The new #untouchables
https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms
Fails, who would have seen her daughter turn 20 this Friday, still cannot understand why Crain’s emergency was not treated like an emergency.
“Pregnant women have become essentially untouchables,” said Sara Rosenbaum, a health law and policy professor emerita at George Washington University.
@NorthernInvader
Hoping today turns the tide toward a return to sanity where women no longer have to die for a bastardized version of Christianity.
@CinnamonGirlE sane people everywhere feel the same - Rethuglicans are doing everything they can to disenfranchise Democratic voters - here's a scary and real example
https://truthout.org/articles/pro-trump-activists-are-using-jim-crow-era-laws-to-disenfranchise-voters/
@NorthernInvader @CinnamonGirlE Wonder if Canada would give asylum to us as political refugees.
@lisaannlm @NorthernInvader @CinnamonGirlE
One thing you can say about Canada: they sure have a lot le@ crime than the rest of this continent.
Dél̨ın̨e, Northwest Territories is where hockey was born. It's about 500km (~300mi) north of Yellowknife NWT.
In 1824, Sir John Franklin and his crew were wintering at what was then called Fort Franklin. In a diary entry, he mentions his men passing the time with games of hockey played on the ice.
@jjGravitas @NorthernInvader @CinnamonGirlE And better 🏒