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Washington, DC -- A new scandal has erupted for the campaign of presidential candidate Barack Obama and it involves the issue of abortion. New reports indicated Obama's campaign asked an anti-domestic violence group to find a rape victim to attack John McCain and Sarah Palin on abortion or the so-called rap kit hubbub.

A ten year old rape victim has given birth to a baby in eastern Idaho while the suspect, Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez, 37, of St. Anthony, has been arrested. The girl purportedly gave birth to a baby less than 2 weeks ago at a hospital in Fremont County. It wasn’t until the hospital reported the girl and the birth to authorities that Gutierrez-Juarez, an illegal immigrant, was arrested and charged with one count of rape. He remains in jail with a $250,000 bail, the next scheduled hearing is May 13. Precocious Puberty Precocious Puberty is the onset of puberty before age 7...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's al-Jazira newspaper says King Abdullah pardons female rape victim sentenced to receive 200 lashes.

ABERDEEN, North Dakota, August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Dakota Voice yesterday told the story of South Dakotan mother Megan Barnett of Aberdeen whose son was conceived when she was raped at 19. Megan, a believing Catholic, says that after the attack she was offered "emergency contraception," an abortifacient drug, by emergency room attendants. She refused the drug saying that it would be wrong to kill her child even at the embryonic stage."When I felt the baby, it really became real for me," she told the Voice."I hadn’t given it [abortion] much thought before this happened," Megan said. "I grew up in...

MICHAEL BOXLEY Copped sex-abuse plea. ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — and the Assembly itself — will be sued today by a young woman who accused Silver's former chief counsel of raping her last year, The Post learned last night. The potentially explosive lawsuit, to be filed in Albany Supreme Court, will accuse Silver (D-Manhattan), the Assembly and the speaker's former aide Michael Boxley of allowing a "hostile work environment" to exist, despite warnings that young women were in danger of being abused, a source said. The suit alleges a "pattern of tolerance for sexual harassment, a climate...

STAMFORD -- The local woman who became known as the Central Park jogger after being raped, beaten and left for dead 14 years ago is ready to share her story. She also is ready to tell the world her name. The woman, now in her early 40s, will make her first public speaking appearance April 10 at the Holiday Inn Select in Stamford at an event promoting Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Her appearance, hosted by the Stamford-based Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Center, will come two days after her book about the ordeal is published. ... Doctors didn't expect her...

Mukhtaran Bibi, the young woman who was victim of the gang-rape following the verdict of a 'jirga' of village council in Meerwala near Muzzafargarh now hopes to devote her life to setting up a school for girls in her area. Speaking for the first time to some reporters, Mukhtaran, herself an illiterate, said that she had received a cheque for Rs500,000 sent to her as 'compensation' by the president of Pakistan and she intended to use this many to better the future of girls in her area. The cheque was given to Mukhtaran Bibi by Minister Dr Attiya Inayatullah who...