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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Abortion rights advocates and providers asked the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether the state’s 15-week abortion ban should be blocked in court, after an appeals court allowed the ban to stay in effect—the first test of whether the court will overturn its decades-old precedent protecting abortion rights and let the state enact harsher bans. Key Facts The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers asked the Florida Supreme Court to consider a July ruling from a state appeals court, which allowed the ban to remain in effect as the litigation moves forward and denied a request to fast-track the case to the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs said the Florida Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the ruling because it directly conflicts with its own precedent, as the state’s highest court ruled in 1989 that the Florida Constitution and its right to privacy protects … [Read more...] about Florida Supreme Court Asked To Consider Blocking 15-Week Abortion Ban After Appeals Court Lets It Stay In Place

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Iowa could become the latest state to prohibit abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, as Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) asked a state court Thursday to let the state’s abortion ban take effect after it was blocked in 2018. Key Facts Reynolds filed a motion in state district court asking a judge to lift an injunction that blocked Iowa’s six-week ban, which was enacted in 2018 but then struck down in court, after the governor previously vowed in June that she would do so. Abortion is now legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks into a pregnancy, and the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that abortion rights are protected under the state Constitution. The Iowa Supreme Court then overturned its precedent in June after Reynolds appointed new justices to the court and it became more conservative, ruling abortion rights are not protected in a case concerning a mandatory 24-hour waiting period law that’s now been allowed … [Read more...] about Iowa Could Outlaw Abortion As Governor Asks Court To Let 6-Week Ban Take Effect

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Roe v. Wade decision is top of mind for the public sector, many business leaders— even scientists. The Turnaway Study conducted at the University of California at San Francisco, found that receiving an abortion does not harm the health and well-being of women. In fact, it found that being denied an abortion results in worse financial, health and family outcomes. Another study by JAMA Psychiatry found that women seeking and being denied abortions reported significantly more mental health issues eight days later. They suffered more anxiety, poor self-esteem and low life satisfaction—but similar levels of depression—as women receiving abortions. Rumblings In The Workplace In response to the Roe v. Wade ruling, several leading companies like Apple, Citigroup, Netflix and Salesforce are expanding healthcare benefits. “In the workplace, the reversal of Roe is not only an issue impacting the health and well-being of … [Read more...] about Companies Not Changing Health Benefits Despite Roe V. Wade Ruling, Study Finds

The Supreme Court building is viewed from its closed gateway. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO Candidates for elective office who are considered dual citizens for being born to one Filipino parent and one foreign parent are not required to renounce their foreign citizenship and take an oath of allegiance to the Philippines to be eligible to run for office. In a full court decision, the 15-member Supreme Court ruled that Filipinos born to one Filipino parent and one foreign parent are considered dual citizens by birth and not by naturalization, regardless of subsequent acts performed to confirm the foreign citizenship. Filipinos who fall under such dual citizenship are considered natural-born Filipinos qualified to run for public office, the court said. The Supreme Court made the pronouncement as it upheld the petition of Mariz Lindsey Gana-Carait and overruled the September 23, 2021 decision of the Commission of Elections (Comelec) that canceled her certificate of candidacy for councilor … [Read more...] about SC: Natural-born dual citizens may not renounce foreign citizenship

Senator Grace Poe. INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES VOTING 9-3, the Supreme Court en banc has upheld the decision of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) declaring Sen. Grace Poe as a natural-born Filipino citizen qualified to run for public office. The high court dismissed a petition for certiorari filed by petitioner Rizalito David that questioned two resolutions issued by SET in November and December of 2015. “The (Supreme) Court sustained the SET majority which had ruled that respondent Poe was a natural-born citizen,” said the decision, read by SC spokesperson Theodore Te at a press briefing on Tuesday. “The Court relied on the presumption that all foundlings found in the Philippines are born to at least either a Filipino father or a Filipino mother (and are thus, natural born, unless there is substantial proof otherwise),” the decision read. Senator Poe ran and lost in the May 2016 presidential elections. Questions on her citizenship had hounded her during the … [Read more...] about Grace Poe a natural-born Filipino, SC rules

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin My kids and I were talking on a ride home from school last year about the fact that CEOs are overwhelmingly white men. (Yes, random race discussions are just one benefit of having a mom focused professionally on issues of race and injustice.) I decided to quiz them and asked, “Of the top 500 companies, how many do you think have a Black CEO?” My middle schooler paused briefly, then blurted out “100.” Paralyzed by a stinging sense of dread, regret and guilt at having to burst her bubble, I hesitantly responded, “No, it’s five.” While that number has since risen to a record high of six , that leaves Black CEO representation in the Fortune 500 just over one percent—dismal by any measure. Unfortunately, this racial disparity for Black professionals remains consistent throughout a range of industries and professional areas, from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation as the first Black female justice in the Supreme … [Read more...] about This Is Why Corporate DEI Tragically Fails Many Black Professionals

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Schumer-Manchin tax bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act , which passed the Senate on Sunday, raises taxes and will give the IRS billions to go into what the Wall Street Journal called “beast mode .” In all, the meant-to-be-inflation buster bill will dole out about $80 billion to the IRS for increase enforcement, operational improvements, customer service, and systems modernization. Think big, really big. That $80 billion is more than six times the current annual IRS budget of $12.6 billion. How can the IRS spend all of that? You guessed it, the bill says a whopping $45.6 billion will be for enforcement, and make no mistake, enforcement is the main directive from Democrats to the IRS. Get bigger, tougher and faster at collecting, and make them pay. Meanwhile, the IRS could be ramping up its police power too. The IRS is a key part of the government, but not one you usually associate with law enforcement … [Read more...] about The Inflation Reduction Act Unleashes A Tougher IRS

It is only a matter of time before China will use force to exercise territorial sovereignty and jurisdictional control over Taiwan. It is almost inevitable that the United States will use force to oppose China. And because of the 1951 Philippine-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), we are at risk of being blown into the conflict. Therefore, the Philippines must formulate its position on this imminent military conflict. At the core of the MDT is Article IV, stating that each party recognizes that “an armed attack in the Pacific area on either of the Parties would be dangerous to its own peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common dangers in accordance with its constitutional processes.” Yet its proper interpretation requires references to the preambular clauses and Articles I, III, V, and VI, and alignment with the Philippine Constitution, existing laws, and treaty obligations. The MDT covers military conflicts arising from: 1) an external armed attack on a … [Read more...] about Taiwan conflict: Risk and response

IT’S ONLY WORDS Images taken from the Facebook page of the SMNI network show two of the five book projects ordered terminated by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), in a move denounced by academic and literary circles as well as some lawmakers as outright censorship. The highlighted texts purportedly show why the national language commission found the works “subversive.” The KWF is not the first government body, however, to go after publications that have already passed scholarly or editorial review but are now deemed dangerous for young Filipino minds. Some of the country’s most prominent writers’ groups are up in arms over the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino’s (KWF) order to cease the publication and distribution of several titles it deemed to have “subversive” content. “It is alarming and we must be vigilant against the constant Red-tagging of writers and their books on a recent TV program,” according to the largest of the groups, the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (Umpil), … [Read more...] about Writers’ groups join outcry over KWF move

Representative image (Source: Reuters) The Women and Child Development Ministry took a slew of measures in 2021 like introducing a bill to raise the marriageable age of women to 21, tackling rising malnutrition during the pandemic and ensuring safety and rehabilitation of over one lakh children who lost either of their parents to Covid. Even though children remained less susceptible to COVID-19, about 1.32 lakh of them lost either of their parents and were at an increased risk of being exploited and trafficked, proving to be a major concern for the ministry. Over 9,800 children were orphaned, 508 abandoned and 1.32 lakh lost either of their parents from April 2020 to December 7 this year during the pandemic, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said. Taking cognisance of the issue, the government earlier this year launched PM CARES for Children, a scheme that lends support to kids who were orphaned during the pandemic. NCPCR chairperson Priyank … [Read more...] about From Bill raising marriageable age of women to ensuring safety of Covid orphans, WCD had a busy 2021