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mwyn8's JournalThe real world reminder why SC decision bigoted
I found this on another site. It illustrates what women deal with in the real world. If you aren't pissed this is the reminder you need & be sure to share it.
There is a war on women in this nation. It’s time to fight back. Vote out Republicans before you lose the right to vote.
• A woman is raped every two minutes in the United States, but the Supreme Court just helped corporations block access to emergency contraception for women if their employers choose to not to allow their health coverage to pay for it. There’s no guarantee that if you are working a minimum wage job you are going to have money in the bank for a Plan B the day after you are raped. That is what our health coverage is for, to provide for our health emergencies.
• Thirty-one states allow for child custody rights for rapists.
• The attacks on women’s reproductive rights that occurred at the state level in 2014 are too numerous to list, but you might remember North Carolina’s “motorcycle safety” bill which turned into an omnibus abortion bill, Texas’ attack on clinics which provide abortions, and Wisconsin’s move to force women to have transvaginal ultrasounds all made the headlines last year.
• A comprehensive report by the Guttmacher Institute in 2011 revealed that more than 1,100 pieces of legislation were introduced which dealt with reproductive "health" and 68% of those restricted access to abortion services.
• Along with restricting access to abortion, access to cancer screening and other health related services were denied women by the closing of 36 Planned Parenthood Clinics (this does not include other clinics by other organizations) from 2010 - 2011. Another 24 closed in 2013 by the month of August. Planned Parenthood provided over one million breast exams and pap tests in 2012, providing early warning to over 85,000 women yet continues to be attacked as a "abortion provider", ignoring the positive work the organization accomplishes, which saves lives.
• States like Nebraska can force you to give birth to children which cannot live outside the womb.
• In Iowa if you are pregnant you can be arrested if you have an accident which causes the death of your fetus, a woman was arrested for falling down the stairs.
• Republicans blocked equal pay initiatives in Congress and in states like Texas in 2014.
• Republicans are pushing “voter I.D.” laws which specifically put women at high-risk of being turned away at the polls as women are more likely to change their names due to marriage and divorce.
A Saleh v. Bush Lawsuit Update
"The Department of Justice, who is defending the Bush Administration, had previously responded to the complaint by requesting that the case be thrown out. The Bush clan is claiming that the planning of the war occurred within the scope of their employment and they therefore have immunity." But here's the holdup - "But rather than dismissing the case, the hearing was taken off calendar because the judge on the case asked for additional information. So Mr. Comar is filing a 2nd amended complaint on June 9, 2014 that provides more details about the planning of the Iraq war and when it started. According to Mr. Comar’s evidence, the Bush/Cheney team started planning the invasion of Iraq as far back as 1997.
The 2nd amended complaint will explain that the war was motivated for personal enrichment and the war was a “crime of aggression.” One of the points that Mr. Comar discussed was that the Bush Administration does not have immunity if it can be proven that the war’s planning did not take place after George W. Bush was first elected. This means that the war had been planned outside the scope of their employment and so conspired to commit this “crime of aggression.”
So glad this wasn't just kicked to the curb. I know the international court is looking into this as well. (The bold emphasis is mine). Here's the link to the article.
http://quietmike.org/2014/05/29/saleh-v-bush-lawsuit-update/
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