Новости за 24.06.2022

Supporters of proposals offering protections around data that could provide information about people seeking abortions are pushing for swift action after the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. As Democrats weigh responses to the 6-3 court decision that will trigger abortion bans in 13 states, and likely lead to severe restrictions in...

March for Life, an anti-abortion organization, celebrated the Supreme Court ruling on Friday that overturned Roe v. Wade, saying it will continue to march and advocate for anti-abortion policies. “For nearly fifty years, the Supreme Court has imposed an unpopular and extreme abortion policy on our nation, but as the annual March for Life gives...

Megan Rapinoe gave an impassioned plea for abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, saying, “I just can’t understate how sad and how cruel this is.” “I think the cruelty is the point, because this is not pro-life, by any means,” Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist in soccer, said....

A bridge in Washington, D.C., has been shut down after a man climbed the bridge’s arch to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The District Department of Transportation said in a release on Friday that the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge shut down for “safety concerns involved with protest activity” and will...

Tours of the Capitol have been suspended for the rest of Friday after the Supreme Court issued a ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed protection for abortion rights federally.  A public information officer for U.S. Capitol Police confirmed the suspension to The Hill as protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court, located across the...

Taylor Swift says she’s “absolutely terrified” by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the court struck down the landmark 1973 ruling granting a constitutional right to an abortion. Swift took to social media hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling was announced. “I’m absolutely terrified that this...

President Biden on Friday accused the Supreme Court of taking an extremist path with its decision overturning the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights, arguing the court made a "tragic error." "This is an extreme and dangerous path the court is now taking us on," Biden said of the court's 6-3 decision, which effectively...

Washington, D.C., police are mobilizing to support demonstrations taking place in Washington, D.C. after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday. The Metropolitan Police Department and D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) said in a release that MPD has “initiated full departmental activation” through Tuesday as demonstrations in favor and against...

Sixty years ago, the British, French and Belgian governments began to transition 45 of their African colonies to independence. Most of the new African nations inherited multiparty democracies from their former colonial masters. However, it wasn’t long before many of those young democracies began to shift into single-party dictatorships. Eventually, poor decisions and mismanagement brought...

Former first lady Michelle Obama on Friday said she was "heartbroken" by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, doing away with the constitutionally protected right to abortions. In a statement, Obama said she was "heartbroken for people around this country who just lost the fundamental right to make informed decisions about their...

Story at a glance The Supreme Court on Friday reversed 50 years of precedent in overturning its landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade. The decision triggered an onslaught of laws heavily restricting abortion access in states across the country. For many Americans, accessing an abortion within thousands of miles of their homes could soon be...

Story at a glance The Supreme Court issued a final ruling on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Roe v. Wade is the 1973 decision that protected a person’s right to an abortion at the federal level. The ruling now means that states...

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Former President Obama has denounced the Supreme Court's decision striking down Roe v. Wade, calling it an attack on the "essential freedoms" experienced by millions of Americans. Obama said in a lengthy statement Friday that "the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can...

Waves of emotion poured out of hundreds of demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in reaction to its ruling striking down Roe v. Wade, eliminating recognition of a constitutional right to abortion. A demonstrator with a megaphone led a group of pro-abortion rights protesters. “Forced motherhood,” the leader called. “Illegitimate,” protesters responded. “This decision!” “Illegitimate!” A...

Celebrities are decrying the Supreme Court’s “devastating” decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, predicting the reversal will lead to a “public health crisis.” In a 6-3 decision by a majority of conservative judges, the Supreme Court struck down the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion. In overturning the landmark 1973 decision, the court handed...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday slammed the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade, arguing that the justices are "eviscerating American rights.” Pelosi — in remarks at her weekly press conference, which took place minutes after the decision was released — said the ruling is an “insult” and “a slap in the face to...

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said revelations that former President Trump told the Department of Justice (DOJ) to declare the election “corrupt” amounts to a “smoking gun.”  Former acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection at its hearing on Thursday that Trump spoke to him...

The acting chair of the Log Cabin Republicans of Texas (LCR), resigned Thursday just days after the new proposed Texas GOP platform defined homosexuality as an "abnormal lifestyle choice." In his resignation letter shared via the Log Cabin Republicans of Texas social media page, Michael Cargill said that it was with "great concern" that he leaves the...

As leaders of two nonprofits — one national, the other local — we work in a range of communities and provide a variety of essential services. When Americans need support or seek to create community, nonprofits are trusted and dependable sources of help and partnership. This never has been more apparent than during the COVID-19...

Federal officials say climate change is intensifying droughts, leading to wildfires far worse than experts or models have predicted. That is adding to the danger that accompanies one of the U.S. Forest Service’s primary methods of mitigation: the prescribed burn. “Fires are outpacing our models,” Forest Service Chief Randy Moore said in a statement this week. Moore...

A retirement bill currently under negotiation in the Senate gives rich Americans a tax break by bringing forward the payment schedule to remain revenue-neutral within the 10-year budget window, but ultimately adds to the U.S. national deficit unless a future Congress raises taxes. The Senate’s Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act raises the age at...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is facing an uphill climb as she seeks to win over GOP colleagues for a bipartisan insulin bill ahead of a vote expected next month. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said the bill from Collins and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to lower insulin costs would come to the floor...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday that the House will take up the Senate-passed gun safety bill “first thing” Friday morning, after the legislation cleared the upper chamber in a bipartisan vote. “First thing tomorrow morning, the Rules Committee will meet to advance this life-saving legislation to the Floor. When the Rules Committee finishes...