A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice appeared to oppose a request to reinstate a 175-year-old abortion ban, telling the conservative prosecutor’s attorney that “this is the world gone mad”. Warning: This article mentions pregnancy complications, sexual assault and terminations. Sheboygan County Republican district attorney Joel Urmanski asked for the high court to overturn a Dane County […]
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The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced his resignation following a report into child abuse within the Church of England (C of E). Welby will step down in the wake of the Makin Report – an independent review into British barrister John Smyth, who is believed to have abused more than 100 boys and […]
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Sarah McBride, who made history last week by becoming the first out transgender person to be elected to the US congress, has said Donald Trump’s anti-trans ads were an attempt to “fear-monger and scapegoat”. McBride, who also made history in 2020 as the first trans woman to be elected to a state senate, defeated Republican John […]
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Whoopi Goldberg has launched the first global sports network just for women’s sport, in a move that has fulfilled a dream stretching back 16 years. Following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, Goldberg is ensuring that minority groups are prioritised, something it is expected the president-elect will not do. Goldberg, who in January voiced concerns that […]
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