A 9-year Brazilian girl aborted twins this month after being raped by her stepfather. Then she, her mother, and the doctor were excommunicated from the Catholic Church, a decision supported by the Vatican.
The worst part of the article? “The law of God is above any human law,” said José Cardoso Sobrinho, the archbishop, who argued that while rape was bad, abortion was even worse.
This kind of thinking makes me unbelievably angry.
March 28, 2009
March 27, 2009
cocaine has medicinal uses?
Interesting HuffPo post about the politics and science of Plan B and marijuana laws (explains my subject line, too). The author suggests that pot be moved to a Schedule II drug, and makes a pretty convincing case for it. Not totally sure this will solve the problems (victimless criminals, a money sinkhole, etc.) related to marijuana illegality as well as fully legalizing it would, but maybe it's more realistic. I'd be interested to hear what you guys think.
March 26, 2009
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