Stone-Aged: Republican Akin’s Rape Views Legitimately Noxious
An outrage occurred this week on the campaign trail in the US, with a conservative Republican Senate candidate claiming that in cases of “legitimate rape” a woman’s body prevented pregnancy from...
View ArticleDifficult Issues And The Thin Edge Of The Wedge
I READ an article in the Weekend Australian today that I want to share with readers, and invite comments in answer to; there are a lot of hot-button, emotional issues at the forefront of public...
View ArticleAbortion And “Wimmin’s Rage”: Is Julia Gillard Even Fit To Sit In Parliament?
DIVISIVE Prime Minister Julia Gillard has quickly responded to renewed leadership rumblings by trying to provoke gender tensions over abortion; her “outrage” over an LNP dinner showcases her utter...
View ArticleFred Nile, Charlotte Dawson, Abortion And Suicide
IT’S NOT OFTEN that I find myself making any attempt to defend the Rev Fred Nile; there is conservatism, and then there is the brand of mindless, fundamentalist religious fervour he regularly...
View ArticleDid Baillieu Tape Leak Over Abortion? Sackings Should Follow
THE NOTION this week’s sensationally leaked conversation between a journalist and a former Premier may have been motivated by abortion as an issue is, as things stand, as plausible an explanation as...
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