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Abortion Doulas

September 07th, 201010:48 AM ET

By Bradley Mattes

Lauren Mitchell struggled to adjust to her new role as a doula. She is one of many trained, as the Greek term literally means, to assist in childbirth. “What you get very used to is this weird mix of tragedy and relief and sex and death — this wild variety of emotions,” she says. “There’s always this interesting mix of remorse and relief....
Genderlessness

September 06th, 201002:01 PM ET

By Penna Dexter

Some of the bizarre findings and conclusions in the court decision overturning California’s marriage amendment, Proposition 8, present the concept of gender as unimportant in family life and society. Finding number 70 reads: “The gender of a child’s parent is not a factor in the child’s adjustment.” The judge also concludes, “...the evi...

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