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Question: Is it common to refer to OB/GYNs as "obie guy-neys" or is President Obama - seen talking about health care earlier this afternoon - simply engaging in his rumored Secret Black Person Code Language? More »
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• The US government has cut off USAID funding of contraceptives to clinics run by Marie Stopes International because the government alleges the organization supports forced abortions and the national family planning program in China, which MSI denies. • A survey of 20 men and 20 women found that people prefer cars with masculine "power" traits, i.e. those that sit lower and wider and have angled headlights. • The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in favor of transgendered politician Michelle Bruce today after two political opponents filed a lawsuit against her claiming she mislead voters about her gender in the 2003 and 2007 elections for Riverdale City Council. • More »
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Wow, Sarah Palin gets Photoshopped into something other than a bikini. Is this progress? • In the past decade there has been a 40% increase of female soldiers training to be officers in the UK Territorial Army, as more and more UK soldiers are being expected to serve in Afghanistan and Iraq. • New research shows that sexual harassment is 10 times more likely to occur at contract-only jobs and 5 times more likely to occur at casual jobs. • An Italian newspaper reports that a 50-year-old Italian woman was woken from her coma long enough to consent to marriage with her longtime partner. • More »
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In an Op-Ed on the NY Times' website today, missionary and doctor Sue Malkin writes about the staggering maternal mortality rates in Malawi. Malkin explains that part of the problem in getting care to expectant Malawian women is that they're not always empowered to make decisions about their own well-being, which leads to delays. Her point was echoed in a documentary that aired last night on PBS: Birth of a Surgeon follows Emilia Cubane, a young woman in Mozambique learning to become a surgical (as in C-sections) midwife. In the clip above, Emilia helps a laboring young woman who wants to be sterilized but doesn't have her husband's permission. More »
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