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A European Showdown Regarding Mexican Femicide
 Frontera NorteSur
An alliance of Spanish, Polish and German legislators is watering down a resolution in the European Parliament that proposes tougher actions against femicides in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and Central America.
Some Women Benefit More From Exercise When Emphasis Is On Health, Not Appearance
 Holly Wagner
A new study suggests that women with chronic issues with their body-image are more likely to benefit from an exercise class where the instructor emphasizes the health benefits of the workout over improved appearance, even if those women chose the class in hopes of improving their physique.
Breast Implants Linked With Suicide in Study
 Maggie Fox
Women who get cosmetic breast implants are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide as other women, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
Anorexia Nervosa - More Common and Transient than Previously Thought
 University of Helsinki
Anorexia nervosa is a disorder with a grim reputation. Even experts say that anorexia is often devastatingly chronic and carries high mortality rates. However, these views are highly biased. A study recently conducted in Finland among young women uncovers a completely different side to anorexia.
New Study Finds Infant Hearing Test Results May Predict Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
 Teri Thomas
One of the greatest medical mysteries of our time has taken a leap forward in medical understanding with new study results announced by Dr. Daniel D. Rubens of Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle.
'Glam It Up' at Grand Velas All Suites Spa & Resort
 PRNewswire
Need to rehab your glam quotient? Feel like pampered Hollywood royalty amid AAA Five- Diamond splendor with a full dose of Diamond Spa treatments at Grand Velas All suites Spa & Resort.
Mexico City's Abortion Law Hits Stop-and-Go Signs
 Theresa Braine
Federal officials here are trying to turn back the law legalizing first-trimester abortion in Mexico's capital, even as city officials and reproductive rights activists are doing what they can to implement it.
Pamper Me at Punta Mita
 Travelgirl Magazine
"Would you care for an amenity, miss?" the handsome young cabana attendant asked me. Luxuriating in true princess fashion in my own private cabana at the Four Seasons Punta Mita, I had already indulged in Haagen Dazs ice cream, frozen orange slices with red pepper, and a hibiscus foam margarita. A girl could get used to such treatment.
Latest Legal Challenge to Mexico Abortion Law Pushes for Human Rights of "Conceived Persons"
 Elizabeth O’Brien
The government of Mexico will review a “Declaration of Conceived Person’s Human Rights” that may effect Mexico City’s new abortion law, reports the California Catholic Daily.
A Joyride Through Mexico's Healthcare System
 Ronda Kaysen
When I tell my friends in America that I'm having a baby in Mexico City, they often gasp with contained horror. What they don't realize is that as the Democratic candidates line up with vague plans about how to fix America's broken managed care system, in Mexico they already have a private system that is truly first class.
Violence Affects Most Mexico Women
 Prensa Latina
As many as 67 percent of Mexican women over 15 years of age have been victims of some kind of violence, the National Poll on Dynamics of Home Relations revealed Wednesday.
Diet Drug Acomplia Widely Sold in Mexican Border Pharmacies
 dietdrugreport.com
Diet pill rimonabant (Acomplia/Zimulti), which seems at best months away from sale in the United States, is now widely available in pharmacies just across the Mexican border.
Walk for Women’s Health
 PVNN
Curves Gym, home of the 30 minute workout for women, together with the Instituto Municipal de la Mujer Puerto Vallarta, are sponsoring a Walk for Women’s Health on Sunday, June 24th at 8:30 am starting and finishing at the Sports Stadium entrance.
Modest Demand for First-Trimester Abortions
 El Universal
The demand for first-trimester abortions in Mexico City has been modest but steady since the procedure was legalized, the city´s top health official said Monday.
Miss Puerto Vallarta 2007 Pageant
 PVNN
On the evening of May 16th, eleven participants in the Miss Puerto Vallarta 2007 beauty pageant were introduced to the media. The winning contestant will represent Puerto Vallarta at national and international events for one year.
Domestic Violence Stalks Mexican Women
 Duncan Kennedy
Domestic violence is not a phenomenon exclusive to Mexico. But the figures you are about to read are chilling: Between 1999 and 2005 it is believed that more than 6,000 women and girls were murdered.
What Do You Stand For?
 Joy!
On Sunday May 13th, more than two dozen women gathered at the gazebo in front of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Puerto Vallarta to stand in silence for five minutes in a worldwide call for mutual respect and understanding, a call for peace...
A Warning to Women of the World
 PVNN
Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys were stolen while he was passed out. Well, read on. While the kidney story was an urban legend, this one is not. It's happening every day.
Choice for Mexico City
 Lourdes Cárdenas
Mexico City has become the first entity in Mexico to legalize abortions. The move is unprecedented in Mexico – and a major step ahead in women's rights. This is the first time that a state government has referred to abortion as an ethical dilemma and given full recognition of a woman's ability to decide over her pregnancy.
Tougher Laws are Needed to Curb Violence Against Women
 Dr Cesar Chelala
Domestic violence is part of the wider issue of gender violence, which the majority of the time is violence against women. According to the Mexican health ministry, about one in three Mexican women suffer from domestic violence.
Important Change in Mexico
 Los Angeles Times
Mexico’s federal government officially allows abortions if a woman’s life is in danger or if she has been raped, but actually getting the procedure done can be prohibitively difficult for the poor. Rape victims are often treated dismissively or openly humiliated by the justice system.
Abortion Now Legal in Mexico City
 Erich Adolfo Moncada Cota
Last week the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City voted 46-19 to legalize abortion up to the first trimester of pregnancy. The initiative was the first of its kind in the country and a forefront over other state legislatures. It was voted by five leftist political parties; opposition came from rightist Green and National Action parties.
Pregnant Pre-Teen to have Caesarean
 El Universal
A 10-year- old girl who is seven months pregnant as the result of rape sought help in receiving medical care, health authorities in the southern state of Oaxaca said.
Mexico City Lawmakers Legalize Abortion
 Newswire
The new law will require city hospitals to provide the procedure in the first trimester and opens the way for private abortion clinics. Girls under 18 would have to get their parents' consent.
Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Women's Health
 Amy Goodman
The Supreme Court handing down what's being called one of the biggest setbacks for the abortion rights movement in years. On Wednesday, the court voted 5-4 to uphold a ban on late-term abortion.
If Looks Could Kill
 Alice Wyllie
Beauty pageants have long been a controversial topic, criticised as shallow and superficial, opportunities to objectify and exploit women. However, despite being seen as desperately old-fashioned, they have a strange habit of making headlines.
Vote Could End Mexico's Abortion Subculture
 Cecilia Sánchez & Héctor Tobar
If lawmakers decide this week to legalize the procedure, it could signal the demise of a thriving herbal, medicinal and surgical black market.
US Ban on Late-Term Abortion is Upheld
 Kansas City Star
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on a late-term abortion procedure Wednesday, giving abortion opponents a significant victory and laying bare the court's split over the volatile issue.
A Refuge For Aging Sex Workers in Mexico City
 Reed Johnson
Though technically illegal, prostitution is widespread in many parts of Mexico, often poorly regulated and still a taboo subject in this roughly 80 percent Roman Catholic country. In the past, sex workers who survived to their golden years could expect to be broke and living on the streets.
Mexico's People Oppose Legalizing Abortion Second Poll Shows
 Steven Ertelt
Another poll conducted in Mexico finds that the people there are opposed to bills that would legalize abortion within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. However, the poll shows more support for abortion among the residents of Mexico City, where a bill is likely to be approved, than elsewhere in the nation.
In Mexico, Powerful Forces Drive a Furious Debate Over Abortion
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Tens of thousands of women who undergo illegal abortions in Mexico each year are at the nexus of a furious cultural debate gripping this nation, which allows abortion only in limited cases, including rape and when the mother's life is in danger.
Smokers More Likely to Have Girls - Study
 Reuters
Couples who smoke when they conceive their child are almost twice as likely to get a baby girl, according to new research which suggests tobacco "kills" boy foetuses.
Study Suggests Walking, Yoga Help Women Deal with Menopause
 Associated Press
A little exercise, even just a long walk, may go a long way toward helping women feel better while going through menopause.
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