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Abortion will stay legal in Wyoming
after the state’s supreme court struck down two near-total abortion bans on Tuesday,
ruling that the laws violate the constitution of the profoundly conservative state.
In a 4-1 decision, the justices decided that the two bans
– which include the nation’s first exclusive ban on abortion pills
– violated a 2012 state constitutional amendment.
That amendment affirmed competent adults’ right to make their own healthcare de…

Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban (Mead Gruver/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-wyoming-ruling-legal-a8396f0ed4a3229eed5e9fea575be63e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p72#a260106p72

“This seems the best bang for your buck; it’s less per year than private school.”, said the future mother.
UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health
https://www.theguar…

"The governor’s proposed 2026–27 budget includes no funding for existing affordable housing. Federal housing programs face deep uncertainty. Locally, San Francisco is staring down a structural deficit... In this context, proposals to eliminate transfer taxes and weaken development impact fees...are deliberate choices that would lock in housing scarcity for years to come."

You Can’t Build Abundance by Defunding Housing
Why cutting housing revenue in a moment of scarcity guarantees failure

Can you do a favor for my friend @…? He was already having a lousy enough week with his car and his city falling apart when state troopers arrested his wife @… for protesting against the murder of Alex Pretti. (Arrested for what? AFAICT, they were just looking to make an example of some protestors. Just good old harassment via the legal system.)
Now the family has lost work and impending legal bills on top of that new transmission. I’m sure they’d appreciate it if you can chip in a few bucks:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-miriam-recover-from-legal-fees-and-lost-work

Anti-abortion lawmakers and others
are using strategies from the playbook of bigots who sought to restrict access to voting,
-- even by trying to change the rules for citizen-led initiatives.
ProPublica found legislation or proposals introduced in at least four states in the last year that would undermine ballot initiatives adding abortion protections to state law.
Sarah Walker, policy and legal advocacy director at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, said that e…

Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.
Republican officials are undermining citizen-led ballot initiatives that seek to protect the procedure. Ohio is the latest state to get protections on the November ballot.

Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
TARRANT: Yes, I'm afraid they will.
DAYNA: The electronic warriors strike again. That'll be four of Servalan's ore ships we've let through without a fight.
AVON: To FIGHT them we have to catch them.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/312/39

Dutch Meteorological Institute @… issues an orange warning for 3-5 cm of snow tomorrow (locally 5-7!).
I'm afraid my parents would be ROFL ;)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared Thursday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe”
to call for stricter governing of ICE agents and push back on the Trump administration’s targeting of local voting officials in Georgia and other swing states,
declaring, “We’re not going to let them be intimidated.”
The New York senator’s remarks came after recent calls from Trump to 🔥nationalize voting ahead of this year’s midterm elections
and after National Intelligence Director Tulsi…

Chuck Schumer Promises ‘Morning Joe’ Democrats Will Not Let Trump Bully Voting Officials After Georgia Raid | Video
Chuck Schumer appeared on "Morning Joe" to call for greater governing of ICE agents and call out the targeting of local voting officials.