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Plan B Now Available Over the Counter for Women 15 & Up

Plan B Now Available Over the Counter for Women 15 & Up

By Samantha Leal | 05/01/2013 - 11:21 | 0 Comments

Plan B, or the morning after pill, will now be sold as an over-the-counter drug and will be available for those 15 or older. While the pill used to be available for teens, the contraceptive was sold to those 17 or older, and only with a prescription. With the new law in place, those wishing to buy the pill can do so without seeing a pharmacist. ...

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San Diego Border Gate Opens & Mexican Immigrant Hugs Daughter For First Time

By Samantha Leal | 05/01/2013 - 10:39 | 0 Comments

The San Diego border opened this weekend, briefly, to Mexico, and the scene was an emotional one for many. After officials opened the gate in Friendship Park, a small park along the border, family members got to see and touch their loved ones they hadn't touched in many years. One of these loved ones was Luis Angulo,...

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New Report Shows Recession Amplified Wealth Gap Between Whites and Hispanics, Blacks

By Laura Elizabeth Hernandez | 04/30/2013 - 19:34 | 0 Comments

Think all Americans have been equally affected by the Recession? Think again...

A new report by the Urban Institute reveals that Americans are not all equally affected by the recession and that Blacks and...

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Birth, Death, Rebirth: A Thank You To Those Who Prayed for My Baby Daughter

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 04/29/2013 - 14:26 | 0 Comments

Her name is Elizabeth Artemis Arrow. She was born November 6 and she’s alive and well. To the many of you who prayed for my baby daughter and emailed me your well wishes: Thank you. They sustained me.

I think we gave her a strong name: Artemis, as in the kickass Greek hunter-goddess, is what my husband Carlos and I called her for...

9-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth To Healthy Baby Girl In Mexico
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Teenage Girl Forced To Become Pregnant By Adoptive Mother

By Amaris Castillo | 04/29/2013 - 13:29 | 0 Comments

Horrifying. We just heard about a mother who forced her teenage adopted daughter to inseminate herself with donor sperm. The girl was only 14.

According to the Guardian, the reason for the insemination was to provide a baby for the mother after she was...

Earthquakes in Chile Have Permanently Deformed Earth
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Earthquakes in Chile Have Permanently Deformed Earth

By Samantha Leal | 04/29/2013 - 09:37 | 0 Comments

Yikes! It seems earthquakes in Chile have done far worse than suspected -- actually deforming the Earth's crust. Structural geologist Richard Allmendinger of Cornell University, along with his colleagues, have found that major earthquakes (with a magnitude 7 or higher) have apparently caused the crust in Northern Chile to crack permanently.

It was earlier believed...

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Singer Vicci Martinez on Coming Out: "I Believed God Cared More About Me Loving and Being Loved" (EXCLUSIVE)

By Helen Ubinas | 04/26/2013 - 12:12 | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama made history when he talked about gay rights in his inaugural speech — proof that support for same-sex marriage is growing. But the change of attitude is even more apparent in the usually socially conservative Latino community than among the general public. In 2006, 56 percent of Latinos opposed same-sex marriage. Now 52 percent say...

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Adiós, Dolores: Celebrating The Life And Work Of The Extraordinary Woman Behind 'Dolores Dice'

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 04/26/2013 - 12:07 | 0 Comments

These pages were supposed to host a virtual quinceañera — a celebration of Dolores Prida’s 15 years as Latina’s advice columnist, with a special piece by the veteran writer herself. It was to be a toast to her witty, on-point, irreverent and unabashedly feminist advice on everything from getting rid of cheating boyfriends to...

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