Ruling in genital mutilation case shocks women’s advocates

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Women’s rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this week that a law protecting girls from genital mutilation was unconstitutional. They called his decision a serious blow to girls’ rights. Legal experts said the judge made clear that U.S. states have authority to ban the practice, though only about half do. Here is a look at the ruling, which dismissed several charges against a doctor accused of cutting nine girls in three states as part of a religious custom, and what could happen next.
— Read on apnews.com/41a21048d86d499bafa1c869b2a00c17

The ‘Husband Stitch’ Leaves Women in Pain and Without Answers – Broadly

The infamous post-birth procedure—in which doctors suture the vaginal entrance narrower than necessary without the patient’s consent—is just one of the ways in which women are mistreated during and after childbirth.
— Read on broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/pax95m/the-husband-stitch-real-stories-episiotomy

20 Million Schoolchildren Have Been Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs

20 Million Schoolchildren Have Been Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs
— Read on www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/20-million-schoolchildren-have-been-prescribed-psychiatric-drugs-known-cause-suic

Conscious Sex: When a Man Enters a Woman With His Soul – Awareness Act

Conscious Sex: When a Man Enters a Woman With His Soul – Awareness Act
— Read on awarenessact.com/conscious-is-sex-when-a-man-enters-a-woman-with-his-soul/

Your gut is directly connected to your brain, by a newly discovered neuron circuit | Science | AAAS

Find could lead to new treatments for obesity, depression
— Read on www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/your-gut-directly-connected-your-brain-newly-discovered-neuron-circuit

Why have police destroyed rape kits? – CNN

Far too much of this , in great need of transforming, and that

is coming .

CNN’s exclusive investigation, “Destroyed,” reveals police across the country have destroyed hundreds of rape kits — many untested — before the statute of limitations expired.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/health/destroyed-rape-kits-takeaways-invs/index.html

Why Is Being Held Accountable So Terrifying Under Patriarchy? | The New Yorker

*More on this , very soon💯

Jess Row writes about the Brett Kavanaugh hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and how it relates to the Biblical story of Noah’s nakedness.
— Read on www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/why-is-being-held-accountable-so-terrifying-under-patriarchy