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4. New dawn for morning after pill | At long last, the FDA caves to political pressure and signals interest in approving the Plan B pill. (Editorial, The Los Angeles Times)
   
   
5. Also: Politics and machismo stunt Philippine birth control | Because of its opposition to artificial birth control, Catholicism is being partly blamed for the population boom. (Reuters)
   
   

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Abortion:

1. Poll: S.D. voters against abortion ban | South Dakota voters are leaning against the state's tough new ban on abortions, which will be voted on in November. (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Argentine court okays abortion for rape victim | An Argentine court ruled to grant an abortion to a mentally impaired rape victim, four months pregnant, in a case that has polarized this Roman Catholic country where the procedure is restricted. (Reuters)
   
   
3. Pious and prochoice | The abortion-rights movement rediscovers religion (The Boston Globe)
   
   
4. Pregnant and frightened | Criminalizing the act of driving minors to abortion clinics in other states won't do anything to reduce teen pregnancy, but it could drive teen abortion underground, making it unsafe as well as illegal. (Editorial, The Boston Globe)
   
   

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Stem cell research:

1. Foes rally against stem cell initiative | Mixing religious fervor with scientific skepticism, opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to protect embryonic stem cell research gathered for the first in a series of rallies across Missouri. (Associated Press)
   
   
2. A pox on stem cell research | Medical progress has stirred religious and moral objections throughout history — objections that were overcome as the benefits of medical advances became overwhelmingly obvious. (Deborah Blum, The New York Times)
   
   

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Evolution and intelligent design:

1. Kan. Republicans vie for nomination | Three members of the Kansas Board of Education will try to stave off defeat over their support of new science standards that call evolution into question. (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Election could flip Kan. evolution stance | Evolution's defenders are working to defeat Kansas Board of Education members who oppose modern Darwinian theory by challenging three incumbent Republican conservatives. (The Washington Post)
   
   
3. Evolution's backers in Kansas start counterattack | God and Charles Darwin are not on the primary ballot in Kansas on Tuesday, but once again a contentious schools election has religion and science at odds in a state that has restaged a three-quarter-century battle over the teaching of evolution. (The New York Times)
   
   
4. Museum tells Earth's history with Bible | Like most natural history museums, this one has exhibits showing dinosaurs roaming the Earth. Except here, the giant reptiles share the forest with Adam and Eve. (Associated Press)
   
   
5. The language of life | In the border war between science and faith, the doctrine of "intelligent design" is a sly subterfuge — a marzipan confection of an idea presented in the shape of something more substantial. (Robert Lee Hotz, The Los Angeles Times)
   
   

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Gay marriage:

1. British court denies marriage of 2 women | A British court refused to recognize the same-sex marriage of two university professors Monday, ruling that marriage has long been accepted in Britain as a union between a man and a woman. (Associated Press)
   
   

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