June 14, 2013 - Sorry comic's like two hours late, but it's the weekend now and hopefully I can finally get a bit of a buffer so this doesn't happen moving forward.
A lot's been going on in the news. Completely unrelated to issues this comic generally deals with, but in relation to a story I have mentioned here before, the Fox Searchlight interns class action has been approved which will hopefully bring about changes to the rampant abuse of interns as unpaid labor. Another encouraging court ruling is that the patenting of human genes has been unanimously ruled unconstitutional which has the potential to lower costs of BRAC1 mutation screenings and treatments by allowing for competition to Myriad Genetics' current monopoly over such procedures.
This is old news that I referred to in the comic itself in last week's comic, but the New York Times is including this story in its Sunday Magazine this weekend which is maybe a bit easier to read that previous articles on the findings I've linked to. Plus it includes a little more background to the study than most things I've read.
In time for Father's Day the New York Times also has an opinion piece asking about the obligations of the fathers of accidental pregnancies. I think largely it exposes the need for better sexual education and access to health services (including abortion but more importantly birth control) because such resources could limit the number of pregnancies to begin with. On a related note, CNN ran an article about the difficulties of teenage mothers to receive an education due to stigmatization and the problems with child care focusing specifically on one school in Detroit which is at the heart of controversy ignoring state curriculum in favor of encouraging advocacy of seeking employment. The benefits of this program are difficult to judge with many finding the slowly decreasing attendance numbers troubling.
Finally, the Clark County Nevada court system is under scrutiny for sexual assault allegations, which is yet another disappointing example of corrupt use of power at the expense of women.
-D
A lot's been going on in the news. Completely unrelated to issues this comic generally deals with, but in relation to a story I have mentioned here before, the Fox Searchlight interns class action has been approved which will hopefully bring about changes to the rampant abuse of interns as unpaid labor. Another encouraging court ruling is that the patenting of human genes has been unanimously ruled unconstitutional which has the potential to lower costs of BRAC1 mutation screenings and treatments by allowing for competition to Myriad Genetics' current monopoly over such procedures.
This is old news that I referred to in the comic itself in last week's comic, but the New York Times is including this story in its Sunday Magazine this weekend which is maybe a bit easier to read that previous articles on the findings I've linked to. Plus it includes a little more background to the study than most things I've read.
In time for Father's Day the New York Times also has an opinion piece asking about the obligations of the fathers of accidental pregnancies. I think largely it exposes the need for better sexual education and access to health services (including abortion but more importantly birth control) because such resources could limit the number of pregnancies to begin with. On a related note, CNN ran an article about the difficulties of teenage mothers to receive an education due to stigmatization and the problems with child care focusing specifically on one school in Detroit which is at the heart of controversy ignoring state curriculum in favor of encouraging advocacy of seeking employment. The benefits of this program are difficult to judge with many finding the slowly decreasing attendance numbers troubling.
Finally, the Clark County Nevada court system is under scrutiny for sexual assault allegations, which is yet another disappointing example of corrupt use of power at the expense of women.
-D
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