Carolyn Moynihan
A million march for lifeCarolyn Moynihan | 19 Oct 2009A huge demonstration “For life, women and motherhood” and against the abortion policies of Spain’s government flooded the streets of Madrid on Saturday afternoon. Estimated by the Madrid regional government at 1.2 million people, it was one of the largest public protests since anti-war rallies held in 2003 and 2004.‘Addicted to abortion?’ Not likelyCarolyn Moynihan | 16 Oct 2009Some abortion stories are just too bad to be true. That was my first reaction to a book published this week called Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict. In it, American woman Irene Vilar analyses a 17-year stretch of her life in which she claims to have had 15 abortions.Help parents and you help the whole familyCarolyn Moynihan | 14 Oct 2009British family researchers seem to be working overtime to keep up with trends that have won the UK the label, Breakdown Britain. A new report from the relationship support organisation One Plus One reviews the evidence on the effects of marital or partnership breakdown on the wellbeing of both adults and children. It finds a definite negative impact and argues that better interventions to support parents could prevent some family ruptures.Parents wonder if cancer jabs are worth the riskCarolyn Moynihan | 1 Oct 2009Debate over vaccinating girls against the human papillomavirus to prevent cervical cancer is running hot in Britain after a 14-year-old schoolgirl died and an older teen developed epileptic seizures and brain damage following the jabs.Working mums have less healthy kidsCarolyn Moynihan | 30 Sep 2009Last night on New Zealand television the British female lead of the live show Mamma Mia! joked about how she went to work to get away from her four young children -- a firstborn plus triplets who are on tour with her. Great for her, but how are the kids doing?China's stolen babiesCarolyn Moynihan | 25 Sep 2009Girl babies adopted by American and other overseas couples from orphanages in China in recent years may have been forcibly taken from their parents, not abandoned, as the adoptive parents were told. The Los Angeles Times reports at length on a scandal that can be laid at the door of China’s inhuman population control policy and corrupt local family planning officials.Study reveals what teens want to know about love and lifeCarolyn Moynihan | 24 Sep 2009When it comes to learning about sex, young people do not, on the whole, get this information from their parents. Surveys show that they more often get it from their friends, even though their preferred source is their parents. A study from the Philippines confirms this, and suggests that more should be done to improve parent-child communication in this area.Abortion raises risks for future birthsCarolyn Moynihan | 21 Sep 2009Canadian researchers who reviewed 37 case studies have confirmed a long-noted link between abortions and premature births as well as low birthweight babies.Children write better essays with a penCarolyn Moynihan | 18 Sep 2009Plonking a child in front of a laptop may not be the right solution for those who have difficulty writing down their thoughts, according to a new study. And it shows that even children without any specific transcription difficulty benefit from using a pen rather than a keyboard at least some of the time.The pursuit of happinessCarolyn Moynihan | 16 Sep 2009Is it time to shelve materialistic measures of a country’s progress such as gross domestic product and replace them with quality of life indicators like access to healthcare, ecological footprint and work-life balance?subscribe donate
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