More abortion discussion, plus news from all over

It suddenly seems that there's more news than ever relating to motherhood and children. A smattering of the top stories today:

Libby Purves maintains that doctors opting-out of performing abortions is inevitable. "There was eventually bound to be a shortage of volunteers to cooperate in what is sometimes an act of sorrowful mercy, but sometimes one of careless selfishness or neurotic control-freakery." Stand back and let the discussion begin
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/libby_purves/article1662848.ece

Kate Middleton's mum is painted as the worst kind of stage mothering, trying to muscle her daughter into the Palace while uttering words like "toilet" and "pardon". All the while running a mail-order kids' party supply business. The nerve of the woman!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1663063.ece

http://www.partypieces.co.uk/Default.asp?&cookie%5Ftest=1

Which class are you? Take the Telegraph's quiz
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml;jsessionid=4UTVXQZJ434BHQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/portal/2007/04/17/nosplit/ftquiz117.xml

Shocker: preachy finger-wagging abstinence education doesn't work for teens
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2058066,00.html

A depressing story from the Guardian about the surge in number of child abuse images on the Web
http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,,2058878,00.html

And finally a review from the New York Times on books about empty-nesters and adult children
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/fashion/08books.html?ex=1176955200&en=9d11e5ea87677517&ei=5070

Good reading!

Comments

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[Starling]

I tried the Telegraph's quiz. I had to fill in "none of the above" so often, that I think I'm in a class of my own.