Infanticide

When Abortion Is "Gendercide"

Madeline Wheeler | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


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.

When Infanticide Isn't Murder

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


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.

Our Greatest Health Success -- and a Challenge

Roy M. Pitkin | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living


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.

Seth Colter Walls

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


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...

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

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics


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.

Seth Colter Walls

Thompson Infanticide Distortion Advances Anti-Obama Smear

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics


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...

Seth Colter Walls

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


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...

Seth Colter Walls

The Next Smear Against Obama: "Infanticide"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


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

Vera's Cub: Why Some Mothers Eat Their Young

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


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...