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		<title>The Next Step To Female Bishops</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/08/the-next-step-to-female-bishops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Church of England is in the middle of a sizzling debate over whether women will be permitted to act as bishops. The conflicting views are trying to be calmed by meeting Christian folk half-way. &#8220;The Manchester Diocesan motion proposes &#8216;co-ordinate jurisdiction.&#8217;&#8221; While this may sound refreshingly communal, the compromise would mean women would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Komen VP Resigns While Senators Launch Women&#8217;s Rights Campaign</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/08/komen-vp-resigns-while-senators-launch-womens-rights-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/08/komen-vp-resigns-while-senators-launch-womens-rights-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JennY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President for Public Policy, of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, Karen Handel resigned on Tuesday following the outstanding public backlash against the organization. Handel and the organization received major criticism for supporting new grant guidelines that excluded Planned Parenthood. Seen by some as another step in the &#8220;War Against Women,&#8221; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Woman Sues For Right To Drive</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/06/saudi-woman-sues-for-right-to-drive/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/06/saudi-woman-sues-for-right-to-drive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JennY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Saudi Arabian woman is suing traffic police in order to obtain a driver&#8217;s license and the right to drive a car. This is another step in Manal al Sharif&#8217;s fight against the law. She is one of the leaders of the Women2Drive campaign and was arrested in May for videotaping herself driving a car. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Blaming The Victim, Prudie!</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/02/rape-stop-blaming-the-victim-prudie/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/02/rape-stop-blaming-the-victim-prudie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JMW</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=44759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If a woman is completely drunk then she is incapable of giving consent to sex, right? Well not according to Emily Yoffe aka Dear Prudence. In her web chats this week she completely dismissed a scenario where a woman stated she had been date raped on the basis that she had gotten very drunk in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Women Still Not Allowed In Sports Stadiums</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/01/saudi-women-still-not-allowed-in-sports-stadiums/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/01/saudi-women-still-not-allowed-in-sports-stadiums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JennY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Superbowl is almost here, and I couldn&#8217;t be more excited. Looking forward to getting rowdy and yelling at the TV also makes it all the more disheartening that Saudi Arabian women still aren&#8217;t allowed in sports stadiums. This has been the law for a long time, but we were reminded of the restriction this week. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honour Killings Condemned, Shafia Found Guilty</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/30/honour-killings-condemned-shafia-found-guilty/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/30/honour-killings-condemned-shafia-found-guilty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JennY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada&#8217;s controversial honour killing trial has ended with a conviction of murder in the first degree for Montreal&#8217;s Shafia family. Mohammad Shafia, Tooba Shafia and their son Hamed were found guilty Sunday of murdering three sisters and the father&#8217;s first wife. They were sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years. A recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Complexity Of Choice</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/27/the-complexity-of-choice-feminism/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/27/the-complexity-of-choice-feminism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahidah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=44575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As feminists, we get it ingrained in us that choice is every person’s (read: woman’s) right. But what if things weren’t as simple as that? Choice is a common rhetoric used by many feminists and social justice activists. The topic ranges from jobs to abortion; sexuality and contraception to marriage; how we look to what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex-Workers Bring Case To Canadian Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/20/sex-workers-bring-case-to-canadian-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/20/sex-workers-bring-case-to-canadian-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JennY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver sex-trade workers and their lawyers brought their case to Canada&#8217;s Supreme Court on Thursday. They were there to argue the validity of a constitutional change to prostitution laws. Outside the court, other sex-workers and their supporters rallied for the cause. The fight to decriminalize prostitution has been a struggle, but the idea is spreading. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Patronizing Pregnant Asian Women</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/16/stop-patronizing-pregnant-asian-women/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/16/stop-patronizing-pregnant-asian-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=44172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors are being told to conceal the sex of the fetus from pregnant women in case they are from cultures who practice female infanticide. An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that many Asian women in Canada come from cultures where they prefer baby boys, and if these women know the sex of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Late-Term Abortions Murder?</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/03/are-late-term-abortions-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/03/are-late-term-abortions-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tinybart</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=43613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Maryland, two doctors are now facing murder charges after allegedly providing late-term abortions to five patients. During the 16-month investigation, authorities found that Steven Brigham and Nicola Riley initiated abortions in a New Jersey clinic (owned by Brigham) by giving pregnant women preliminary injections, and they then finished the procedures in Maryland. Women should [...]]]></description>
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