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Obama recasts birth control debate on own terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young...Tags: White House, Birth Control, Insurance, CNN (tv network), Republican Party
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Nick's Patio settles lawsuit that alleged pregnancy discrimination
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A local restaurant has agreed to settle a lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed on behalf of two women who said they were discriminated against when they told management they were pregnant. Nick’s Patio, a...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Discrimination, Trials, Sex Crimes, Laws
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Defense seeks dismissal of Ind. fetal murder case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for a woman charged with murdering her infant because she ate rat poison while pregnant says records clearly show that the Indiana law she's charged under was only meant to apply to people who attack pregnant women,...
Tags: Witnesses, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Belief and Faith, Trials, Murder
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CMU adds women's golf, lacrosse to aid sex equity
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Central Michigan University has decided to add two women's sports, saying it's an effort to strengthen sexual equality in athletics. The Mount Pleasant school's trustees voted Thursday to add women's golf in 2014-15...Tags: Lacrosse, Central Michigan University, Sports
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Defense says cause of baby's death unproven
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a Chinese immigrant accused of killing her baby by attempting suicide while she was pregnant say Indiana prosecutors haven't proven that the rat poison she ate caused her daughter's death. Defense lawyers Wednesday...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Pathology
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UN urges protection for elderly as world grays
TOKYO (AP) — The fast aging of Japanese society is evident as soon as one lands at Tokyo's Narita airport and sees who is doing the cleaning. Young people tend to take such menial jobs in other countries, but here they are often held by workers...Tags: Nursing Homes, Government, National Government, Physical Conditions, Tokyo (Japan)
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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Burma, Revolutions, Career and Workplace, Saudi Arabia, Crime, Law and Justice
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Medicaid official rules against Indiana abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said. The state had asked the Centers for...
Tags: Trials, Criminal Laws, Abortion, Medicaid, Henry J Hyde
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Woman who ate poison while pregnant loses appeal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday declined to drop murder and feticide charges against a woman who ate rat poison while she was pregnant in a case that medical and women's rights groups contend could have larger repercussions....Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Civil Rights, Trials, Murder, Criminal Laws
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Woman whose fetus died after suicide try gets bail
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge set bail Friday for a Chinese immigrant who has spent more than a year in jail on charges that she murdered her 33-week-old fetus by eating rat poison, in a closely watched case that has potentially broad...
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Civil Rights, Murder, Immigration, Criminal Laws
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Michigan lawmaker basking in support after vagina backlash
DETROIT (AP) — A state lawmaker from the Detroit area says she's getting support from across the country after she referred to her vagina on the House floor and was banned from speaking the next day. Rep. Lisa Brown, a Democrat from Oakland County,...
Tags: Elections, Civil Rights, Abortion, Lisa Brown, Republican Party
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Women sue over adoption ban for unmarried couples
HAZEL PARK, Mich. (AP) — Two lesbians who are raising three children filed a lawsuit Monday to overturn Michigan's ban on adoption by unmarried couples. April DeBoer, with two adopted children, and Jayne Rowse, with one, are longtime partners and...Tags: Trials, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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