The South Carolina Senate approved a measure to ban all abortions (except in cases of rape, incest or threats to the mother’s life) in the state, declaring unborn babies people under law, on May 2nd.

State Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey said “It’s designed to give the court an opportunity to revisit Roe v. Wade”.

Read more: here.

Stefan Molyneux explores the abortion issue in a video response to a case wherein a doctor was imprisoned for slipping an abortifacient into his pregnant girlfriends’ tea: here. And discusses the Irish referendum: here.

In a seriously distressing blog post, Moses Farrow – adoptive son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen – defends his father against the disproven allegations of child molestation that continue to dog him and paints a picture of pathological parenting on the part of his mother.

USC joins Yale as the second U.S. university currently being investigated by federal agencies under Title IX legislation for anti-male discrimination.

This Campus Reform article by Toni Airaksinen gives more details.

30,000 Facebook messages linked to the alleged victim cleared Cameron of statutory rape. They were unearthed in a review of the case by Avon and Somerset police. Defence lawyers claim that they were prevented from having access to the exonerating messages.

Read more: here.

Stacey Cunningham has taken on the role of CEO from Thomas Farley. Her appointment means that both the New York Stock Excahnge and the NASDAQ Exchange will now be run by women.

She has said in the Financial Times that she “fell in love” with the trading floor during a summer internship while studying engineering at university and explained that  “The way you interact with your co-workers during stress – everyone knows not to take it personally, for the most part.
“On the floor you might in the heat of the moment be aggressively fighting over a trade, and at the end of the day go grab a beer together.”

There are no reports of any affirmative action plans since her appointment to alter the demographics of the male-dominated NYSE which employs just a single female broker.

Excellent piece by Madison Breshears exploring both the gender patterns and experiences in ballet and tech. Highly recommended.

Daughter’s of Feminism (the sister volume to Sons of Feminism: Men have their say), edited by David Shackleton is available on Kindle. Kindle Apps can be downloaded in most App stores for PCs and phones.

The book is a collection of 30 stories by women “about how they came to gender balance, to an appreciation for the legitimacy of men’s issues as well as women’s issues”. Contributors include: Janice Fiamengo, Karen Straughan, Diana Davison, Cassie Jaye and Barbara Kay.

The French National Assembly has approved new legislation to present persons guilty of such offences as making lewd comments, wolf-whistling, following people, bugging them for their phone number and blocking their path with on-the-spot fines of up to €750.

The legislation which still needs to be debated in the Senate has been described (by Emmanuelle Menard) as a “witchhunt against men” that outlawed “a certain bawdy behaviour which cannot be compared to harassment.”

Our thanks to James for bringing this news to our attention.

Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) have launched the first investment fund aimed at increasing gender diversity in the workforce.

The Future World Gender in Leadership UK Index Fund (GIRL) will favour shares in firms that have the best record on gender diversity, ranking companies on various measures – such as how many women they have in the boardroom.

This attempt to coerce companies into making employment decisions based on gender (sic) rather than merit has the potential not only to disadvantage individuals (of the ‘wrong’ gender) but also to impair the functioning of the businesses rejecting meritocracy and therefore the economy and the functioning of society.

Read more: here.

Our thanks to James for the link to this balanced and insightful Computing Forever video: Why Men are Killing Themselves