Infanticide

Rescuing 'We, the People'

Rep. Jim McGovern | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Corporate Personhood, George Will, George Will Citizens United, People's Right Amendment, Citizens United Ruling, Citizens United, Infanticide, Citizens United Amendment, Politics News
Rep. Jim McGovern

Defenders of Citizens United and the corporate rights doctrine that underlies it must be getting nervous. Why else would George Will resort to arguing that the amendment I have introduced is "comparable" to condoning infanticide?

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Little China Girls: How History's Worst Famine Shifted the Sex Ratio

Rob Brooks | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Evolution, China, Infanticide, Behavior, Famine, Sex, Gender, Sex Selection, Sex Ratio, Chinese Famine, Natural Selection, Science News
Rob Brooks

People often ask me whether natural selection continues to operate on modern humans in industrialized societies. My answer is always an unambiguous "Yes!"

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Infanticide: The New Abortion

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Abortion, Hegel, Morality, Infanticide, Charles Darwin, Aristotle, Religion and Politics, Judaism, Judaism and Abortion, Jewish Ethics, Religion News
Rabbi Adam Jacobs

The abortion question is unique in its ability to generate two utterly disparate conceptions of the same act. Is it a procedure or is it the wholesale megadeath of the other?

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How One Man Left His Life To Save "Accursed" Children

Candy Chand | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Mingi, Infanticide, South Omo, Bring Love In, Ethiopia, Levi Benkert, Children Accused of Witchcraft, Witchcraft, Bale, Religion News
Candy Chand

Many of us dream of making a positive difference in the world. But few are willing, especially if that willingness constitutes leaving our homes, friends, relatives, our nation.

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Dalai Lama Advisor, Blake Kerr, Testifies in Trial Accusing Chinese of Genocide in Tibet

Robbie Vorhaus | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Abortion, India, Sterilization, Dalai Lama, Dartmouth College, Nepal, Li-Peng, Sag Harbor, Tibet, Jokhang Temple, Infanticide, Crimes Against Humanity, Blake Kerr, Human Rights, Madrid, Universal Jurisdiction, Karma, Genocide, Spanish National Court, Chinese Government, Jiang Zemin, Mt. Everest, Buddhist Monks, Lhasa, World News
Robbie Vorhaus

As a tourist in Lhasa 24 years ago, Blake Kerr witnessed Chinese soldiers and police massacring unarmed Tibetans, inspiring him to begin documenting the underside of China's military occupation of Tibet.

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David Lohr

Accused Baby Killer Freed On Bond

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Child Murder, Crime News, Crime, North Carolina Crime, Rebecca Jo Blackmore, Rebecca Blackmore, Infanticide, North Carolina, Crime News

Three months after she was put in jail and charged with murdering her newborn daughter and hiding the infant's body, a North Carolina teen has been re...

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Stressing Motherhood: Could the Stress From Inequality be Killing Our Kids?

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Stress, Poverty, Biology, Parenting, Infanticide, Murder, Mental Health, Child, Murdering Ones Own Child, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
Eric Michael Johnson

A mother's affection for her child is thought to be absolute. Yet, throughout history, women have taken the lives of their children under a variety of contexts and reasons. Why?

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Wild Irish Prose

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: John Millington Synge, Books, The Abbey Theater, Theater, Bernie McGill, Infanticide, Life, W.B. Yeats, Irish Writing, Ghost Light, John O'connor, Ireland, Dublin, Lady Gregory, Reading, The Butterfly Cabinet, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie McGill is a gothic, creepy, and weirdly topical novel about murder by mother, inspired by the true story of the death of the daughter of an aristocratic Irish family in 1892.

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In Mali Prison, Huge Number Of Poor Mothers Held For Killing Their Newborns

AP | MARTIN VOGL | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Mali, Muso Danbe, Infanticide, Mali Infanticide, Mali Rape, Impact News

BAMAKO, Mali — Coumba came to Mali's capital in search of work – and pregnant outside wedlock. Fearful of her family's scorn, the 18-year-...

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Three Years In Prison For Taking Abortion Pills, Leaving Newborn To DIe

Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Marisol Molina, Abortion, Abortion Pills, Baby Killed, Chicago, Misoprostol, Illinois, Infanticide, Chicago News

Marisol Molina pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Monday, for taking a handful of abortion pills before having her baby, then leaving the infa...

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15 Female Fetuses Found In Indian Garbage Dump

Yahoo! News | Imran Khan | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Abortion, Kishanganj, Feticide, Women's Rights, India, Infants, Maternity, India Fetuses, India Birthrate, Infanticide, Patna, Childbirth, World News

PATNA (AFP) -- Fifteen female foetuses have been found in jars left on a rubbish dump, Indian police said Monday, days after census data showed the ra...

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Always Breaking News: Chimps Rape and Pillage! So What?

Christopher Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicolas Wade, Warfare, Rape, Bonobo, Incest, Chimp War, Infanticide, Masturbation, Murder, Homosexuality, Bonobos, Orgy, Chimps, Chimpanzee, Primates, New York Times, Evolution, Kibale, Media News
Christopher Ryan

When a group of bonobos encounters another group, an orgy may well break out, but not a battle.

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Celine Lesage, Frenchwoman, Accused Of Killing 6 Of Her Babies

AP | FREDERIC VEILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France Infant Killer, France, Valognes, France Baby Killer, Infant Killer, Celine Lesage, Infanticide, Baby Killer, World News

COUTANCES, France — A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, a...

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Woman Charged With Killing Her Newborn Using Plastic Bag

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marisol Molina, Illinois, Baby Killed, Infanticide, Baby Killer, Chicago, Chicago News

A North Side woman has been charged with murder for allegedly placing her newborn girl into a plastic bag and hiding it in a closet, police said. ...

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When Abortion Is "Gendercide"

Madeline Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Gender Ratios, Sex Selective Abortion, United Nations Human Rights Council, Petals in the Dust, Sex-Selection, Oklahoma Abortion Laws, India, Dr. Sabu George, Nyna Caputi, Infanticide, The Christian Science Monitor, H.B. 1595, International Violence Against Women Act, World News
Madeline Wheeler

Without enough women, some Indian girls from poor areas are being sold as wives to higher caste men. Often these girls service more than one male and are kept essentially as sex slaves.

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When Infanticide Isn't Murder

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Abortion, Texas, Mercy, Politics, Human Rights, Children, Crime, Motherhood, Parenting, Bioethics, Infanticide, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

In the wake of a series of highly-publicized killings of young children by Texas mothers suffering from post-partum mental disorders, a state representative from Houston has introduced long overdue legislation that will recognize the mitigating circumstances surrounding such acts.

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Our Greatest Health Success -- and a Challenge

Roy M. Pitkin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Health, Infanticide, Health, Infant Mortality, Healthy Living News
Roy M. Pitkin

The 20th century brought many, many improvements in health. But by far the most remarkable was the incredible increase in the safety of childbearing.

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Seth Colter Walls

Source Of "Infanticide" Smear Says America Elected "A Barbarian"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jill Stanek, Born Alive, Infanticide, Obama Infanticide, President Obama, Politics News

Though some conservatives are making conciliatory noises about Barack Obama now that the election is over, Jill Stanek is not among them. The former I...

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Another Major Pro-Life Scholar Endorses Obama Citing Pro-Prevention Policies

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicholas Cafardi, Abortion, Raymond Ruddy, John McCain, National Right to Life Committee, Jill Staneck, Born Alive Infant Protection Act, Doug Kmiec, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, Infanticide, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Catholic, Politics News
Scott Swenson

It defies all logic that these staunchly pro-life luminaries of Catholic legal scholarship would take these positions if the ludicrous charges about Obama supporting "infanticide" were in any way true.

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Seth Colter Walls

Thompson Infanticide Distortion Advances Anti-Obama Smear

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infanticide, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Politics News

As Josh Marshall noted last night, former Sen. Fred Thompson appears to have picked up on the infanticide smear against Barack Obama. During his spee...

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Seth Colter Walls

Obama "Infanticide" Smear Gains Traction: Campaign Forced To Rebut

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Right to Life, Born Alive, Infanticide, Obama Infanticide, Barack Obama, Illinois State Senate, Politics News

Two weeks ago, when the Huffington Post reported that the "infanticide" charge against Barack Obama was gaining traction in right-wing circles, the Il...

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Sam Stein

Obama Infanticide Attack Being Readied By 527s, Pat Buchanan Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Infanticide, Catholic Church, Pat Buchanan, McCain Catholics, Abortion, Obama Values, Smears, Obama Abortion, Barack Obama, Infanticide, Barack Obama Infanticide, Politics News

A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post's Seth Colter Walls reported that Republican officials and outside groups were set to launch a smear campaign aga...

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Seth Colter Walls

The Next Smear Against Obama: "Infanticide"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, McCain Catholics, Smears, Infanticide, Barack Obama, Obama Infanticide, Politics News

Catholic voters should steel themselves to hear Barack Obama accused of "infanticide" this fall. Support for that heinous crime is the latest charge b...

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Vera's Cub: Why Some Mothers Eat Their Young

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nuremberg Polar Bear, Bear Video, German Zoo Polar Bear, German Polar Bear, Olivia Zaleski, Mrs. Knut, Polar Bear Cub Photos, Animals, Nuremberg City Zoo, Infanticide, Polar Bear Cub, Zoo, Polar Bear Photos, Zoo Deaths, Vera Polar Bear, Animal Behavior, Polar Bears, Slideshow, The Giving Life, Nuremberg Zoo, Baby Polar Bear, Video, Healthy Living News
Olivia Zaleski

I want this baby polar bear! Well, on second thought, I want this baby polar bear for just a few weeks--before it gets teeth. In a year, that cub w...

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