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Same-sex couple make history in New Zealand by both being named 'mother' on baby's birth certificate
In a first for New Zealand both parents are listed as 'mother' on the birth certificate.
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The morning after pill could soon be droned your way
Skip going to the Pharmacy altogether.
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Global warming is putting wine under threat
Take anything, just leave us the prosecco.
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What is financial abuse, and how can you spot it?
We all think we know what domestic abuse looks like, but most people are unaware of the hidden kinds of abuse often taking place under our noses. One kind of abuse that's very little understood, and far more common than you would imagine is
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Airline defends decision to ban girls from a flight for wearing leggings after accusations of sexism
Twitter got itself all hot and bothered over the weekend. The cause of the outrage was an incident that took place at Denver airport when two girls were reportedly banned from boarding a United Airlines plane because they were wearing leggings. Shannon Watts, who witnessed the incident, took to Twitter to document what was happening at the departure gate.
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Women protested abortion laws in Texas wearing 'Handmaid's Tale' robes
If you haven’t read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale before, it’s follows a dystopian world in which fertile women are forced to become breeders for the rest of society. One bill discussed at the chambers will effectively ban common procedures used for second trimester abortions, and another would allow doctors to withhold information regarding fetal anomlies from pregnant women. Heather Busby, executive director at advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice Texas told The Huffington Post that the l
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The problems still facing women in the UK today
No one knows this better than those in the US, for example, as President Donald Trump has recently reintroduced old restrictions on abortion funding. Similarly over here in the UK, as many fantastic women fight to influence policy, raise awareness and support vulnerable women all over the country, other kinds of change – whether that be austerity, internet culture or a lack of understanding – seem to be doing their best to hold us back.
