Roe v. Wade — the landmark Supreme Court case establishing access to abortion as a constitutional right — has been settled law for over 40 years, yet remains under constant attack. With President Donald Trump in office, we face potentially the greatest threat to reproductive rights in more than a generation. The Center for Reproductive Rights updated our 2007 report, What If Roe Fell?, in order to answer the question on everyone’s mind on the 45th anniversary of Roe: what will happen if Roe were toppled in your state, the day after?
Ive said it before and I said it again the ONLY reason this asshole wanted to be president was to SPITE Obama and his legacy, and thats exactly want this sack of shit is doing.
Good job Trump Supporters, we will soon have Poisoned Oceans and Poisoned food but fuck Obama and his free healthcare right??
In my opinion, thinking that this happened ‘on the whim of a rich, entitled monster’ or ‘to spite the Obama Administration’ is naive. If we wish to make any kind of progress, we need to understand the root causes of things.
The reason Trump did this is to advance the interests of big businesses at the expense of the working class.
Republicans don’t oppose universal healthcare because they’re evil or want people to suffer, it’s because universal healthcare would mean spending money on something that helps people rather than generate profit, and in this capitalist world, the latter is more important to the people in power.
I know it can be easier to think that bad things happen because of the bad intentions of individuals, but looking at things in a systemic way is often much more informative and useful.
Just a little taste of what’s going on at my workplace right now.
We have been fighting for a raise because a lot of people who work at Disney have to work 60+ hours a week just to get by.
What was their response? “Ok, everyone gets a bonus. $1000. But not all at once. $500 now and $500 at the end of the year.” (in case some people get fired or quit, so they don’t have to pay the full amount to those people).
Of course, we were like “No, that’s not what we said we wanted. We want a PERMANENT RAISE.”
So Disney was like OK, fine, whoever is NOT part of the union fighting for a raise gets the $1000 bonus 🙂
Meanwhile, we are still fighting for a raise…
Catherine wants to make people more aware about how important it is to be aware of these issues.
She knew him for 20 years. He worked as a police officer. 90 days as a punishment is such a pathetic sentence. Total rubbish. this guy is evil and who knows how many victims of his assaults have stayed unknown. What a scums serve in the law enforcement…
Nicole Arteaga was looking forward to the birth of her second child.
Already a mom to a 7-year-old son, Arteaga, 35, was nine weeks pregnant when her doctor delivered the worst news she could hear. Her unborn baby had stopped growing and had no fetal heartbeat.
She would have a miscarriage.
The doctor gave Arteaga three options: undergo a medical procedure to remove the lifeless fetus, wait for nature to take its course or take prescription medication to help her body let go of the deceased unborn baby.
After a day of thinking, she opted to take the medication. The drug, Misoprostol, causes a woman’s uterus to contract and allows the fetus to come out.
Arteaga, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, received an email Wednesday evening, saying her Misoprostol was ready for pickup at her local Walgreens. But, when she went to pick it up Thursday night, the pharmacist on duty refused to give her the drug.
She stood, humiliated, as the pharmacist said he would not give her the prescription because of his own ethical beliefs. Her 7-year-old son and a group of other customers were all listening.
“He had it in his hand and refrained from giving it to me,“ Arteaga explained. ”…I was completely shocked. I couldn’t believe what was happening.”
Arteaga said she left Walgreens in tears.
“Having a miscarriage and having to deal with this is like a double dose of terribleness,” she said.
The pharmacist arranged for her to pick up the Misoprostol the next day at another Walgreens located 20-minutes away.
James W. Graham, senior manager of media relations for the pharmacy chain, confirmed what happened and issued a statement on behalf of Walgreens.
“After learning what happened, we reached out to the patient and apologized for how the situation was handled. To respect the sincerely held beliefs of our pharmacists while at the same time meeting the needs of our patients, our policy allows pharmacists to step away from filling a prescription for which they have a moral objection. At the same time, they are also required to refer the prescription to another pharmacist or manager on duty to meet the patient’s needs in a timely manner. We are looking into the matter to ensure that our patients’ needs are handled properly.”
But, Arteaga said the corporate statement wasn’t entirely true. According to her, Walgreens didn’t reach out to her. Arteaga said she reached out to them.
And, if the policy calls for another pharmacist or manager on duty to help in a situation like hers, Arteaga said there were other workers available who should have processed the transaction. According to her, there were two other employees in the pharmacy at the time – both of whom were assisting other customers. And, even if they refused too, she said there was surely a manager at the store to help.
Pittsburgh police shot a black 13 year old running away from them to death on Juneteenth
Pittsburgh police shot a black 13 year old running away from them to death on Juneteenth
Pittsburgh police shot a black 13 year old running away from them to death on Juneteenth.
If it is not clear from the text, they shot him in the back at a distance and was no threat to the officers
I saw a blurb on the news this morning about an individual shot by police and I just assumed the rest of the details. How fucking sad is that. I’m ashamed of my town right now.
I feel like the police violence is escalating here. They beat Jordan Miles (also a teenager at the time
And finally murdered this child. His name was Antwan.
if you are in the pittsburgh area there’s a march at the courthouse downtown tomorrow at 12 pm. here’s a link to the event
to summarize:
-police were following the car antwon was a passenger in because it matched a description (note: antwon was 17 yrs old, not 13 like many of the reports say. There was a 13 yr old on scene, however).
-police eventually stopped the car & ordered the driver out/onto the ground. antwon & another passenger bolted
-police fired 3 rounds into his back. Although 2 guns were found in the car later, Rose was unarmed when he was killed
-the driver was later released without being arrested
-the name of the officer who killed antwon rose has not been released. What we do know is that he has been put on administrative leave, and he was involved in other local departments 7 years prior. However, he was sworn in the same night as he killed Antwon.
-there were no dash/body cams, but a witness took a video. Be warned, it is graphic by nature.
–here is the statement that the family of the victim released
The fact they feel it’s necessary to shoot when we run away instead of chasing us proves there’s a problem. And it’s not the in the training received before being sworn in it’s their character in general. They are literally giving badges to demons out here. Breaks my fucking heart.
He was 17
His 13 year old brother was in the car as well. Initial reports said he was 13. I’m sure you can understand how that could happen in the chaos that transpired right?
Jitneys were the precursor to Uber or Lyft. Imagine you and your brother get a Lyft home and the cops pull the driver over. Then shoot at you as you run away.
He was a poet, an avid skateboarder, and volunteer at local charities. Loved by family and friends.
There have been at least three protests. Currently one is shutting down a major highway. Pictures above are from earlier today
There will be another protest tomorrow. There are also several recordings and live feeds of the protests on FB
This is in my area. Looks like they’re now trying to do damage control by claiming he had an empty clip in his pocket and participated in a drive by earlier. Smh…
Update:
As you can see the media tried to spin a false narrative about Antwon having guns. And were exposed for lying by a news anchor today.
Ciora Thomas was arrested at the peaceful protest on 376 last night after police showed in riot gear. She was let go this morning but will have court costs.
Please boost this and donate if you can to help those arrested tonight
Thanks in advance
More pictures from the protests in Pittsburgh.
Tonight’s protest on 6/28/18 lasted for 7 hours.
The people marched down the streets chanting, singing and dancing for 7 hours.
Thank you to everyone who came out and put everything on the line for Antwon Rose Jr. And for justice
Antwon Rose was a freedom fighter and he taught me how to fight
So we gon’ fight all day and night until they get it right
What side are you on my people, what side are you on?
What side are you on my people, what side are you on?
Pittsburgh is a horifically racist city and has been forever.
By the mid 80s there no more gangs in the city due to the diligent guidance of local civil rights activist leaders like Dr. Ralph Proctor, Jr. and Byrd R. Brown, president of the local NAACP and many others.
During Sophie Maslof’s tenure as mayor, Dr. Proctor approched to say that if resources weren’t made available to peacefully counter the inroads that gangs from other parts of the country were trying to make, there was going to be terrible bloodshead for years.
Maslof essentially did nothing positive and set in motion a chain of events that lead to terrible bloodshead during the 90s which completely devistated communites like Homewood (where Jordan Miles was beaten nearly to death for running from white men pursuing him who turned out to be plainclothes cops).
And white people here think the city is post racist and all modern and the Democratic leadership is unproblematic, yet violence towards black communities and inidviduals has increased as police forces become whiter and whiter and more heavily armed and funded and political leaders back the demolition and gentrification of black neighborhoods while cutting public transit.
If you get into the suburbs, white people are falling over themselves to be counted with facsists and nazis. I can’t tell you how many of those fucking facsist flags i see on pickup trucks and the blue line inbetween black plates for supporting police on countless cars.
Last night i saw a cop casually walking across the street with and assault rifle while another was shouting “GET BACK GET BACK PROTESTERS GET BACK” and then laughing about having just come from the 376 protests.
I am extremely glad to hear that Trump has signed an executive order to end the separation of families, but please do not think that the battle for justice ends here.
I mean, this is literally what Trump was referring to when he said it was ‘democrats’ law’ that was ‘making’ him separate families.
The law is the one says it’s illegal to incarcerate children for crimes their parents committed for any extended length of time. This is the law Trump wants changed.
The law exists because we realized this prolonged internment of innocent children was sometimes happening (in extremely unsafe conditions no less) and we understood that this was a horrible, inhumane, inexcusable thing to do to a child.
The conflict arose when this was paired with the Trump adminstration’s new “zero tolerance” policy, which drastically increased the number of people being prosecuted (far beyond our capacity to handle with reasonable speed and due process), and meant that refugees seeking asylum (much, much more likely to be families fleeing with small children) must go through sometimes months of appeals trying to see if asylum might be permitted.
The former USA stance was that we must not attempt to intern more people than we could handle humanely. The stance Trump’s administration is pushing for is that we must sacrifice humane treatment of these families to protect our own.
wupacing 