Sham in Shawnee County (Topeka, Kansas) The last time I did court watch for protective mother CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI, I called my subsequent posting on the experience "Showdown in Shawnee County." See the post...
Tonight a letter will be coming your way, detailing the miscarriage of justice that this Topeka mother and daughter has endured in Kansas courts. Please consider carefully how best you can help. Claudine has been a strong voice for battered and abused mothers,...
County spent $4,000 so father with history of DV can visit baby out-of-state (Montgomery County, Ohio) At a time when roads are going unrepaired because of falling tax revenues, when unemployed people are being denied benefits and so on, it strikes me as ABSURD that the...
Dad found guilty of murdering 3 sons during visitation (Australia) The case of dad ROBERT FARQUHARSON, who has just been convicted of murdering his 3 sons during visitation to "punish" his ex-wife, has dominated the Australian media for years now. This story has really...
Dad arrested after shooting 17-year-old son in the head; boy had tried to stop dad from assaulting mom (Orange County, Florida) This is the reality of how domestic violence works, especially in Florida. Your husband (in this case RAFAEL RODRIQUEZ) is a controlling,...
Father seeking sole custody murders 5-year-old son by smothering him during visitation; media reports inaccurately describe the family dynamics as a "heated divorce and custody battle" thereby implicitly blaming the child's mother "Gary DeToma Sr., who was taken into custody...
There's a fair number of background stories on custodial dad OLIVER BRAMAN, who killed his 9-year-old son in 2007. The case has recently made the news again as the boy's non-custodial mother is now suing the state of Michigan. This is one of the more informative articles I've...
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On November 12, Marinette County Circuit Court Judge David Miron sentenced a mother to 30 days in jail for her daughter's repeated refusal to comply with court ordered visitation with her father. Loraine...
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IN LIGHT OF UNFAIR TREATMENT, MIAMI DADE COLLEGE STUDENTS & SUPPORTERS PLAN SIT IN MIAMI, FL (August 24, 2008) – Despite strong opposition expressed by students, mothers, midwives and concerned members of the community, Miami Dade College has closed the Midwifery...
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Miami Dade College, the largest institute of higher learning in the U.S., closes its midwifery program, citing economic distress. The students and community protest, citing Governor Crist’s Black Infant Health Initiative (BIHI). MIAMI, FL. (August 23,...
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This is a follow-up to this article.This letter was written by the Miami-Dade College Medical Center Campus President, addressed to the would-be midwifery students of the fall 2008 class: ""...the Fall 2008 Midwifery Program class was contingent upon a minimum of 25...
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This should be a sad day for women as the only institution of higher education in the U.S. that offers direct-entry midwifery education, closes the program for supposed financial reasons.As of the 2008 estimates in The World Factbook by the CIA, the United States ranks 42nd...
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A Washington D.C. metro area cowboy (well, actually, there are two cowboys, but I only have a website for one of them) is traveling horseback from Maine, to Florida, in order to raise money for domestic violence.
In Florida, Governor Charlie Crist signs a bill to grant sexual assault victims three days of leave from work, and name exemption from public records to public workers.
"Okay, so I missed the beginning minute or two. By the time I tuned into Usher, he was nearly done with the routine–which appeared to be the same one in the video. It was like he was on stage saying, “Look,...
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