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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

I just want to make very clear, people who experience a same-sex attraction are not responsible individually or solely for the atmosphere of the sexual revolution, you know it. It’s a long time coming. It came after no-fault divorce. It came after we implemented very permissive policies on contraception. The sexual revolution has gone through several phases. We just happen to be at the phase now where same sex marriages is at the fore.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I know there are several titles I’d like to get my hands on.

– Nick Maggio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve spoken to several (smugglers), they have received military training … using war tactics … to carry out sophisticated raids.

– Salah Malkawi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Of course, just like any nationality, there are several people who do not really obey the law, but I don’t think that is something to be focused on, the removal of visa upon arrivals for Russian tourists is just a proposal and I hope the matter does not become a problem.

– Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva

Found on CNN
1 year ago

RSV is an enormous problem, particularly for children but also for adults. RSV could produce as much illness as does influenza at least in some years, these are exciting potential advances. We will see them develop as several products come to maturation and come before the Food and Drug Administration for licensure this year or next year. It’s going to be an exciting time.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Attacks, through state legislatures, on the ballot measure process have been pretty consistent and pretty aggressive for the last several (election) cycles.

– Kelly Hall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Typically, with these infections, because they take a very long time to grow and they’re a little bit more fastidious, you need to treat them for a longer period of time, sometimes several months, so she’s doing better. I wouldn’t say 100%, but she’s doing a lot better than she was initially.

– Jordan Mah

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Economic uncertainty continues to bring mortgage rates down, over the last several weeks, declining rates have brought borrowers back to the market but, as the spring homebuying season gets underway, low inventory remains a key challenge for prospective buyers.

– Freddie Mac

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The only victims this shooter was able to get to were victims that were stuck in some sort of open area or hallway, several were able to evacuate safely. The ones that couldn’t do that safely did exactly what they were taught and trained to do.

– Brink Fidler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is one of the most extreme anti-transgender bills we’ve witnessed – even amid the historic wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation we’ve been fighting in states across the country over the last several years.

– Troy Stevenson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve had this crossbody for years, and it’s made specifically for travel, it has a spot for my passport, Kindle, a leash for my keys and several zipper compartments to keep things safe and secure. When traveling solo, I try to only use crossbody bags and make sure they have either multiple compartments or some sort of ‘ lock ’ to keep my personal belongings safe as I explore. This one from Lo Sons fits the bill perfectly.

– Karen Delgado

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve converted tons of people, the one spider turns into several more because they enjoy it so much.

– Heather Bruen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The maximum CO2 emissions set for each airport will apply for several years, so that an exceedance in one year can be compensated in subsequent years, the policy will help the country meet its carbon goal Further details remain to be decided and the government promises that discussions will include all parties.

– The Dutch transport ministry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What previously took months and quarters took policymakers days and hours, as a result, it is unlikely that the economy will experience the traditional credit crunch that we have seen in the last several business cycles in the post-Volcker era.

– Alex Pelle

Found on CNN
1 year ago

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.

– George Washington

added by Normando
1 year ago

There were several instances in the early days where we were asked about withdrawing care, that’s just a fact, and so those were the moments where we just rallied in prayer, and we saw a turnaround.

– Adiah Laelynn Nadarajah

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We can reduce sodium intake by deciding to add less salt to the food we prepare and by deciding to buy foods that contain less sodium, however, several public policies need to make this choice an easier one.

– Francesco Branca

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Several our European partners – in fact, three of them in Germany, Sweden and Denmark – have already opened investigations into what happened with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and those investigations are not closed. They’re still hard at work on that.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Highs are expected to soar into the 70s this afternoon as far north as the Ohio Valley, with 80s across the Deep South and southern Plains, these warm temperatures could break several daily record highs.

– Climate Prediction Center

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have flight attendants who have been thrown into the ceiling and then back down several times, resulting in broken limbs. In the aisle, with unannounced turbulence, we had people who lost toes, or lost the ability to work, or sustained injuries that kept them off the job for years.

– Sara Nelson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After the poisoning of several students in Qom … it became clear that people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed.

– Technology Younes Panahi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While other work has also linked cannabis with CAD, there are several potential confounders that may explain this relationship. Our MR analysis suggests this relationship may be directly causal.

– Ishan Paranjpe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re training and equipping several brigades of mechanized infantry — that’s a pretty substantial capability, in addition to that, additional artillery, and so they’ll have the ability to breach Russian defenses and maneuver, and I think that will create a different dynamic.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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