What's Wrong With Abortion Federalism?

In this week's Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest senior editor Damon Root unpack the long-awaited SCOTUS ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade (1973).
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Tech companies ready public stances on Roe v. Wade

Some providing out-of-state medical expenses, others spout general pro-choice statements Several US tech companies have taken a stance or issued statements promising healthcare-related support for employees following the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v Wade last Friday.…
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Abortion Clinics Start Closing After Roe v. Wade Ruling

Abortion Clinics Start Closing After Roe v. Wade Ruling Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Abortion clinics in multiple states closed their doors on June 25 following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to pass their own laws regulating access to abortion. An exam room sits empty in the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St Louis, Mo., on May 28, 2019. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) Around half of the states are expected to press ahead with banning abortion after the high court’s landmark ruling, according to the Guttmacher Institute, while in a handful of states with so-called trigger laws, abortion has already become illegal. Abortion will either soon become—or already is—unlawful in at least 13 states, according to a tally by The Epoch Times:Idaho, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. Bans in Mississippi and North Dakota will come into force when their respective attorneys general sign off, while Wyoming’s prohibition will take effect within days. Tennessee will have its ban applied in 30 days, whileIdaho ...
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This surpassed surgery as the most common abortion method. Could Florida seek to ban it?

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 court ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right, that revokes the right from women and shifts authority over the procedure to the states.
— (Miami Herald) (June 28)   (Pocket)

June 27, 2022 – PBS NewsHour full episode - PBS NewsHour

Monday on the NewsHour, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we explore what Americans think of the ruling and the court itself. Then, the G-7 unveils a new round of sanctions against Russia's already faltering economy in retaliation for its bombardment of Ukraine. Plus, a university program brings painting, music and dance into hospitals to help patients during the recovery process.
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Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?

Friday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is one of the most devastating rulings to come out of Washington. It’s also the next step in a larger campaign to expand state surveillance and erode the right to privacy—a campaign that sex workers have been fighting for decades.
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@hannah_chaddha: let’s talk about the supreme court’s ruling to overturn roe v. wade. i’m thoroughly disturbed by the fact that it’s 2022 & it really does seem as though self-driving cars are bestowed with more autonomy/agency than womxn and other marginalized communities (1/5)

WHO: Monkeypox outbreak not yet a global public health emergency

A public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, grants the WHO director-general certain powers, such as the ability to recommend how countries should respond. While it’s a legal lever the agency can use, it’s also a tool that can grab public attention and steer it to try to address burgeoning health threats. Such a declaration could further rally donors and member countries to increase funding.
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WHO says monkeypox not a global health emergency ‘at this stage’

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the rapidly spreading monkeypox does not represent a ‘global health emergency at this stage’ but
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Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO

The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, though “intense response efforts” are needed to control further spread.
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Global monkeypox outbreak isn’t an international public health emergency ‘at present,’ WHO rules

Both the World Health Organization director-general and an emergency committee convened Thursday agree that monkeypox isn't a international public health emergency "at present," the organization said Saturday.
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‘Squad’ Members Call on Biden To Declare Public Health Emergency in Wake of Roe Ruling

A coalition of 20 black congresswomen, led by "Squad" member Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.), on Thursdaywrote a letter to President Joe Biden that urged him to declare a public health emergency in anticipation of a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Court on Friday overturned the seminal 1973 abortion-rights decision. The congresswomen […] The post ‘Squad’ Members Call on Biden To Declare Public Health Emergency in Wake of Roe Ruling appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
— (Washington Free Beacon) (June 24)   (Pocket)

“We’re at a Crisis Point”: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures

by Abigail Kramer and Gabriel Poblete, THE CITY This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with THE CITY. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. By slashing inpatient psychiatric care, New York has left people with too few places to turn for treatment of serious mental health conditions, state Attorney General Letitia James said at a hearing held by her office Wednesday. James called the hearing following reports by THE CITY and ProPublica on New York state’s failure to provide mental health care to children and adolescents. Our investigation found that state officials have closed nearly one-third of the beds for children in state-run psychiatric hospitals since 2014, under a “Transformation Plan” rolled out by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. During the same period, nonprofit groups shut down more than half of the beds in New York’s residential treatment facilities for kids, in large part because state payments were too low to keep the programs running. “We’re at a crisis point, and we certainly need action,” James said at the hearing. “Emergency departments are overwhelme...
— (ProPublica) (June 23)   (Pocket)

@BNNBreaking: BREAKING: Monkeypox does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern, WHO says

WATCH: Jan. 6 panel releases video of Rep. Loudermilk leading a Capitol tour day before attack

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection released video on Wednesday of a Capitol tour led by a Republican lawmaker the day before the attack, showing at least one participant taking photos of stairwells and tunnels in the Capitol complex.
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: Former Trump aides testify that numerous Republican lawmakers asked for presidential pardons after Jan. 6 attack on Capitol

Former aides to then-President Donald Trump testified in interviews with the bipartisan House select committee investigating the events culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters that several Republican members of Congress sought presidential pardons, it was revealed Thursday during a public committee hearing.
— (Market Watch) (June 26)   (Pocket)

US Capitol attack: how the public reaction to the January 6 hearings reflects deep divisions in the US

After nearly a year of investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021, the Democrat-led House Select committee is holding a series of public hearings to present its findings to the US public. These findings include that the former US president, Donald Trump, and his allies engaged in illegal efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The committee, which has a Republican co-chair, Liz Cheney, also found they knowingly spread lies regarding the integrity of the electoral system, which culminated in the attack on the heart of American democracy. According to one report in the New York Times, at least 20 million people watched the first primetime hearing. It was carried live by all major public and private news outlets in the US, with the notable exception of Fox News. It bears repeating that, by all measures, the 2020 general election was one of the most secure elections in American history, with no evidence of widespread voter fraud. These facts have been confirmed over and over again by federal agencies and courts – most recently by the Trump administration’s attorney general, Bill Barr, via video testimony presented at the hearings. Barr recounted tel...
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Judge Convicts Man Who Carried Confederate Flag in Capitol Attack

Kevin Seefried was found guilty with his son by a federal judge of obstructing the certification of the 2020 presidential vote along with other lesser charges.
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Commanders coordinator Jack Del Rio fined $100,000 for calling Jan. 6 Capitol attack a 'dust-up'

Rivera said in a statement he made the decision to fine the coach because “our organization will not tolerate any equivalency between those who demanded justice in wake of George Floyd’s murder and those who sought to topple our government.” Rivera said he met with Del Rio Friday morning to issue the fine.
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Primetime Hearing Focuses on the Plan Behind January 6

Thursday’s hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol covered mounds of information, but one sentence from Rep. Liz Cheney’s opening statement provided perhaps the most concise summary of the committee’s findings: “The attack on our Capitol was not a spontaneous riot.”
— (The Dispatch) (June 10)   (Pocket)

@hugolowell: NEW: Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson tells me they plan on doing on the two planned remaining hearings for sure — one on Proud Boys and one on Trump’s reaction to the Capitol attack — but in July. They may add an extra hearing or two, he says.

Conspiracy theories fuel anger as New Mexico counties try to certify 2022 primary vote

Deep-seated conspiracy theories about the security of voting machines erupted into heated, angry outbursts Friday as the deadline looms for New Mexico counties to certify results from their recent primary.
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Debate Streamers Are Talking People Out of Dangerous Conspiracy Theories - CNET

"Once someone takes it, they lose their soul," David Argenti, who grew up in Canada's Bible Belt, told Avallone in a message he shared with his streaming audience. "Nothing has led me to believe otherwise."
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The Election Conspiracy Theories Driving Tina Peters to Run in Colorado

The county clerk has been consumed by election conspiracy theories, lionized by a movement and indicted in a bizarre scheme. Will Republicans nominate her to run elections in Colorado?
— (New York Times) (June 27)   (Pocket)

WHO Chief Privately Believes Covid Did Leak From Wuhan Lab, In Spite of Dismissing Lab Leak Hyphothesis as a ‘Conspiracy Theory’

The head of the WHO privately believes Covid originated in a Wuhan lab, despite publicly dismissing the lab leak hypothesis as a 'conspiracy theory'. The post WHO Chief Privately Believes Covid Did Leak From Wuhan Lab, In Spite of Dismissing Lab Leak Hyphothesis as a ‘Conspiracy Theory’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
— (Daily Sceptic) (June 18)   (Pocket)

Capitol Police Chief Debunks J6 Committee Conspiracy Theory

Capitol Police Chief Debunks J6 Committee Conspiracy Theory As the Democrat-run January 6th Committee goes to great lengths to present their unifying theory of insurrection surrounding that fateful day in 2001, Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger has debunked a Democrat allegation that a GOP lawmaker, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), ran a reconnaissance mission inside the Capitol one day before the riot. "There is no evidence that Representative Loudermilk entered the U.S. Capitol with this group on January 5, 2021," Manger wrote in a Monday letter to Rep. Rodbey Davis (R-IL), ranking Republican on the House Administration Committee, after reviewing security footage of Loudermilk giving people a tour of congressional office buildings. "We train our officers on being alert for people conducting surveillance or reconnaissance, and we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious," the letter continues (via Just the News). J6 Committee Democrat Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and RINO Liz Cheney (R-WY) made allegations against Loudermilk in a letter to the media last month, demanding to know why Loudermilk explain why he was giving a tour of the Capitol the day before the ri...
— (ZeroHedge Opinion) (June 15)   (Pocket)

Fact check: Baseless conspiracy theory about Uvalde victim's father - USA TODAY

A video clip shared in a May 29 Facebook post shows CNN host Anderson Cooper interviewing Angel Garza, identified in the chyron as the father of Amerie Jo Garza, a 10-year-old girl who died during the shooting. The post also includes portions of NBC News host Savannah Guthrie's interview with another man identifying himself as Amerie's father.
— (USA Today) (June 10)   (Pocket)

@KatiePhang: "Italygate" was an Internet conspiracy theory that Meadows got from Scott Perry. Perry sent a YouTube link. Meadows sent the link to Rosen who sent it to Donoghue. Donoghue watched the 20-minute video.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tests positive for COVID a second time

The positive test comes after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Biden took a “family photo” with Trudeau on Friday and met with him on Thursday.
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Boris Johnson and Justin Trudeau mock Putin’s barechested horseriding at G7

Asked at the G7 summit in Germany on Sunday if his ambitions are delusional, Mr Johnson said: “What I’m saying is this is a Government that is getting on with delivering for the people of this country and we’ve got a huge amount to do.”
— (Weekly Standard) (June 26)   (Pocket)

Can the Liberal Party really replace Justin Trudeau? - The Globe and Mail

But this is a Prime Minister whose last two re-election bids saw him eke out minority governments without winning the popular vote, and who will have been in office for 10 years by the time the next election is due.
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@kylegriffin1: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body."

@DrEliDavid: Justin Trudeau: “American women who want an abortion can come to Canada, where we respect bodily autonomy.” But they can come only if they are fully vaccinated. Bodily autonomy doesn't apply for vaccines 🤡