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Rape Cases Decline; Court Reviews Abortion Ban
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The number of rape cases in the United States has declined by 85 percent since the 1970s, according to statistics released by the Justice Department, the Washington Post reported June 19. In 1979, 2.8 rapes occurred for every 1,000 people. In 2004, the rate had decreased to 0.4 rapes per 1,000 people.
Arab Women Press for Rights; FDA Blocks Plan B
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Women’s rights activists gathered in Morocco June 11 and called on the region’s governments to adopt in full a United Nations resolution that would outlaw discrimination against women, reported the Agence-France Presse.
Women Push U.N. Post; Abortion Bills Proliferate
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A new push to appoint a woman as secretary general of the United Nations has begun, the Times of London reported this week. The international body has not had a woman at its helm during its 60-year history and current Secretary General Kofi Annan is expected to step down by the end of this year.
