Early this month, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak proposed the repeal of an Egyptian law that allowed one or more rapists to go unpunished if one of the rapists agreed to marry his victim. Egypt's parliament has now approved Mubarak's proposal and removed Article 291 from the county's penal code.
Article 291 has been in effect since 1937. Proponents of the article argued that it gave rape survivors greater prospects for marriage and was necessary to restore their families' honor .
5/24/2013 All Male House Panel Discusses Anti-Abortion Bill - On Thursday, a panel of eight male members of the House of Representatives met to discuss a nationwide ban of abortion after 20 weeks gestation. . . .
