Florida: State Attorney General Asks State Court to Strike Abortion Referendum Because Voters Won’t Understand It | Diane Ravitch’s blog

The Orlando Sentinel editorial board wrote:

Next week, Attorney General Ashley Moody will come before the state Supreme Court and argue that Floridians can’t be trusted to understand a ballot initiative that would protect abortion rights in Florida — and because of that, they should be stripped of the right to demand them.

Moody is asking the state’s high court to crush an abortion rights initiative that’s already supported by nearly 1 million Floridians (and counting). If it makes the ballot, it’s likely to pass: Most polls show that voters support abortion rights, regardless of party. Without this amendment, the Legislature has already shown it will do everything in its power to destroy those rights.

Voters in six states, including solidly conservative Kentucky and Kansas, have already voted to project abortion rights. At least a dozen other states could vote on abortion this year.

That’s why Florida voters deserve to have their say — and why Florida’s anti-reproductive-rights leaders are so desperate to make sure they don’t.

Here’s what voters will see on the ballot:

No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.

The DeSantis administration insists that voters won’t understand this amendment so should not be allowed to vote on it.

One million Floridians have already signed a petition to put it on the ballot.

The DeSantis administration is afraid that voters will understand it and pass it.

Will the conservative state Supreme Court of Florida allow the people to decide?

Source: Florida: State Attorney General Asks State Court to Strike Abortion Referendum Because Voters Won’t Understand It | Diane Ravitch’s blog

बेदिल / Heartless – Kaushal Kishore

 

उसे बहुत ख़ुशी होती है 

जब लोग कोसते हैं उसे, यह कहते हुए 

कि उसके सीने में दिल नहीं है; 

वह आश्वस्त हो जाता है 

कि कम से कम दिल की 

कोई बीमारी उसे नहीं होगी…

💜💜💜💜💜💜

He feels very happy 

when people curse him, saying 

there’s no heart in his chest; 

he becomes assured 

that at least he won’t suffer 

from any heart disease…

*

–Kaushal Kishore 

Source: बेदिल / Heartless – Kaushal Kishore

New fund supports Indigenous-led land management in biodiverse area of Bolivia – Stigmatis News

  • A new funding mechanism aims to support the territorial land management visions of four Indigenous groups in the region, including the Tacana, Lecos, T’simane Mosetene and San José de Uchupiamonas Indigenous peoples, who also contributed to the creation of this fund, along with the Regional Organization of Indigenous People of La Paz (CPILAP).
  • The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) launched the new funding mechanism, in collaboration with Bolivia’s Foundation for the Development of the National System of Protected Areas (FUNDESNAP); the new mechanism will channel conservation funds to Indigenous organizations in the Madidi Landscape.
  • The Madidi Landscape is one of the most biodiverse terrestrial protected areas in the world, where scientists have recorded the most plant, butterfly, bird and mammal species.
  • The new fund, announced Oct. 30, has so far attracted $650,000 in initial support from the Bezos Earth Fund.

A new fund, announced Oct. 30, plans to support the territorial land management visions of four Indigenous organizations in Bolivia’s Madidi Landscape. It has so far attracted $650,000 in initial support from the Bezos Earth Fund, and more funding from several other sources is now being explored.

 

Source: New fund supports Indigenous-led land management in biodiverse area of Bolivia – Stigmatis News

Stanford twin study reveals what happens when one eats plant-based meals – Darcy Hitchcock

What happens when identical twins eat differently for two months: one an omnivore diet, the other vegan? The vegan one gets a lot of health benefits. A documentary about the study is on Netflix.

Photo by Maarten van den Heuvel on Pexels.com 

Source: Stanford twin study reveals what happens when one eats plant-based meals – Darcy Hitchcock

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