Darlene Love revealed in a new documentary that her secret interracial relationship with Bill Medley ended after she had an abortion against his wishes, which led her into a deep depression. The article also discusses how many women in the entertainment industry, including starlets like Judy Garland and Lana Turner, were coerced or forced into abortions to protect their careers under studio pressures and morality clauses.
CBS News conducted a year-long investigation into the surrogacy industry, revealing widespread abuses including the exploitation of vulnerable women such as undocumented immigrants and single mothers, lack of transparency about intended parents, and surrogacy farming where multiple surrogates are contracted simultaneously without their knowledge. California was identified as a central hub for surrogacy due to favorable laws and geographic location, but the industry remains largely under-regulated, allowing practices like multiple surrogates for one intended parent to occur without legal oversight.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments on a religious-freedom challenge to abortion restrictions in the state. The case involves plaintiffs' claims and the history of injunctions that prompted the state's appeal.
Cooke describes two British couples facing the destruction of stored embryos after sperm donors withdrew consent. She discusses their calls for legal change and frames the dispute around the moral status of embryos.
Cooke reports that a federal judge temporarily blocked Illinois assisted-suicide legislation following a challenge by religious plaintiffs. She distinguishes that action from a separate disability-rights lawsuit and outlines the law's scheduled implementation.
Cooke reports that the House of Commons rejected a reintroduced assisted-suicide bill. The article recounts the proposal's earlier failure and presents the result as a victory for opponents of legalization.
Cooke examines newly released details of a Dutch child-euthanasia case and the official review of the physicians' conduct. She argues that the reported circumstances raise concerns about disability and expanded eligibility for ending children's lives.
As the UK again considers legalizing assisted suicide, Philip "Dr. Death" Nitschke promotes his new suicide collar, but was too nervous to bring it with him.
The details are not known, but Morse had requested an apology, reimbursement for loss of earnings, & compensation for suffering due to religious discrimination.
A family in Ontario says their elderly aunt is being repeatedly asked to consider 'medical assistance in dying,' or MAiD, despite having already refused.
The twins' parents didn't arrive, and it was painful to hear them cry with no one to hold them. She was sent home after delivery & the $20k payment never came.
“[Abortion] is supposed to make us a bad person... I used to... try and figure out how old the child would be... to make myself feel guilty. But I never could!”
“Academic freedom means little if academics have to worry that expressing controversial views within the law might put their institutional status...at risk.”
Two women approached the counselor, verbally attacking him, his wife, and his children, who were present, saying his wife "should have killed" their children.
After AG Labrador requested the block's removal or restriction to the Plaintiff, the judge narrowed it to apply only to the doctor who challenged the law.
