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Italian Doctors Abort a Law – Inter Press Service

Two out of three doctors in Italy are ‘conscientious objectors’ to abortion, according to new data. The Italian Ministry of Health reveals that in 2011, 69.3 percent of doctors refused to carry out abortions, with peaks of over 85 percent in some regions.

In the face of such numbers, the ruling of the European Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe against Italy earlier this month over a complaint for violating the right to protection of health came as no surprise.

“Many doctors object simply because they have nothing to gain from doing this extra work.”

“The Italian situation really worries us, and this is why we filed the complaint,” Irene Donadio, advocacy officer at the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF_EN) told IPS. “We believe that there is a problem with the functioning and application of the abortion law, which, in fact, would be a good law but is often violated.

“We acknowledge the fact that the right to conscientious objection is included in the same law, but the right of women to access a service that is legal and fundamental for their health needs to be respected as much as this right.”

via Italian Doctors Abort a Law – Inter Press Service.

Tanzania’s Farming Cooperatives Struggle to Bear Fruit – Inter Press Service

John Daffi climbs to the top of a hill overlooking a scenic Rift Valley wall and the Ngorongoro forest, where wildlife migrates between the world famous Ngorongoro crater and Tanzania’s Lake Manyara. Daffi, 59, looks down upon his family’s farm below and reminisces about the time his father first brought him here as a boy.

“Upper Kitete was a model farming village set up by the government of Tanzania. My father received a call while he was in Arusha from his brother in Karatu telling him to apply. We were selected as one of the first 100 families,” Daffi told IPS.

via Tanzania’s Farming Cooperatives Struggle to Bear Fruit – Inter Press Service.

To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock. (H.R. 4393) – GovTrack.us

Missed filing this on April 1st.? 

H.R. 4393: To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas …

… emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.

Introduced:

Apr 03, 2014

Status:

Referred to Committee

Prognosis

0% chance of being enacted

TRACK THIS BILL

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SPONSOR

Jeff Fortenberry

Representative for Nebraska’s 1st congressional district

PARTY

Republican

via To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock. (H.R. 4393) – GovTrack.us.

Navajo Nation to Receive $1 Billion Settlement from Tronox Bankruptcy Case

On Thursday, April 3, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the court decision for Tronox Inc. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Tronox will receive 88 percent of the $5.15 billion settlement and the Navajo Nation will receive 23 percent of that amount, totaling $1 billion.

via Navajo Nation to Receive $1 Billion Settlement from Tronox Bankruptcy Case.

The Door to the Garden #atozchallenge #poetry #art

penned in moon dust

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entrance to another world

crack it open

songs stream through the opening

throw it wide

sunlight treasure dusts your path

go through the door

look upon adventure

don’t look back

behind you is gone

your past is a closed book

keep walking

surprise in the garden

 you are never alone

love grows here

 its fresh scent opens your eyes

awaiting spring

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment…

~Carl Sandburg

Didactic Poetry: A form of verse, the aim of which is to instruct the mind and improve morals. (information on forms gathered from Poetry Soup)

The painting: “Filoli Courtyard” is one of my mother’s paintings. It kept me sane this past winter.

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Women’s HERstory Month Poderosa Profile: Sylvia Rivera

Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voz

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Each March the U.S. celebrates women’s achievements and contributions to society during Women’s History Month. Though March has come and gone, it’s better late than never to acknowledge women and our innumerable contributions. In honor of this Women’s History Month, we picked a fierce poderos@ to profile, based on her valuable contributions to social justice and society in general.

This year our Women’s HERstory Month poderosa is Sylvia Rivera, who was a trans woman activist and queer youth advocate whose activism spanned over the course of four decades. She is sometimes referred to as the “mother of all gay people” – a title bestowed upon her during the Millennium March because of her important contributions to the LGBTQ liberation movement.

Sylvia Rae Rivera was born on July 2, 1951 in New York City to Puerto Rican and Venezuelan parents. She was orphaned as a toddler and raised by her grandmother…

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