1. An abortion could cost as little as $12, after the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recommended yesterday that the so-called abortion drug RU486 be covered by the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. The government is set to review the recommendation, and make their final decision as to whether or not the drug will be subsidised before the election.
2. A 21-year-old man was shot in the knee on Friday night in Sydney’s inner-west, after protesting when a group of young men on the street made rude remarks about his girlfriend, 19, who was with him at the time.
3. The Boston bombings suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been moved from a hospital to a prison.
5. A member of punk-activist band Pussy Riot – 23-year-old mother Nadya Tolokonnikova – has been denied parole. She is currently serving two years in a Russian prison for ‘hooliganism’, after a politically charged performance in a Moscow cathedral last year.
6. A piece of landing gear that may be from one of the planes involved in 9/11 has been found wedged between two buildings at ground zero. The plane part was wedged in such a way that it wasn’t found for over a decade. Currently the site is being treated as a crime scene.
7. Isabella Cowan, a former Australian model who inspired Elle Macpherson to start her career, has slammed the modeling industry for promoting an unhealthy body image. Ms Cowan told News Ltd, “These models just look ridiculous, they look sick.”
Top Comments
OMG!
Some of the comments below about the abortion drug are quite shocking.
RU486 is cheap now so im definitly going to stop takign the pill and just have an abortion every time i get pregnant....said no one ever!
I also have a problem when people talk about women having abortions and their decisions etc etc etc...lets not forget that Men contribute to 50% of that unwanted pregnancy.
Teenagers might think like that though, or use it as a safety net.
I don't think teenagers think like that. We have the morning after pill availble over the counter as a safety net.
Just because the Abortion pill is more affordable doesn't mean that a patient would go through the normal abortion prcedure - see a doctor etc.
Morning after pill is like $40.
I see an issue with RU486 being cheaper than most contraceptives! Can they not subsidize the newer pills or nueva ring and prevent some of the abortions needing to occur!