Abortion

Amy Schumer plugged her upcoming episodes of “Inside Amy Schumer” on Twitter on Wednesday, and swiftly sent a not-so-subtle pro-abortion message to her viewers. Schumer posted a teaser video clip talking about Colorado, and it began by sounding like a promotion designed to attract tourists to the area. It quickly became clear that it was a pro-abortion ad campaign that welcomed people to visit Colorado for reproductive medical procedures. Those looking to have an abortion need not look any further than Schumer’s Twitter feed – she really puts it all out there , and adds her signature comedy style to the highly controversial subject matter. Visit Colorado (for, you know, reasons). Stream new episodes of Inside Amy Schumer October 20 on @paramountplus #insideamyschumer pic.twitter.com/NqvtYuzRjQ — Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) September 28, 2022 Schumer’s overtly sarcastic promo video acted as a loud pro-abortion campaign. She provided the voiceover for the clip and … [Read more...] about Amy Schumer’s Painfully Unfunny Comedy Promo Doubles As An Abortion Ad

India ’s top court on Thursday upheld the right of a woman to an abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy regardless of marital status, a decision widely hailed by women’s rights activists. The right to abortion has proved contentious globally after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned in June its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that had legalized the procedure across the United States. “Even an unmarried woman can undergo abortion up to 24 weeks on par with married women,” said Justice D.Y. Chandrachud of India’s Supreme Court, holding that a woman’s marital status could not decide her right to abort. A law dating from 1971, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act , had limited the procedure to married women, divorcees, widows, minors, “disabled and mentally ill women” and survivors of sexual assault or rape . “The decision to have or not to have an abortion is borne out of complicated life circumstances, which only the woman can choose on her own terms … [Read more...] about India’s top court grants all women the right to safe abortion

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide an abortion on hold, saying abortion right groups that asked her to block the order are not likely to prevail on appeal. The ruling from Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson means the state's abortion providers will not be able to restart procedures. Abortions were halted on Sept. 23 when Johnson ruled that a 1973 injunction must be lifted so that the Civil War-era law could be enforced. Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich sought the order lifting the injunction. Attorneys with his office told the judge that, since the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24 decision said women do not have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion, there was no legal reason to block the old law. Planned Parenthood and its Arizona affiliate had … [Read more...] about Arizona judge won’t suspend ruling that halted all abortions

Sexual assault by a man of his wife can take the form of rape, the Supreme Court said in a significant judicial recognition of ‘marital rape’ on September 29. The Supreme Court said this in a judgment which upheld a single women’s right to abort an unwanted pregnancy of between 20 and 24 weeks. But the court also dealt with how married women, like single women, were exposed to sexual assault within the family and suffer forced pregnancies. Also read: Explained | Marital rape in India: The history of the legal exception “A woman may become pregnant as a result of non-consensual sexual intercourse performed upon her by her husband. We would be remiss in not recognising that intimate partner violence is a reality and can take the form of rape. The misconception that strangers are exclusively or almost exclusively responsible for sex and gender-based violence is a deeply regrettable one. Sex and gender based violence [in all its forms] within the context of the family has … [Read more...] about Sexual assault of wife can take form of rape: Supreme Court

The campaign flier sent to Vietnamese-American voters in Orange County is heavily doctored and designed to inflame. A Democratic congressional candidate is photoshopped in front of a classroom of children, a copy of “The Communist Manifesto” in hand. On the wall hang images of communist icons Mao Zedong, Vladimir Lenin and Ho Chi Minh. (Bernie Sanders, who calls himself a Democratic Socialist, is up there, too.) A single fist in the Black power salute teaches students the number one. Two is symbolized by hands holding a hammer and sickle. “Jay Chen invited China into our children’s classes” is written in Vietnamese on the chalkboard. Advertisement The flier, crafted and funded by GOP Rep. Michelle Steel, would be effective in much of the country. But it has the potential to be particularly powerful in Steel’s Orange County-centered district. She is running for reelection in the new 45th congressional district, which has an Asian-American plurality. The district is home … [Read more...] about ‘Red-baiting’ fliers mailed to Vietnamese Americans in tight California congressional race

Click here to read the full article. People who want to watch ABC News ’ “ Nightline ” no longer have to stay up past 12:30 in the morning. The venerable late-night news show, perhaps the last weekday word in the daily broadcast news cycle, is taking a step into streaming video, with a weekly newsmagazine counterpart that aims to burnish new storytelling tactics for subscribers to Hulu . The first half-hour broadcast of “Impact x Nightline” debuts Thursday, Oct. 6. More from Variety How 'Reasonable Doubt' Showrunner Raamla Mohamed Crafted An Unapologetically Black Drama as Onyx Collective's First Scripted Series Charli and Dixie D'Amelio on Season 2 of Their Hulu Reality Series, Transitioning From TikTok to Hollywood and Charli's Potential Music Career Hulu Orders Series Adaptation of Rebecca Godfrey Book 'Under the Bridge,' Samir Mehta and Liz Tigelaar to Co-Showrun The new series, produced by the same ABC News team that makes daily … [Read more...] about ABC News Readies Weekly Streaming Version of ‘Nightline’ (EXCLUSIVE)

A man was arrested Thursday and charged with illegally blocking access to a New York Planned Parenthood clinic that provides reproductive health services, including abortion. Christopher Moscinski, 52, is accused of fastening padlocks and bicycle locks to the gated entrance of the Hempstead facility early July 7. Glue had been poured into some of the locks, according to court documents. An attorney who is thought to be representing Moscinski could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. In charging documents, law enforcement officials say Moscinski returned to the health center in a religious robe and used his body to block vehicles from entering the parking lot until he was arrested. Federal agents say that after his arrest, Moscinski spoke to the media about the incident, saying in a July 14 interview that he put “six locks and chains” on the clinic's gates and that he lay in front of the gate "to try to keep that Planned Parenthood closed for as long as … [Read more...] about Man charged with blocking access to Planned Parenthood clinic in New York

The heartbroken mother of the 14-year-old boy fatally shot after a high school football scrimmage in Philadelphia recalled the moment she heard gunfire ring out and she held her only child close as he lay dying. Nicolas Elizalde died Tuesday after a group of five gunmen opened fire at the end of scrimmage at Roxborough High School’s field . Another four boys were injured in the shooting. Meredith Elizalde said her son Nicolas, who identified as Chicano and Muslim-American, was about to turn 15 next week. Elizalde recalled how she was waiting in the car to pick up her son after scrimmage, but heard shots ring out and by the time she got to the scene, she found Nicolas bleeding from a wound to his chest. “I heard the shooting start and I didn’t know where he was, but inside as a mother I knew it. I ran to the shots. I ran to the shots and I couldn’t get him, but I held him and I felt him leave. But I was holding him. He wasn’t alone,” Elizalde said to NBC Philadelphia … [Read more...] about ‘I felt him leave’: Mom of boy, 14, fatally shot after football scrimmage recalls hearing gunshots, finding son wounded

This is part four of a twelve-part series. Read part one here , two here , part three here , part five here , part six here , part seven here , part eight here , part nine here , part ten here , part eleven here , and part twelve here . IV. Salem , August 22d 1837. — A walk yesterday afternoon down to the Juniper and Winter Island. Singular effect of partial sunshine, the sky being broadly and heavily clouded, and land and sea, in consequence, being generally overspread with a sombre gloom. But the sunshine, somehow or other, found its way between the interstices of the clouds, and illuminated some of the distant objects very vividly. The white sails of a ship caught it, and gleamed brilliant as sunny snow, the hull being scarcely visible, and the sea around dark; other smaller vessels too, so that they looked like heavenly-winged things just alighting on a dismal world. Shifting their sails, perhaps, or going on another tack, they almost … [Read more...] about Passages From Hawthorne’s Note-Books (Part IV)

Californians have little appetite for a rematch of the 2020 presidential race, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, with strong majorities of the state’s voters hoping neither President Biden nor former President Trump runs again in two years. The poll, co-sponsored by The Times, found that roughly 6 in 10 respondents are against Biden trying for a second term in 2024 — a striking reluctance in a solidly Democratic state that he won handily. Another Trump campaign would be even less popular, with more than 70% in opposition. Vice President Kamala Harris, widely considered Biden’s chosen successor to lead the party, also struggles to find traction in California, her home state, lagging behind Gov. Gavin Newsom and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont as voters’ choice for president if Biden does not run. But no candidate emerges as the consensus favorite for the Democratic nomination in this early gauge of potential 2024 contenders. … [Read more...] about California voters favor Newsom over Harris, don’t want Biden to run again, poll finds