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New Charges Possible in Steubenville Case

Jim Denison

Last August, a 16-year-old girl was raped by two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio. The boys were convicted Sunday and sentenced to youth prison. Now Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced that he will convene a grand jury next month to consider charges against those who were at the party but did not try to stop the crime.

Children Conceived Through Rape Open New Front in Abortion Culture Wars

Adelle M. Banks

Forty years after the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion, children who were conceived through rape -- and women who were raped and chose to end the pregnancy -- are speaking out, opening a new front in the often-fraught discussions of a decades-old culture war.

New Mexico Bill Would Prevent Abortions After Rape as 'Evidence Tampering'

Michael Winter

A New Mexico lawmaker has drawn fire for proposing legislation to classify an abortion after a sexual assault as "tampering with evidence."

Lessons From the Todd Akin Fiasco

John Stonestreet

Trust me. I had very much hoped to avoid this train-wreck scenario surrounding the comments of Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin from Missouri.

How Do We Respond to the Question 'What About Rape and Incest?'

Dr. Karen Gushta

Giving a woman the abortion option -- whether she is the victim of a rape or a married woman with unplanned pregnancy -- is not the "compassionate answer." Abortion does not bring healing; it brings misery, pain and suffering, as millions of women who have had abortions can attest.

Police in Pakistan Decline to Prosecute Rape, Beating Suspects

Compass Direct News

Police have refused to arrest Muslims accused of causing the miscarriage of twin girls by beating their mother, even though a judge canceled the suspects’ interim bails.

Burmese Troops Gang-Rape Woman in Church

Religion Today

Burmese troops gang-raped and tortured a grandmother in a church in the latest reported case of abuse by Burma's military against the predominantly Christian Kachin minority.

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Pakistani Muslims Rape 13-Year-Old Girl, Beat Relatives for Prosecuting

Murad Khan

Muslims severely beat a pregnant Christian woman -- causing her to lose twins to miscarriage -- in an effort to pressure her family into dropping charges of raping her 13-year-old niece.

Pakistan: Young Christian Woman Killed During Attempted Rape

Religion Today

A 28-year-old Muslim man is in police custody for questioning for the murder of an 18-year-old Christian woman, who was shot to death during an attempted rape.

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