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Hey doctors, it’s time for active resistance
I’ve been reading too many stories about doctors and hospitals which, when faced with women having miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies, call a lawyer first, or stand around wringing their hands in case saving lives is…barred by state law. This perplexes … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Judiciary, Pro choice, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War on women
Tagged abortions, active resistance, American Medical Association, anti-abortion laws, doctors, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, passive resistance, physicians, physicians' moral codes, pregnancies
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The power of nonviolent protest
A few years ago I visited Birmingham, Alabama for the wedding of two friends. One day, I spent some hours in Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute, and the arboreal, stunning square across the street, Kelly Ingram Park, now part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Anne Schwerner, Birmingham Alabama, Birmingham Children's March, Brimingham Civil Rights Institute, Charlottesville, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gandhi, Kelly Ingram Park, march to Selma, Martin Luther King, Mickey Schwerner, neo-Nazis, New Rochelle High School, passive resistance, racism, The Children's March, Voting Rights Act of 1965, white supremacists
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