All posts tagged "Olympics"
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4.6KHuman InterestMom of toddler with special needs is most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history
Elana Meyers Taylor has become the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history, and she’s done it with a toddler with...
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2.9KHuman InterestOlympic mom goes for gold and advocates for Down syndrome along the way
Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor already has several Olympic medals to her name, as well as numerous world championship wins. But the...
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6.2KGuest ColumnFemale athletes say they faced pressure to abort: ‘It seemed like no choice at all’
(Right to Life UK) Sanya Richards-Ross, a former Olympic track and field athlete, has spoken out about being pressured into an abortion....
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4.0KHuman RightsOlympic athlete was pregnant when she won a silver medal in Tokyo
Olympic athlete Elinor Barker took home the silver medal in the women’s team pursuit track cycling event at the Tokyo Olympics and...
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2.4KHuman Interest500 female athletes file brief opposing 15-week protections for preborn children
Five hundred female athletes have filed a brief regarding the upcoming Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, arguing that carrying a...
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9.4KHuman InterestAdopted at 18 months from a Cambodian orphanage, Jordan Windle is now an Olympic diver
Twenty-one years ago, Navy veteran Jerry Windle of Florida sat flipping through a magazine in a doctor’s office waiting room. Windle, who...
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8.6KMediaSAD: Former foster child Simone Biles argues it’s better to be aborted than in foster care
UPDATE, 8/11/21, 3:39 p.m.: Simone Biles has responded to controversy created by her Instagram story, lashing out at some on Twitter, claiming...
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775Human InterestParalympian praises child care fund for Olympian parents: It’s an ‘opportunity where you don’t have to choose’
While many people think of physical demands and mental focus as the traditional challenges that athletes face, Olympians and Paralympians who are...
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7.9KHuman Rights
Elite athletes pressured to abort their children: ‘I made a decision that broke me’
For many athletes, getting a shot at the Olympics is the experience they work for their entire lives. Yet for women, it...
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4.0KHuman RightsOUTRAGE: Deaf-blind Paralympian withdraws from games after Committee refuses to let her bring aide
Becca Meyers, a star swimmer for the United States Paralympic Team, has won multiple medals in both the 2012 London and 2016...
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3.4KHuman InterestOlympian medalist Allyson Felix creates child care fund for other Olympian moms
Allyson Felix is heading to Tokyo to participate in her fifth Olympics — but her first as a mom. And in the...
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7.3KIssuesOlympic gold medalist Brianna McNeal says abortion trauma caused her to miss drug test
The New York Times has reported that Brianna McNeal, who won Olympic gold in the 100-meter hurdles in 2016, has been suspended from competing...
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6.1KHuman InterestOlympics organizers reverse course, allow Canadian basketball player to bring newborn
UPDATE, 7/1/21: Tokyo Olympic organizers have reversed their decision and have chosen to allow athletes who are nursing mothers to bring their...
