PRINTABLE PAGE House Committee Approves Minors’ Interstate Abortion Travel Bill Originally published by Reuters Health, March 21, 2002 WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) — For the third time in four years, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would…
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PRINTABLE PAGE B.C. Girl Convicted in School Bullying Tragedy By CBC News Online staffOriginally published by CBC News Online, March 26, 2002 ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A teenager who bullied a classmate into committing suicide has been found guilty of uttering…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Krishna Temples Plan Bankruptcy Filing Over Abuse Suit By Alan Cooperman, Washington Post Staff WriterOriginally published in The Washington Post, February 9, 2002 About 12 of the nearly 50 Hare Krishna temples in the United States will file…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Legal System ‘Drags Its Heels’ Over Abuse Reforms By Andrew Walker and Tanya ThompsonOriginally published in The Scotsman, July 27, 2001 Scotland’s legal system is failing victims of child sex abuse because a raft of new measures to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Leprosy Patients in Japan Gain Respect Culture: Long-suffering outcasts win damages and a court finding that their rights were violated. By Mark Magnier, Times Staff WriterOriginally published in the Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2001 KAGOSHIMA, Japan —…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Prison Rape Is No Joke By Vincent Schiraldi and Mariam M. BellOriginally published in The Washington Post, June 13, 2002 Historic legislation was introduced this week to combat the epidemic of prison rape—a scourge that is estimated to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Study Says Student Bullying Widespread (The Associated Press) By Lindsey TannerOriginally published by The Associated Press, April 24, 2001 CHICAGO (AP) — Amid growing concern over school violence, a nationwide study has found that bullying affects nearly one…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Topiramate Shows Promise for Treatment of Neuropathy and Chronic Pain Originally published by Reuters Health, February 8, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — The anti-epileptic drug topiramate may be an effective addition to the arsenal of agents used…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Missing Children, Part 4 Twenty Years And No Answers By Kevin CanfieldOriginally published in The Hartford Courant, April 15, 2001Part 4 of 5 James Rodney Hicks strangled his first wife in Maine in 1977. Recently he pleaded guilty…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Fla. Caseworker Charged in Abuse Case By Rachel Ls Corte, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, July 13, 2002 LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — The first call to the abuse hot line came Aug. 28, 2000. The…