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  1. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    Seems so far only you and he understood the reference :rolleyes: Maybe next time he will explain its a joke before he writes such lines. ...... just saying :rolleyes:
  2. EnglishLady

    Paralympic athletes who harm themselves to perform better

    BBC Would you break your own toe to win a Paralympic medal? Would you sit on a sharp object or strangulate your testicles? It's cheating, but a scientist who will be monitoring athletes at the Paralympic Games says a third of competitors with spinal injuries may be harming themselves to...
  3. EnglishLady

    Middle class in 'lost decade' as income falls

    BBC The US middle class is in a "lost decade" as its share of the country's income has been surpassed by affluent earners, a new report says. The Pew Research Center found that 62% of middle class Americans reported they were being forced to reduce spending. And 43% expect their...
  4. EnglishLady

    Ooops .... Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur

    An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco. Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years...
  5. EnglishLady

    'Talking cars' tested in Michigan to cut road accidents

    BBC Hundreds of vehicles fitted with kit that lets them "talk" to each other are being tested on the roads of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The technology is designed to alert drivers to potentially dangerous situations in an effort to reduce the number of accidents. The year-long effort is...
  6. EnglishLady

    Casey Anthony probation ending, but legal woes not over

    GMA Casey Anthony's one-year probation sentence for check fraud ends this week, giving her the freedom to go wherever she pleases. "As of Friday, Aug. 24 at 12 a.m., nobody will be able to tell her where to be," Anthony's attorney Charles Greene told ABCNews.com. "She's complied with...
  7. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    I presume you are talking about all abortions, whereas this thread is only dealing with rape victims.
  8. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    You are 40years out of date with that information ...... try reading previous posts
  9. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    My opinion is my opinion and therefore not wrong just as your opinion is yours. You keep saying I am forgetting the pregnancy, when I keep saying it is the womans decision. Have you ever been pregnant?
  10. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    BBC News - Mitt Romney joins calls for US candidate to quit race
  11. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    "While U.S. Rep. Todd Akin cited only "doctors" as his source of information about the rarity of pregnancy resulting from rape, it is two pages, from Mecklenburg's 1972 article, "The Indications for Induced Abortion: A Physician's Perspective," that have influenced two generations of...
  12. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    "A woman who is raped at a vulnerable time in her menstrual cycle is as likely to conceive and retain a pregnancy as a woman who was voluntarily attempting pregnancy," said ACOG's Levy"
  13. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    From American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. A woman who is raped at a vulnerable time in her menstrual cycle is as likely to conceive and retain a pregnancy as a woman who was voluntarily attempting pregnancy," said ACOG's Levy. "There's absolutely no validity to any sort of...
  14. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    For someone in public office to be 40 years out of date on such a serious matter is shocking.
  15. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    No you are quite right - my multi tasking chip failed me LOL Though I do believe that the sheer number of 32,000 pregnancies a year should have been enough to make one gasp in horror .....
  16. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    Between 12 and 45.5% of rapes result in pregnancy according to the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  17. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    From the the Centers for Disease Control ... "There are more than 32,000 pregnancies from rape each year" In a 1996 study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers surveyed 4,008 American women for three years. Among women in their prime reproductive years, 12 to...
  18. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    You're sorry for her trouble!! for her TROUBLE !! You should try reading some of the VICTIMS testimonies ...... how they were so scared that they were going to die, how they had a knife pressed against their throat or a gun against their head, the helplessness, the sounds, the smells, the...
  19. EnglishLady

    US row over Congressman Todd Akin's rape remark

    Again ..... It has nothing to do with anyone but her. You have no idea, and can never have any idea, of what you are talking about!
  20. EnglishLady

    Augusta National Golf Club allows first female members

    Where's that dislike button ....... :mad: ROFL :p
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