Giorno: 21 Aprile 2023

What Supreme Court Action on Abortion Could Affect Patients

The Supreme Court’s action Friday regarding a key drug used in medication abortions may leave many women wondering: What does this mean for me?On Friday, the court preserved access to mifepristone, which is used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S., by rejecting…

Schools Banned 1,477 Books in 1st Half of ’22-’23

In the first half of the 2022-2023 school year, PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans lists 1,477 instances of books ripped off the shelves.

Burkina Faso investigating security forces after 7 children allegedly killed on camera

Burkina Faso’s government has opened investigations into allegations of human rights abuses by its security forces after a video surfaced that appeared to show the extrajudicial killing of seven children in the country’s north. “The conclusions of the said investigations will lead, if the facts are established, to legal proceedings against the persons responsible for […]

Boat sinks on lake between Zambia and Congo leaving 15 dead

Fourteen people drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and Congo when the boat they were taking across sank earlier this week, Congolese lawmakers said Friday. The boat passengers died on Lake Mwero as they were leaving Chinsamba island, according to Abraham Kitanika Soriano, a member of Congo’s parliament. A 15th passenger died […]

South African court upholds ban on apartheid-era flag

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination and can be prosecuted. The Supreme Court didn’t, however, give a ruling on whether displaying the national flag from South Africa’s era of brutal racial segregation […]

White House does not plan to evacuate all Americans in Sudan

The Pentagon has deployed forces and is developing options to assist in the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, but the White House said Friday there are no plans for now for a broader pullout of the potentially thousands of other Americans from the African country where warring factions are in a violent […]

Supreme Court Preserves Broad Access to Abortion Pill

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, delivering a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration as it defends broad access to the drug in the latest fierce legal battle over reproductive rights in…

Supreme Court preserves full access to medical abortion pill mifepristone

After delaying its decision earlier this week, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that full access to abortion pill mifepristone can continue for the time being as the lawsuit works its way through the lower federal courts. Mifepristone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, and its use has been deregulated […]

Montana transgender lawmaker censured after ‘hate-filled testimony’ while debating bill

A transgender lawmaker in Montana was censured Thursday after she was accused of presenting a “hate-filled testimony” while debating a bill that would ban transgender medical care for minors. State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a Democrat, had a message for those who voted in favor of the bill banning transgender medical care for minors. “The only […]

Smart Gun Using Face Recognition Goes on Sale

Colorado-based Biofire Tech is taking orders for a smart gun enabled by facial-recognition technology, the latest development in personalized weapons that can only be fired by verified users.But in a sign of the long, challenging road that smart guns have faced, a prototype…