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Abortion Now Legal in Mexico April 24, 2007

Posted by Russian Dollz in Catholocism, Mexico, abortion.
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Check out this article on nytimes.com. pretty interesting considering what just happened in the U.S. In Mexico, a country that we might consider very controlled by its religion, catholicism, do we, the U.S., the country where antidisestablishmentarianism supposedly reigns supreme, have to rethink our church-state relationship?

Ban on Partial Birth Abortion April 19, 2007

Posted by Marina in abortion, bodies, class, conception, politics, president bush, supreme court.
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Check out this article from the NYT. Wednesday, April 18th, the Supreme Court upheld the ban on partial birth abortion passed by a lower court in Nebraska in 2003. The bill does not make any exceptions to allow for abortions in the case of pregnancies that endanger the mother’s life.

As the article reports, “Justice Kennedy, in addressing the need for the health exception, said on Wednesday that it was acceptable for (more…)