An Islamic court of appeals in Sokoto state, Nigeria has granted Safiya Hussaini a stay of execution, allowing Hussaini to appeal the decision of a lower Islamic court sentencing her to death by stoning. Charged with adultery, Hussaini claims that she was raped three times by a male assailant, resulting in the birth of an […]
In a study performed by researchers at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, a new permanent contraceptive device that blocks the fallopian tubes was shown to be safe and effective. Conceptus, Inc. designed the device, a fallopian tube microcoil that encourages tissue growth in the fallopian tubes, to be an alternative to surgical tubal ligation. […]
