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Labor and Deliverance is the new home for Observations of a Too Busy Ob/Gyn.

Via Pharyngula (how does he find the time?), a new Ob/Gyn blog from Dr. Jen Gunter .

Remember the good old days when politicians merely drafted legislation to make it legal to assassinate Ob/Gyns , and when even the domestic terrorists at Operation Rescue were trying to distance themselves from people who assassinate Ob/Gyns ? Well, I'm happy to report we've come a long way, baby! We now have government officials calling for the public hanging of Ob/Gyns. Behold, North Carolina Rep. Larry Pittman and his action plan to hang citizens just because they are engaged in legal activities: "We need to make the death penalty a real deterrent again by actually carrying it out. Every appeal that can be made should have to be made at one time, not in a serial manner," Pittman wrote in the email. "If murderers (and I would include abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers, as well) are actually executed, it will at least have the deterrent effect upon them. For my money, we should go back to public hangings, which would be more of a deterrent to others, as we...

From one of the alleged main objectives for the war in Afghanistan to a cumbersome pet rock weighing down our country's mighty rucksack: The Bush Administration "Three years ago, women were viciously oppressed and forbidden to work outside the home, and even denied what little medical treatment was available. Today, women are going to school, and their rights are protected in Afghanistan's constitution." President Bush's remarks in a press conference with President Karzai of Afghanistan The Rose Garden, Washington, D.C. June 15, 2004 "Under the Taliban, women were oppressed, their potential was ignored. Under President Karzai's leadership, that has changed dramatically. A number of innovative programs designed in collaboration with the Afghan government are increasing the role of women in the private sector." President Bush's remarks in a press conference with President Karzai of Afghanistan The Rose Garden, Washington, D.C. June 15, 2004 "I...

The Iranian justice system version: The punishment for being an accessory to murder: 10 years in prison. The punishment for adultery: Death by stoning...or maybe hanging.

The ultra-Orthodox version: JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up pledges to curb Jewish zealotry in Israel on Sunday after an 8-year-old girl complained of being menaced by ultra-Orthodox men who deemed her dress immodest. ... The statement appeared to have been prompted by an expose on Israel's top-rated weekend news about intra-Jewish friction in Beit Shemesh, a town of about 87,000 people near Jerusalem. Naama Margolese, 8, told Channel Two television she was terrified of walking to her moderate Orthodox school because of passersby who want her "to dress like a Haredi" - the Hebrew term for the ascetic, black-coated Jews who are in "awe" of God. "I'm afraid I might get hurt or something," the girl said. Margolese's mother Hadassa, an American immigrant who wore a headscarf and skirt in deference to religious Jewish tradition, said the sidewalk abuse could include spitting, curses like "whores" and ...