All posts tagged "Olympics"
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5.3KGuest 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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3.2KHuman 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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1.8KHuman 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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9.0KHuman 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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8.2KMediaSAD: 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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593Human 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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7.4KHuman 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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3.7KHuman 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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2.9KHuman 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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6.9KIssuesOlympic 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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5.4KHuman 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...
