From NBC News, JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers pushed ahead Friday with a bill to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which would be the earliest ban nationwide and create a possible court challenge.
Mississippi already bans most abortions after 20 weeks. It's tied with North Carolina for the nation's earliest ban.
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Disabled Parents’ Rights
Nearly one in 10 children in the United States are at risk of being removed from their home by a child welfare agency simply because their parent has a disability.
In October, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of five parents with disabilities who had their children removed by New York's Administration for Children's Services, alleging widespread discrimination.
What...
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Women Interact More Comfortably and Intimately With Gay Men-But Not Straight Men-After Learning Their Sexual Orientation
In recent years, modern media have highlighted the ease with which straight women and gay men relate to one another.
Social scientists have empirically corroborated this phenomenon by examining close friendships between straight women and gay men. They have reported that women show an increased willingness to engage in intimate conversations with gay men very early...
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Abortion and the Republican Tax Bill
In case you haven’t been paying attention the Republican tax bill is stuffed with provisions that go way beyond taxes, including language that for the first time recognizes fertilized eggs (zygotes) in federal law.
The bill allows parents to set up education accounts for an “unborn child” or “child in utero,” defined...