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GOP Urged to Restrict IVF, Though It’s Political Suicide
By Ed Kilgore, APR. 1, 2024 The relationship between the anti-abortion movement and the Republican Party used to be largely a lopsided arrangement benefitting the GOP. The movement supplied party foot soldiers, vast small-dollar donations, and large blocs of Republican votes, and obtained in return an awful lot of symbolic gestures and a stack of IOUs that…
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THE WORLD CANNOT LET GAMBIA REPEAL ITS FGM BAN
By Bob Koigi APRIL 01, 2024 The recent move by The Gambian parliament to introduce a bill that seeks to overturn the law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) is sparking a global outcry and threatening to reverse the hard-earned legal gains in protecting women and girls. The West African country outlawed female circumcision, commonly referred to as FGM, in…
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Florida Voters Will Get to Consider Abortion Rights Ballot Measure in November, Court Rules
The proposal would need 60% support to pass. ByHannah Demissie and Adam Carlson April 1, 2024, 3:42 PM A ballot initiative that would amend Florida’s Constitution and guarantee broader abortion access in the state can be put up for a vote in November, the state Supreme Court said on Monday. The potential amendment says that, with exceptions for parental…
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Michigan Governor Signs Act to Decriminalize Paid Surrogacy Contracts
By Sabrina Souza and Zoe Sottile, CNN Published 1:52 PM EDT, Mon April 1, 2024 CNN — Michigan has become the last state to decriminalize paid surrogacy on Monday, after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bills intended to protect families using surrogacy and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Whitmer signed the Michigan Family Protection Act on Monday. She…
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Florida Supreme Court Upholds State’s 15-Week Abortion Ban, but Voters Will Soon Have a Say
BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON Updated 6:49 PM CDT, April 1, 2024 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November. The court, which was…
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Teaching Disability History in Schools is ‘Long Overdue,’ Advocates Say
By Meghan Smith April 02, 2024 Judy Heumann’s death last year was deeply felt in the disability community. Often called “the mother” of the disability rights movement, her activism had a lasting impact on millions of Americans. Yet many people don’t know her name. “She was a really strong advocate. She knew what she wanted. She…
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Incarcerated People in New York Will Get to See Eclipse After Settling Lawsuit
Settlement in case allows six people to view the total eclipse after suing to oppose state’s decision to lock down prison A group of incarcerated people in New York will be allowed to watch Monday’s total eclipse of the sun after suing the state’s correctional department for its decision to lock down the prison during the celestial event.…
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‘He Was a Human Being’: US Prisoners Are Dying From Treatable Conditions
Exclusive: a Guardian investigation finds that inmates who died of preventable conditions were deemed malingerers and ‘time wasters’ Jennifer Jasper-Thompson was shocked when she received a call from the New Jersey department of corrections (DOC). Her nephew Damien Jasper, who had been incarcerated at Northern state prison in Newark, was dead at just 32. His autopsy…
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Newsom Has Approved Three California Prison Closures but Resists Pressure to Shutter More
By Anabel Sosa April 1, 2024 3 AM PT SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom went far beyond the promise he made in his first year in office to close at least one California state prison. But now, he is resisting calls from criminal justice advocates and liberal state lawmakers to shutter five more penitentiaries. Shortly after taking office,…
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