State abortion bans

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in effect as a court challenge against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Monday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-level bans that went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Key Facts Georgia: A state Superior Court judge declined to block the state’s six-week abortion ban Monday while the litigation against it proceeds, rejecting a request from abortion providers and advocates who sued to overturn the law after a federal judge allowed it to take effect in July. Idaho: The Idaho Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s trigger law outlawing nearly all abortions can take effect August 25 as abortion providers’ litigation against it moves forward, and also allowed a six-week ban to take effect immediately, which is modeled after Texas’ six-week abortion ban and allows private citizens to … [Read more...] about Georgia Abortion Ban To Stay In Effect, Judge Rules—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline A Florida appeals court affirmed Monday a lower judge’s ruling that a 16-year-old minor in the state cannot get an abortion, based on a law requiring parental consent for minors, forcing the teenager to carry her pregnancy to term as such consent laws come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Key Facts A three-judge panel at the First District Court of Appeals in Florida sided with a circuit court judge in Escambia County, who ruled that the plaintiff “had not established by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy,” as Florida law requires. The state’s parental consent law , enacted in 2020, lets minors seek a “judicial bypass” and get court permission to get an abortion if they can’t get consent from a parent or guardian. The judges said their decision was based on the fact that … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Blocks Florida Minor From Getting An Abortion

A Florida court ruled Monday that a pregnant, parentless teenager was not “mature” enough to decide terminating her pregnancy on her own. The three-judge panel in Florida’s First District Court of Appeal sided with a previous ruling Aug. 10 by Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz affirming the 16-year-old was not “sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy,” NBC News reported . The teen was 10 weeks pregnant at the time, according to the outlet. The ruling, made by Judges Harvey Jay, Rachel Nordby, and Scott Makar, states the teen “had not established by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy,” according to NBC News. A pregnant and parentless 16-year-old in Florida may be forced to give birth after an appeals court ruled she was not “sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy.” https://t.co/fJyRB2SJXX — NBC News (@NBCNews) August 17, 2022 Makar … [Read more...] about Florida Court Rules Parentless Teen Is Not ‘Mature’ Enough To Seek Abortion

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Between abortion rights, crime, racial tensions, politics and inflation—not to mention a never-ending pandemic—it’s been a rough time in the United States, leaving many Americans wondering what else is out there . Every year, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranks the best places to live around the world in the Global Liveability Index 2022 , as well as the worst places to live. This year, the list looked at 172 cities and based the ranking on a number of categories, including stability, healthcare, culture, education and infrastructure. Vienna, Austria, was named the best place to live in the world, followed by Copenhagen at number two, Zurich at number three and Calgary at number four. In fact, many European and Canadian cities dominated the list of best cities to live, due to factors like stability and good infrastructure. But what about the United States? This year, the U.S. didn’t crack the list of 10 … [Read more...] about The World’s 25 Best Places To Live Does Not Include The US: Here’s Why

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. during the PinasLakas vaccination campaign in Manila. Screengrab from RTVM / Facebook MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday he would reorganize the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) following the fiasco caused by the unauthorized approval of an order to import 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar. Speaking to reporters at an event for the government’s vaccination program in Manila, the president said the reorganization would happen this week. “We’ll reorganize the SRA and then we will come to an arrangement with the industrial consumers, with the planters, the millers, suppliers of the sugar to coordinate what’s available and what can be released to the market,” he said. If there is really a shortage of sugar supply, Marcos said: “Let’s import. We will be really forced.” In a meeting with members of the Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers Inc. on Monday night in Malacañang, the president … [Read more...] about Bongbong Marcos: SRA revamp up; ‘let’s import’ sugar if needed

The U.S. State Department is reportedly floating the idea of selling Turkey the Raytheon Co Patriot missile defense system in an effort to dissuade them from purchasing Russia’s S-400 system. Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, told reporters on Monday that several U.S. government officials at the Farnborough Airshow were meeting with Turkey officials to discuss defense trade, Reuters reports. Russia and Turkey made a deal in December 2017 to supply Ankara with S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries, a deal worth nearly $2.5 billion. Kaidanow told reporters that officials were “trying to give the Turks an understanding of what we can do with respect to Patriot,” but did not give specific details of a trade deal. The deal between Turkey and Russia worried Turkey’s NATO allies because the S-400 system cannot be integrated into NATO’s military architecture, which goes against the alliance’s collective defense … [Read more...] about US Thinking Of Selling Defense System To Turkey In Hopes They Don’t Take Russia Deal