Word: incest
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...Incest?” said The Stable Boy.“Wivout e’en a peep of a doubt,” replied Oliver K. Swindleton, rubbing his hands together. “Oi could ’ardly believe th’news meself.”The two were seated at their usual table, leaning into the candle that burned weakly in the tavern’s noxious air. Reaching into the pocket of his tattered waistcoat, Ollie produced a letter and held it up between his thumb and forefinger...
...Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. "The social cost is great." But no government data exists for tracking the social progress of migrants' children, and that, social workers say, is a problem when millions of kids are thought to be at high risk for early pregnancy, incest, drug abuse and depression. Manila police, for instance, say that children with parents overseas are more exposed to violent crime, particularly rape and physical assault. "There are no parents watching," says Manila Police Officer Dolores Villegas...
Although South Dakota's Measure 11 included more exceptions to the outright abortion ban - for example, allowing abortion in rare cases of incest, rape or when the mother's life or health are endangered - than a similar initiative that was defeated in 2006, the new measure was rejected by 56% of voters yesterday. According to Kristine Wilfore, executive director of the Washington-based nonprofit Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which advocates socially progressive issues, the initiative would have set in motion a future challenge to Roe v. Wade if passed. "It was an effort to get as close as possible...
...vice presidential debates, both GOP candidates expressed their skepticism about Roe v. Wade and the importance of women’s health and reproductive choice. Governor Palin remains dogmatic in defining “pro-life” to prohibit all abortions, even in the case of rape, incest, or medical necessity; and Senator McCain openly mocked the question of a mother’s health during the presidential campaign...
...Wednesday, six months after Fritzl was arrested on suspicion of incest and abduction, leaked portions of a long-awaited psychiatrist's report to prosecutors suggest that personal, rather than societal, causes were behind Fritzl's crimes. Fritzl's actions, the report said, can be partly attributed to the abuse he suffered as a child. "His story describes an unpredictable atmosphere with humiliating and unprovoked attacks from his mother," psychiatrist Adelheid Kastner wrote in her 130-page report. "His childhood made him susceptible to an emotional handicap; [he felt] the need to possess an entire human being." (See photos of Austria...