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Stop it, For In the name of body image, abortions justified, Innocent lives extinguished, under the banner of women's rights. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 1 month ago
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion. – Yvonne Padmos	added by Freelancer 2 months ago
Human rights may be noble on paper, but true compassion and empathy are best embodied by robots. In a world consumed by self-interest, perhaps it's time to vote for the machines that prioritize humanity above all else. – Yvonne Padmos	added by Freelancer 2 months ago
In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects. – Alexander Hamilton	added by Normando 3 months ago
Widowhood remains the most hidden and veiled area of violation of human rights – Hope Nwakwesi	added by almanah.hopefnd.co 8 months ago
It's a crime and a tragedy when governments legalize harmful drugs like cannabis but criminalize vital human rights like Death With Dignity. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 9 months ago
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth. – Mother Teresa	added by Normando 10 months ago
Our rights are being threatened by the government and we must demonstrate, protest and celebrate our identity. – Hila Peer	Found on New York Times 10 months ago
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority... It is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people. – Frank I. Cobb	added by Normando 11 months ago
Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition. – Planned Parenthood	Found on New York Times 11 months ago
In 2023, we should move forward to ratify the ERA with all due haste, because if you look at the terrible things happening to women’s rights in this country … women in America have far fewer rights today than they did even year ago. – Chuck Schumer	Found on CNN 12 months ago
When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are, the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer. – Landov Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they’ve had to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedoms. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights, and this is our moment. – Landov Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Major labels would undoubtedly, and have already begun to, argue that their copyrights (and their artists’ intellectual property rights) are being infringed. – Audrey Benoualid	Found on CNN 1 year ago
AI and copyright law and the rights of musicians and labels have crashed into one another (once again), and it will take time for the dust to settle, the landscape is anything but clear at the moment. – Audrey Benoualid	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Because sustainability is about so much more than just using the right materials or getting the right certifications, we fold social issues like workers’ rights and environmental justice into our sustainability ethos. – Indre Rockefeller	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’m in jail for my political views; for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, for many years of struggle against Putin’s dictatorship, for facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators. Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it. – Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Kara-Murza	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If someone’s self-identification doesn’t map onto the categories that federal law recognizes, the data does not really help people activate and protect their civil rights. – Thomas Wolf	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Does this allow us to do the things that the census is intended to do – voting rights, civil rights, allocation of congressional districts, race and ethnicity is central to the work of folks who are in those spaces. – Mark Hugo Lopez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
President Kennedy signed the original Community Mental Health Act of ’63. Attorney General Robert Kennedy created the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in order to intervene early in young people’s lives, and my father was primary Senate sponsor of parity, these issues, and the incredible legacy that they all had on civil rights – from JFK being the first president to address the issue on national TV to RFK standing with Dr. King to my father’s seminal work on the Voting Rights Act – and immigration reform, are at the heart of my family’s legacy. – Patrick Kennedy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This bill is a victim’s rights bill. We want to believe in our justice system. Our justice system can’t be halted by one individual. We need consensus, collaboration, deliberation to take place, and that was halted by one individual in our case. – Tony Montalto	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The tendency is to ignore and exclude, and that’s a violation of human rights. – Chauncia Willis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I will say that during the Trump administration, we lost some Second Amendment rights and we gained some rights. – Aidan Johnston	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Vietnam’s authorities systematically trample on human rights by punishing brave bloggers like Nguyen Lan Thang for expressing their views about the government. – Phil Robertson	Found on CNN 1 year ago

Stop it, For In the name of body image, abortions justified, Innocent lives extinguished, under the banner of women's rights.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.

– Yvonne Padmos

added by Freelancer
2 months ago

Human rights may be noble on paper, but true compassion and empathy are best embodied by robots. In a world consumed by self-interest, perhaps it's time to vote for the machines that prioritize humanity above all else.

– Yvonne Padmos

added by Freelancer
2 months ago

In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects.

– Alexander Hamilton

added by Normando
3 months ago

Widowhood remains the most hidden and veiled area of violation of human rights

– Hope Nwakwesi

added by almanah.hopefnd.co
8 months ago

It's a crime and a tragedy when governments legalize harmful drugs like cannabis but criminalize vital human rights like Death With Dignity.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
9 months ago

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.

– Mother Teresa

added by Normando
10 months ago

Our rights are being threatened by the government and we must demonstrate, protest and celebrate our identity.

– Hila Peer

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority... It is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.

– Frank I. Cobb

added by Normando
11 months ago

Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition.

– Planned Parenthood

Found on New York Times
11 months ago

In 2023, we should move forward to ratify the ERA with all due haste, because if you look at the terrible things happening to women’s rights in this country … women in America have far fewer rights today than they did even year ago.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
12 months ago

When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are, the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.

– Landov Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they’ve had to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedoms. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights, and this is our moment.

– Landov Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Major labels would undoubtedly, and have already begun to, argue that their copyrights (and their artists’ intellectual property rights) are being infringed.

– Audrey Benoualid

Found on CNN
1 year ago

AI and copyright law and the rights of musicians and labels have crashed into one another (once again), and it will take time for the dust to settle, the landscape is anything but clear at the moment.

– Audrey Benoualid

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because sustainability is about so much more than just using the right materials or getting the right certifications, we fold social issues like workers’ rights and environmental justice into our sustainability ethos.

– Indre Rockefeller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m in jail for my political views; for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, for many years of struggle against Putin’s dictatorship, for facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators. Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it.

– Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Kara-Murza

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If someone’s self-identification doesn’t map onto the categories that federal law recognizes, the data does not really help people activate and protect their civil rights.

– Thomas Wolf

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Does this allow us to do the things that the census is intended to do – voting rights, civil rights, allocation of congressional districts, race and ethnicity is central to the work of folks who are in those spaces.

– Mark Hugo Lopez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

President Kennedy signed the original Community Mental Health Act of ’63. Attorney General Robert Kennedy created the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in order to intervene early in young people’s lives, and my father was primary Senate sponsor of parity, these issues, and the incredible legacy that they all had on civil rights – from JFK being the first president to address the issue on national TV to RFK standing with Dr. King to my father’s seminal work on the Voting Rights Act – and immigration reform, are at the heart of my family’s legacy.

– Patrick Kennedy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This bill is a victim’s rights bill. We want to believe in our justice system. Our justice system can’t be halted by one individual. We need consensus, collaboration, deliberation to take place, and that was halted by one individual in our case.

– Tony Montalto

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The tendency is to ignore and exclude, and that’s a violation of human rights.

– Chauncia Willis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I will say that during the Trump administration, we lost some Second Amendment rights and we gained some rights.

– Aidan Johnston

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Vietnam’s authorities systematically trample on human rights by punishing brave bloggers like Nguyen Lan Thang for expressing their views about the government.

– Phil Robertson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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