Human Rights
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461Assisted suicide laws a ‘direct assault’ on dignity of persons with disabilities, says council
A new study from the National Council on Disability (NCD) has slammed assisted suicide as being dangerous for people with disabilities. Noting...
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7.5KRESCUED: Trafficked pregnant women freed from ‘baby factory’ in Nigeria
Nigerian police have freed women who were kidnapped with the purpose of being raped, impregnated, and their babies sold. The 19 women...
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512UK court forces woman with intellectual disabilities to have an abortion
A woman with intellectual disabilities will be forced to undergo an abortion, thanks to the ruling of a United Kingdom court. The...
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1.7KHORROR: China re-education camp survivor tells of torture, rape, forced abortion
WARNING: Content may be disturbing to readers. Human rights abuses surrounding China’s oppressive population control policies are already well known. Parents who...
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1.7KMom in UK: My twins were born breathing at 22 weeks but doctors wouldn’t save them
Lucy Offord, a 20-year-old mother in the United Kingdom, says her twin daughters Autumn Grace and Peyton Rose were born breathing and showing signs...
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591Pregnancy discrimination in Alabama: Woman loses job after giving birth
Earlier this year, Alabama passed one of the strongest pro-life laws in the country, which would make abortion and attempted abortion a...
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4.3KGrandmother kills autistic grandson because she felt no one would care for him after her death
An 87-year-old Florida woman is being charged with second-degree murder after killing her 30-year-old autistic grandson. Lillian Parks claimed she killed Joel...
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13.2KWoman wins ‘wrongful birth’ lawsuit, says would have aborted her son with Down syndrome
Mere months after filing a lawsuit against the National Health Service declaring her son with Down syndrome should never have been born,...
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755Woman seeking abortion asks to bring her aborted baby home for burial
Former Planned Parenthood worker Ava Torre-Bueno wrote about an experience she had while working as director of counseling in a Planned Parenthood...
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690Shock report: South Korean abortionist commits abortion on wrong woman
An expectant mother lost her preborn child after an abortionist allegedly committed an abortion on her because he had the wrong medical...
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423Italy decriminalizes assisted suicide, PM questions whether a ‘right to die’ is a human right
Last week, Italy’s constitutional court ruled that euthanasia is not a crime if it is done for a chronic, non life-threatening condition...
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775Woman with disability: My abortion was never questioned. Keeping my baby was.
A disability advocate is speaking out about how differently people have treated her during pregnancy, depending on whether she planned to keep...
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13.3KHORRIFIC: Son pushes elderly mother off balcony… and is cleared of murder
Robert Knight, 52, was just cleared of the crime of murder for throwing his mother, 79-year-old June Knight, off a balcony. Instead,...
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768A sperm donor lied about his medical history. IVF companies are still using him.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is used more frequently than ever before, and for some people, it’s rarely seen as problematic. Helping couples...
