What I learned about the consequences of abortion bans from practicing reproductive medicine in Alabama.

I came to this realization when I saw a patient in active miscarriage (bleeding, passing clots, cramping) who had just had an office visit with her primary physician. She was forced to wait more than 48 hours in order to get the results of her bloodwork. Doctors will sometimes check a patient’s levels of HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin, to help distinguish miscarriages from ongoing pregnancies or ectopic pregnancies. I could not understand why someone with all of the clinical signs of a miscarriage in progress was required to wait for much-needed intervention, all the while bleeding and cramping and suffering.

I was angry that the patient’s doctor did not just provide the standard medical treatment for a miscarriage: surgically removing the contents of her uterus, which would stop her pain and bleeding. Then I saw a different patient who was actively miscarrying, and a lightbulb clicked on: The doctors were afraid of being attacked by the state of Alabama.

Source: What I learned about the consequences of abortion bans from practicing reproductive medicine in Alabama.

These Nine Republicans Voted Against Expanding Access to Baby Formula

The nine lawmakers who voted against the bill were all Republicans. They are: Reps. Andy Biggs (Arizona), Lauren Boebert (Colorado), Matt Gaetz (Florida), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Paul Gosar (Arizona), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia), Clay Higgins (Louisiana), Thomas Massie (Kentucky) and Chip Roy (Texas).

Source: These Nine Republicans Voted Against Expanding Access to Baby Formula

Mujeres de siempre. Mercedes, una vida dedicada a hacer el bien y a aliviar los dolores de quienes más sufren

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Mi padre y mi madre, quienes nunca perdían la oportunidad de educarnos. me inculcaron, una y otra vez, que siempre hay que agradecer y reconocer a aquellas personas, hombres y mujeres, que en algún momento de nuestas existencias hacen algo extraordinario y positivo por nosotros y que, por lo mismo, dejan huellas indelebles.

Y es verdad. Tenían razón. Hay seres humanos, en toda la geografía internacional, que son más esencia que arcilla y, en consecuencia, sus sentimientos, ideales, palabras, acciones y pensamientos se orientan a hacer el bien, a aliviar los dolores ajenos, a dejar el mundo un tanto mejor que como lo encontraron.

Aunque cada vez resulta más difícil coincidir con esos hombres y mujeres que, por sus actos, palabras, opiniones, ideas y sentimientos, transforman cada instante en una oportunidad para hacer el bien, afortunadamente todavía existen y…

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O ser humano encontra o seu valor no afeto

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” O ser humano encontra o seu valor no afeto”.

Marii Freire Pereira

As relações afetivas solidificam-se no psíquico, de modo a fazer com que homens e mulheres reconheçam nesse tipo de manifestação, um gesto natural da vida, que vai além do amor. O afeto transcende a própria natureza humana, estreitando diferenças e criar laços genuínos entre indivíduos pertencentes a mesma família, ou meio social.

Quando se fala de afeto, tem -se na mente, o exemplo de uma mãe amorosa com seus filhos, não tem? Sim, porque a figura da mãe tem um vínculo biológico com o filho. Esse detalhe, é extraordinário. Todavia, Sabe-se que além da obrigação de cuidar e oferecer proteção, uma mãe muitas vezes, assume o papel do pai, quando este não tem o respaldo biológico de oferecer uma postura íntegra a seu filho, bem como o dever de cuidar. Essa mãe, diante da situação exposta, ela…

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Former Massachusetts Resident Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking | OPA | Department of Justice

Matthew Engram, 35, had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; two counts of transportation of an individual for purposes of prostitution; and one count of conspiracy to commit interstate travel in aid of a racketeering enterprise. According to court documents, from January 2009 until August 2015, Engram and a co-conspirator recruited and trafficked three victims from a residence in Brockton and elsewhere, and Engram took all or part of the proceeds. Engram advertised the victims on websites, exchanged text messages with his co-conspirator to share advertisements, organized prostitution dates, and reserved hotel rooms. When the victims did not comply with Engram’s demands to prostitute for his profit, he physically assaulted them or directed his co-conspirator to physically assault them. Engram also transported or caused the transport of the victims to other states, including Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Florida and Maine, to perform commercial sex acts.

Source: Former Massachusetts Resident Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking | OPA | Department of Justice

I can’t afford to heat a pizza for my son – this is the reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis | Jo Barker-Marsh | The Guardian

I have seen our gas and electricity charges double. We have just had our toughest winter yet as I couldn’t afford to turn on the heating. Instead, we bundled up in bed to stay warm. There is now a minimum of a third less in my shopping basket for the same money. It’s largely fresh food we are cutting back on, short shelf-life items, tiny luxuries and toiletries too, but even that won’t be enough soon. We are pretty savvy shoppers, people who are used to life on a low income, but this is absolutely impossible to manage and we cannot plan for this as costs continue to rise, and a terrifying winter comes into view.

We watch in disbelief as the government continues to fail to support families like mine, as we are told by politicians that food-bank users just need to learn how to cook, or those in working poverty just need to get better-paid jobs. How dare they gloss over rising food-bank use as if it’s normal in one of the richest countries in the world. How dare those in power tell us how to spend the appallingly low budgets we receive on social security while we perform the mental gymnastics of just getting through the day on 500 calories. Crying because we know how living in this way will affect our children, how deadly poverty can be for vulnerable people and older people among us. We are making generations of hungry people feel that it is their fault, and after two years of unprecedented strain, people are losing hope at a time when we need it the most.

 

Source: I can’t afford to heat a pizza for my son – this is the reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis | Jo Barker-Marsh | The Guardian

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