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Barack and Michelle Obama Weigh In On SCOTUS Abortion Decision

The Obamas posted a three-page statement to Instagram on Tuesday deriding the draft opinion, which could also provide a legal pretext for curtailing rights far beyond abortion.

“If the Supreme Court ultimately decides to overturn the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, then it will not only reverse nearly 50 years of precedent — it will relegate the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues,” the statement reads. The draft decision “simply forces folks to give up any constitutionally recognized interest in what happens to their body once they get pregnant,” without attempting to balance or consider any other interest in women’s health, safety or personal liberty,” it continued.

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Good People Doing Good Things – Little Kids With BIG Hearts

Filosofa's Word

There are two of my ‘weekly features’ that I try, no matter what is happening, never to miss:  Jolly Monday, and Wednesday’s ‘Good People’ posts.  This week, I am somewhat in a grey haze and already missed Jolly Monday (although it might just turn up a bit later in the week  😉  )  and was ready to throw in the towel on today’s Good People post.  But then … I remembered this post from early in 2017 and as I re-read it, I thought perhaps this is just what we ALL need right now to bring us back out of that grey, hazy place!  I think these kids will bring a smile to your face — they brought one to mine!


I have been working on this post for some four hours, and thus far, this sentence is all I have.  I made several false starts … people who seemed…

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Roe vs Wade P3 — Coalition of the Brave

just drive, will you?

Thank you, Ben Berwick. Take this, you conservative Supreme Court b****rds.

Reproduced via a forum: I’m not pro-murdering babies.I’m pro-Becky who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she had been so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs.I’m pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization […]

Roe vs Wade P3 — Coalition of the Brave

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We Can Do Better Wednesdays, Chapter 9, section II. D

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

This post is  the rough draft of  Chapter 9, section II. D. of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This part of chapter 9, 1/4 of a map for the early years of Phase III, will introduce the early years of a path to Empathy for All, via Phase III.

The overall objective remains that of putting a floor on poverty so that each and every baby born can have a safe childhood.

Outlines for chapter 9 will attempt to match with each section, at the bottom of early years posts.

Once again, by way of disclaimer, the overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter is part of showing what Phases I-IV could look like as potential roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This vision is laid out in…

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