Separation deals can be re-opened, says the Supreme Court.

Ottawa woman pleads guilty in newborn’s death. She allegedly tied a plastic bag around her infant son’s head, and pleaded guilty to infanticide. Also known as murder. But she could have aborted the fetus moments before his birth and suffered no legal consequences.

The baby would still be dead. It would still be a dead baby. His body would probably have been thrown out with the garbage. But society would not seek to punish the mother for wanting her son dead. That is what this ad campaign is trying to make Canadians understand. Yes, indeed, we have gone too far. And the worst thing about it is that we didn’t even mean to go this far.

These little babies are human beings one and all. Why are we treating them differently?

A reader asks what happened to Lia and her pro-life video. It appears she has won the competition.

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[h/t Team Sarah]

James Taranto, over at the Wall Street Journal, isn’t impressed with big-league feminists. Noting how NOW is making a big deal out of the Chris Brown/Rihanna business and domestic violence in general, he wondered what they had to say about two atrocious cases of same, including the awfully under-reported case of wife beheading outside of Buffalo. (About which, incidentally, Mark Steyn had the best headline EVER.)

Do you know what NOW had to say about a man who has reportedly confessed to having beheaded his wife? That’s right. Nothing.

Now I am opposed to domestic violence in every case (including female-on-male; and same-sex violence). I also understand that one can’t comment on every single case of abuse. But give me a break. Beheadings aren’t so common in the United States as to go unnoticed. Seems like a big one to miss, especially for a feminist organization.

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UPDATE, Wednesday: It appears the New York State chapter of NOW is quite upset by the murder and has denounced it forcefully. Good for them.

A jolt of adrenaline in this column by Michael Coren. Happy reading!

Father allows his two young daughters to freeze to death and he should not go to jail?

ROSE VALLEY, Sask. – Native elders are recommending that a Saskatchewan father serve a life sentence of spiritual guidance and healing instead of time behind bars for the freezing deaths of his two young girls.

Excuse me?

Good grief:

A 13-year old boy and 15-year old girl who both still live at home with their parents in East Sussex, England plan to co-parent their baby girl who was born four days ago. Alfie Patten, who’s 4-feet tall and hasn’t hit puberty yet, was 12 when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, conceived after one night of unprotected sex. The couple discovered Steadman was pregnant at 12 weeks but kept it secret for another six weeks until she was confronted by her mother. Alfie’s father, Denny, who has nine children, says he plans to sit down with his son for “the birds and the bees talk”: “Some may say it’s too late but he needs to understand so there is not another baby.” Alfie, who says he doesn’t know what diapers cost, says he¹s thrilled to be a dad: “We wanted to have the baby but were worried about how people would react,” he told The Sun newspaper.

Model strips naked for magazine. Yawn. Except this part:

What does her husband Seal (45) think of the naked pictures of his wife? Heidi said: “My husband has seen the photos. I think it’s good to be sexy for your partner.”

No, see, once the pictures make it into a widely-circulated magazine, you’re also “sexy” for the whole world, not just your husband. Which sort of goes against marital vows as I understand them (and yes, I’m desperately old-fashioned that way).

I also like this bit:

She may be one of the world’s most beautiful women, but Heidi often shows off her fun side – she loves to dress up with Seal for their annual Halloween party, and she took part in a gag onstage at the 2008 Emmy awards when her outfit was ripped off in front of a shocked audience!

Wow, that must have been, like, so much FUN!

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Andrea wonders: More or less fun than the Zoorotica program? Hmmmm. Thought-provoking question, I know.