Women more than double the risk of miscarriage by taking anti-inflammatory drugs such as Nurofen and Voltaren in early pregnancy, research shows.
Australian experts said the drugs were already known to increase the risk of birth defects, but the latest research was further cause for concern.
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Forty years ago modern contraception was sold to women as part of a liberation package: at last they would be in control of their fertility and their lives. The pill was their passport to fewer children, economic independence and, as it soon appeared, the kind of sexual freedom that previously only men had enjoyed. Already, Read more
Women in Cost Rica took to the street to protest comments by senior Catholic clerics that women be creative at home, not emulate men and dress modestly to avoid being dehumanised. At a ceremony honouring Costa Rica’s patron Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Our Lady of the Angels) Mexico’s Cardinal Francisco Robles, said women should Read more
Wednesday 17 August was ‘the’ day for Fr Roy Bourgeois to recant from his support of women’s ordination. All he has to say to avoid dismissal from the Maryknoll Fathers are the two words “I recant,” however doing so means he will not be true to himself. “Wednesday is the day,” Father Bourgeois said in Read more
The British public has raised NZ$80 million for Somalia in just over three weeks, but three more regions have been hit by the famine, so much more is needed. Brendan Gormley, chief execution of the British Disasters Emergency Committee said: “To raise NZ$80 million in just over three weeks is a wonderful demonstration of public Read more
A study into the changing face of US Catholic parishes reveals the average number of registered parishioners in American parishes has grown 45% in the last 10 years. As well as getting bigger, the study found that parishes are getting more complex, more diverse and more than half of all parish staff are women. The study Read more
Cardinal Jose Policarpo of Lisbon has issued a statement clarifying remarks he made on women’s ordination during an interview with the Portuguese Order of Lawyers. The cardinal wants to clearly explain his position “as bishop and pastor of the People of God.” Cardinal Policarpo, who was elected president of the Bishops’ Conference of Portugal in Read more
The Consulate-General of Saudi Arabia has written to the New Zealand Government to complain after two incidents in which Saudi Arabian women were told by bus drivers that they couldn’t board a bus because of their Muslim veil. Dr Sameer Aljabri, the husband of one of the women, who works at the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission in Auckland, said Read more
Telling stories is an essential part of being human. Marketing those stories keeps booksellers in business so it’s an interesting twist to find that major chains intend to boycott Breaking Silence: The Kahui Case, Macsyna King’s story about the death of her twins, a tragedy that has horrified New Zealanders. “There’s no way I can Read more
A number of issues which may appear to be unrelated have been in the news Redefining Marriage, Children being raised in a “gender free” environment, Alasdair Thompson’s comments on workplace productivity, Cardinal sees ‘no theological obstacle’ to women priests. They are however connected by the underlying issue of gender difference. At one end of the Read more