Tag: their-stomachs
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Sierra Leone girls forced into "degrading" pregnancy tests after school ban
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Schoolgirls in Sierra Leone have been forced to undergo humiliating and degrading public pregnancy tests since the government banned pregnant girls from attending mainstream schools and taking exams, Amnesty International said on Friday. A ban on pregnant girls attending school has informally existed for a decade, but…
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Anguish over India’s move to ban ‘rent-a-womb’ industry
Childless couples from around the world have been left in limbo after the Indian government revealed plans to ban them from the country's booming multi-million dollar surrogacy industry. The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India, one of only a handful of countries offering cheap surrogacy using skilled…
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U.S. federal agencies investigate Merck, Lilly drug pricing
Drugmakers Merck & Co and Eli Lilly & Co are being investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania and other federal agencies over drug pricing practices, the companies disclosed. Merck, in a regulatory filing late on Thursday, said it had received a civil investigative demand from the attorney’s office over the pricing of its…