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With Courage, Chidiac Returns to Lebanon Airwaves
Anti-Choice Black Clergy Charge Genocide
Conscientious Objector Re-Engineers Her Life
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.
Silver Ring Funds Halted; S.D. Bans Abortion
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to stop federal funding of the Silver Ring Thing, a national program supporting abstinence until marriage, in a settlement with the New York-based American Civil Liberties Union, the organization announced Feb. 23. The Silver Ring Thing organizes events for teens that involve skits, music and inspirational speeches. At the end of the program, participants sign an abstinence vow and receive a silver ring as a symbol of their promise.