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What the battle for abortion rights reveals about assisted dying
4 weeks ago

What the battle for abortion rights reveals about assisted dying

The Independent  

A new-ish backbencher, against the odds, takes on much of the political and medical establishment to pioneer a momentous, but highly controversial, private member’s bill. open image in gallery Disability campaigners from Distant Voices and Not Dead, a group against assisted suicide, outside Westminster Hall in April In Jenkins’ own words: “While members of the cabinet would be free to …

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SA abortion law proposal triggers debate, within and across party lines — what's been proposed?
3 months ago

SA abortion law proposal triggers debate, within and across party lines — what's been proposed?

ABC  

A proposal to change South Australian abortion laws has prompted intense and heated debate, both in and outside of political circles. Mr Hood said that, under such a scenario, a baby born at 28 weeks would "receive neonatal care". Mr Hood's proposal has been opposed by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, whose SA committee …

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Tennessee Republicans are suffering one humiliation after another
1 year, 8 months ago

Tennessee Republicans are suffering one humiliation after another

Raw Story  

As if they needed another headache, House Republican leaders found themselves in another pickle Thursday when news broke that Rep. Scotty Campbell was guilty of sexually harassing at least one intern. His name was even removed from the Legislature’s website vote tallies, including resolutions to remove the so-called “Tennessee Three,” which includes Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville. It’s as if …

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The gas bill is $907.13? Sticker shock for Californians as prices soar
1 year, 10 months ago

The gas bill is $907.13? Sticker shock for Californians as prices soar

LA Times  

Brent Eldridge, 48, received a $907.13 gas bill in January. Energy costs are a “crisis” that are walloping households already squeezed by inflation and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, who called an emergency meeting of the City Council this month to approve extra assistance for customers who can’t pay. “We know families …

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California may be 1st to ban solo confinement for immigrants
2 years, 3 months ago

California may be 1st to ban solo confinement for immigrants

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California would be the first U.S. state to ban solitary confinement in private civil detention centers used for immigrants who are under threat of deportation, under a bill that advanced Tuesday. In California, more than 90% of immigrants facing potential deportation are held in for-profit detention facilities that would be affected by the bill, according to Immigrant …

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California may make social media firms report enforcement
2 years, 6 months ago

California may make social media firms report enforcement

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Social media companies would have to make public their policies for removing problem content and give detailed accounts of how and when they remove it, under a proposal being considered by California legislators who blame online chatter for encouraging violence and undermining democracy. The potential for lawsuits would be counterproductive, the groups said, and could “suppress ongoing …

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State measure that would allow preteens to get vaccines without parental consent advances
2 years, 7 months ago

State measure that would allow preteens to get vaccines without parental consent advances

LA Times  

Heather Haworth, left, holds the hand of her 12-year-old son, Jeremy, as he receives a COVID-19 vaccination from medical assistant Gloria Urgell in Santa Ana last year. A California measure that would allow children ages 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, including against the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday. It builds on long-standing existing …

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California won’t require parents with guns to tell schools
2 years, 8 months ago

California won’t require parents with guns to tell schools

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even in California, home to some of the nation’s strictest firearms laws, a bill requiring parents to tell school officials if they keep guns in the house went too far to move ahead in the Legislature. “Those go so far beyond my core beliefs in civil liberties that I just can’t associate an ‘aye’ vote,” said Sen. …

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Florida GOP aims to curtail school lessons on sexual orientation and gender
2 years, 10 months ago

Florida GOP aims to curtail school lessons on sexual orientation and gender

LA Times  

Participants with the Alliance for GLBTQ Youth march at the annual Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade on April 9, 2017, in Miami Beach. Activists have dubbed the proposal moving through Florida’s GOP-controlled Statehouse as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, and it has attracted condemnation on social media and from Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. If passed, …

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Florida GOP aims to curtail school lessons on sex, gender
2 years, 10 months ago

Florida GOP aims to curtail school lessons on sex, gender

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans want to forbid discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools with a bill that activists say endangers children and echoes a previous wave of laws that sought to squelch LGBTQ conversations in the classroom. Activists have dubbed the proposal moving through Florida’s GOP-controlled Statehouse as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, and it has …

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Column: This California bill would protect our medical data from Big Tech (Hi, Amazon!)
3 years, 5 months ago

Column: This California bill would protect our medical data from Big Tech (Hi, Amazon!)

LA Times  

As Amazon prepares to equip Alexa with radar sensors for monitoring sleep, a California assemblyman is trying to pass legislation that would require tech companies to get our permission before accessing health data. “These tech companies are after all sorts of personal medical information — your heart rate, your blood pressure, your sleep habits,” Chau told me. Chau’s bill says …

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Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms
4 years, 2 months ago

Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Spurred by the slayings of George Floyd and other Black people in police custody across the country, California Gov. Still, Assemblyman Mike Gipson said his bill was spurred by Floyd and “many others have cried out, ‘I can’t breathe,’ and law enforcement must now use alternative methods to restrain a suspect instead of these life-threatening holds.” California’s …

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