘Risky’ Cervical Cancer Vaccine Drug Trials

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest writ petition against licensing of and trials with the unproven human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, ostensibly to treat cervical cancer.

India Supreme Court Accepts Writ of Petition on Gardasil & Cervarix Licensing & Trial Violations

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Supreme Court admits writ petition against licensing and trials with “Cervical Cancer” vaccines implicating the Drugs Controller of India, PATH, ICMR and others ordering Government of India to immediately respond

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