Spain moves toward amending legal restrictions on abortion
The Associated Press, September 05, 2008
MADRID - Spain has taken a first step toward amending its restrictive law on abortion, a government minister said Thursday, moving to address one of the major elements in a drive for sweeping social change in this traditional, Roman Catholic country.

Racial disparities seen in U.S. breast cancer care
Will Dunham, Reuters, September 04, 2008
Doctors are less likely to give black women radiation therapy after surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer than white women, researchers said on Wednesday, adding to evidence of racial disparities in U.S. medicine.

No women with top Church of England jobs
George Pitcher, The Telegraph, September 04, 2008
Today's report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), revealing that the number of women in the most powerful jobs is now falling, casts a shaft of light on one institution – the Church – in which there are still no women in the top posts.