Plus: Tex. pharmacist refuses to fill birth control pills, guilty verdict in NZ euthanasia case, and other stories from online sources around the world.
No commentary today, but there are many fascinating stories below. Check them out.
Birth control pills:
Study adds to morning-after pill debate | Teenagers who have emergency "morning-after" birth control pills at home are no more likely than other young people to have unprotected sex, a study found (Associated Press)
Bush to sign fetus rights bill | President Bush, eager to hand another victory to the social conservatives who make up his most loyal base of political support, decided on an elaborate ceremony to sign into law legislation expanding legal rights of the unborn (Associated Press)
A tough loss for left in abortion war | When women's rights and prochoice groups opposed the law on the grounds that it would undermine the right to abortion (even though abortion is specifically exempted by the bill), their stance not only came across as callous but made them look like extreme ideological zealots (Cathy Young, The Boston Globe)
Face the fetus | It's time for abortion rights advocates to stop denying reality (William Saletan, Slate)
Euthanasia:
'Unjust' shouts Lesley Martin after guilty verdict | In dramatic scenes inside the High Court at Wanganui, Martin, 40, burst into tears and there were loud gasps after a jury found her guilty of one charge, using a morphine overdose on her mother, Joy, and not guilty of the second charge, attempted murder by suffocating her with a pillow (The New Zealand Herald)
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