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July 27th, 2022 - 11:53 am § in Politics

How to give a speech in 45 seconds

West Virginia’s legislature is considering a bill to prohibit abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Of course it’ll pass; that legislature is over two-thirds Republican (78-22 in the lower house, 23-11 in the senate), and the GOP governor will sign it. Citizen input is a mer[...]

July 25th, 2022 - 3:21 pm § in Politics

Texas political ad goes viral

This ad has gone viral, with over 2.7 million views, but it probably doesn’t bother Gov. Abbott, who’s heavily favored in polls. The real problem isn’t Abbott, it’s Texas voters. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

July 19th, 2022 - 1:02 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics

Indiana AG bullying abortion doctor hit with lawsuit and bar complaint

Todd Rokita (photo, right), the GOP attorney general who’s harassing a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim, is facing repercussions. Rokita falsely claimed on Fox News that Dr. Caitlin Bernard failed to report the abortion and has “a history” of reporting [...]

July 15th, 2022 - 7:18 pm § in Politics

GOP abortion warriors victimize innocent doctor and girl

A 10-year-old rape victim and an innocent doctor have been snared by the GOP’s abortion warriors and it’s ugly. First they claimed the girl didn’t exist; then the rapist was arrested. Next, Indiana’s GOP attorney general threatened the doctor for not reporting it; but she did. Now he’s th[...]

July 13th, 2022 - 2:30 pm § in Health, Law and Courts

Ohio denied abortion to 10-year-old victim; GOPers disputed it happened

This story has been updated. “A 10-year-old child abuse victim was forced to seek an abortion in Indiana after her home state of Ohio barred abortion following the Supreme Court decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade,” the Daily Mail, a U.K.-based tabloid, said in a story published on F[...]

July 11th, 2022 - 4:45 pm § in Law and Courts

Could abortion trigger a constitutional crisis or worse?

In 1973, the Supreme Court created a right to abortion in Roe v. Wade. On its face, all the court’s 2022 Dobbs decision does is rescind that right. What the court giveth, it taketh away. Which leaves abortion to federal and state legislation. If you follow this string all the way back to the h[...]

July 10th, 2022 - 1:44 pm § in Law and Courts

Protests, bounty hunters, and the Supreme Court

How do you deal with situations when emotions are running high? Soldiers in combat and airline pilots facing emergencies rely on their training and discipline. In civilian life, well-adjusted adults fall back on principle and social norms to guide their behavior in times of stress. We’ve seen [...]

July 8th, 2022 - 10:43 am § in Health, Politics

When ideology trumps health

We saw that happen when Republicans defied health experts and went their own deadly way on Covid-19. On abortion, too, Republicans are sacrificing decency, compassion, and common sense to dogma. In an opinion piece at NBC News (read it here), a law professor diagnosed with breast cancer wrote, R[...]

June 28th, 2022 - 2:46 pm § in Politics

Facebook and Instagram ban offers to help get abortion pills

“Facebook and Instagram have begun removing posts related to abortion pills,” the U.K.-based news site Guardian reported on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 (story here). However, it appears the company isn’t banning discussion of abortion pills, but only offers to help get them. A Meta spok[...]

June 26th, 2022 - 7:52 pm § in Law and Courts

Is the Supreme Court legitimate?

“Hear ye, hear ye, this dishonorable court is now in session!” “As of 24 June 2022, the US Supreme Court should officially be understood as an illegitimate institution – a tool of minority rule over the majority, and as part of a far-right ideological and authoritarian takeover.” [...]