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BOSTON – When Peggy Hartshorn and her family began taking in pregnant women, she didn't know they were taking the first steps toward joining an international organization. But three years later in 1978, she discovered a network, now known as Heartbeat International, devoted to helping women through maternity. "
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STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts women civilly committed for substance abuse treatment will no longer be sent to prison and instead will be referred to one of the 60 new state hospital beds slated to open this year under a law signed by Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday. "For the past
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HOLLYWOOD — The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the changes Friday, following a weeklong storm of criticism and calls
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WASHINGTON – The annual March for Life is attracting a new crowd. In recent years, the event has drawn – and reached – groups that include feminists, human-rights advocates and atheists, not just the religiously devout. The march has historically attracted religious leaders, Catholic students and activists, and has focused largely on the
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Men, on average, are significantly physically stronger than women. Western pop culture — replete with images of 100-pound girls knocking out muscular men twice their size with an artful kick — disguises this biological reality. Indeed, I've seen athletic young female college students shocked when an average-sized guy beats them
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NASHUA, N.H. – Bill Clinton made his first campaign appearances of 2016 on behalf of his wife, Hillary, and immediately provided fodder for wags across the Atlantic, who focused on some young women standing behind him rolling their eyes, frowning and grimacing as he delivered his remarks at a community
Abortion
Santiago, Chile (CNA/EWTN News) — A psychologist who cares for post-abortive women has emphasized the need to help women who have had abortions heal – and that these women have their own stories to tell. Peruvian psychologist Luz Marina Araoz Chavez said post-abortive women endure "difficulty in healing the wound
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JERUSALEM (RNS) — Women must be allowed to light Hanukkah candles and say a prayer at the official candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall when the Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins on Sunday (Dec. 6), Israel's deputy attorney general said this week. Every year, eight official lighting ceremonies — one
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