Who gets abortions? The answer might surprise you - AP
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Much of the public debate focuses on teens, as evidenced by the constant wrangling over parental notification laws and movies like the current hit Juno, in which the pregnant heroine heads to an abortion clinic, then decides to have the baby.
In fact, the [...]
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To fight the advancing rate of sexually transmitted disease and teenage pregnacy, Scotland’s most senior public health doctor proposes starting sex education with five year olds.
SEX education lessons should be given to schoolchildren as young as five as part of a bid to combat soaring levels of teenage pregnancy and sexual disease, Scotland’s most senior [...]
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After following 30 married couples with full-time jobs and children, a recent study determined that a happy home helps alleviate the stress of working women.
TUESDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) — Coming home to a loving spouse and a good marriage helps working women shake off the stress of the day, new research confirms.
Men, on the [...]
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Colorado’s anti-abortion movement is in turmoil after Colorado Right to Life was dumped by its national organization Wednesday, in large part for attacking Focus on the Family founder James Dobson.
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Under pressure from pro-life groups, state moves toward ruling on charges
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With the only exception being to save the life of the expectant mother, South Dakota has banned all other abortions. Seeing that this ban directly opposes the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973, it is hard to imagine that a proposal, however noble or lofty as this, will be able to stand within the [...]
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“Living in sin” can damage future married life, according to a new study, which also claims that devout Christians have better love lives.
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tags: christian, religion, the age company, theage.com.au, faith, intimacy, survey, marriage
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Men in church workshops express themselves, word by painstaking word, in an unlikely medium: the humble letter.
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tags: christian, faith, family, fathers, pen, writing, love letters
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CHICAGO (ABP)âThe decline membership in of mainline churches over the last century had more to do with sex than theology, research by a trio of sociologists suggests.
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tags: baptist standard publishing, baptiststandard.com, christian, birth control, church, membership, sex, theology, fertility
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Religion, it seems, pays. But why?
Identifying communities of frequent churchgoers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Jonathan Gruber found higher incomes and education levels and less welfare participation, along with more marriages and fewer divorces than in the general population.
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tags: sun-sentinel.com, christian, divorce, faith, sun-sentinel, education, money, wealth, [...]
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Oct 12, 2005 â Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she’s already thinking about doing it again.
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tags: 16, abc news internet ventures, abc.com, arkansas, jim bob duggar, michelle duggar, children, duggar
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Do couples that pray together really stay together?
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tags: african-american, biblical recorder inc., biblicalrecorder.org, black, georgia, marriage, prayer
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The bodies of three unborn children concealed in statues of Christian saints reportedly were found yesterday, with authorities believing they were intended for use in satanic rituals in the U.S.
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tags: worldnetdaily, worldnetdaily.com, abortion, crime, death, satanism, smuggling, fetus
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Sep 28, 2005 â A doctor has offered to perform free abortions on hurricane evacuees, saying it may be too dangerous for them to wait until they return home.
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tags: abc.com, arkansas, associated press, hurricane katrina, jerry edwards, little rock, pro-choice, pro-life, abortion
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Addressing a California ballot initiative, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would “kill” anyone who took one of his daughters to have an abortion without notifying him.
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tags: california, proposition 73, worldnetdaily, worldnetdaily, abortion, schwarzenegger
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TAMPA, Florida, September 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) â Thirty major companies stopped advertising on the new Entertainment (E!) Channelâs Playboyâs Girls Next Door Show after receiving emails from concerned citizens and faxes from a pro-family lobby group.
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tags: e!, family, girls next door, interim publishing, lifesitenews.com, advertisers, complaints, tv [...]
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(WebMD) Being in a bad marriage may be equally hazardous to the health of both spouses, according to a new study.
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tags: cbs.com, webmd inc, family, health, poll, study, survey, marriage
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(AgapePress) - The California State Legislature, controlled primarily by liberal Democrats, recently passed AB 849, a measure that would have essentially legalized same-sex “marriage” in America’s most populated state. If it were not for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pledge to veto the bill, homosexual marriage would have become law.
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A federal survey finds more than half of 15- to 19-year-olds have had oral sex, possibly as a safer alternative. But few report condom use.
More than half of American teens ages 15 to 19 have engaged in oral sex, increasing to nearly 70% for those who are 18 and 19, according to the largest federal [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) â More women â particularly those in their late teens and 20s â are experimenting with bisexuality or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.
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tags: associated press, usatoday.com, experiment, poll, survey, women, bisexuality
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