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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 7 hours ago

"As of now, I'm just lost in the system." "The Marshall Project spoke to three men who have waited for months at the Raymond Detention Center without formal charges [...] after they were arrested for nonviolent offenses." #Mississippi #USA #Incarceration #Courts #Bail #Healthcare

www.themarshallproject.org

'Lost in the System': What It's Like to Be Stuck for Months in a Mississippi Jail

Getting arrested in Hinds County leaves some people sitting in jail for months or years with their cases in limbo, waiting for formal charges.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 8 hours ago

"The Symposium on Toxic Drug Deaths in Ontario: Having Collaborative Discussions was held February 13-15, 2024." "Three years on, the ministry won't talk about it – and never released its report." "Ontarians should know why it was silenced." #Ontario #Alberta #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare #Policing

drugdatadecoded.ca

Ford government silenced symposium of experts whose overdose remedies conflicted with Alberta Recovery Model

As the Ford government faced one of the worst public health crises in Ontario's history, it convened more than 100 experts from policing, health, and lived experience to find solutions. Three years on, the ministry won't talk about it – and never released its report.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 12 hours ago

"[S]tate attorneys general have played central roles in both defending and eroding reproductive rights." "Here are some of the most competitive of the 30 races on ballots this year that could impact abortion access in those states and beyond." #USA #Healthcare #Courts #Voting

truthout.org

30 States Are Electing Attorneys General That May Help Determine Abortion Access

They play key roles in both defending and eroding reproductive rights — and this power extends beyond their home states.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 14 hours ago

"[L]ie to cis people." "As a political strategy, as a comms strategy, as an advocacy strategy, as an organizing strategy, and as a point of trans dignity, we desperately need you to say you are not voting for and will not vote for transphobia." #USA #Voting #Healthcare #Media #Apartheid #Genocide

assignedmedia.org

Voting for a Transphobe? No You Aren't: Lie About It.

If you're not casting your ballot for a transphobic Democrat, tell cis people that. And if you are casting your ballot for a transphobic Democrat, no you aren't, because we need you to do what we've always done to survive: lie to cis people.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1 day ago

"Babies with the condition are either stillborn or die within a few hours or days." "[N]o exceptions for fatal fetal diagnoses, meaning Hoffman had only two choices: Carry the pregnancy to term or look outside of Oklahoma." "Hoffman is now suing her state." #Oklahoma #USA #Healthcare #Courts

prismreports.org

Patients with fatal fetal diagnoses fight abortion bans in their states

Oklahoma woman files lawsuit after being denied abortion care upon learning her pregnancy was 'not compatible with life.'

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1 day ago

"Rogers voted for a national abortion ban that would prohibit abortions past 20 weeks as a House member in 2013, and has even cosponsored radically dangerous bills to ban all abortions from the point of conception." #Michigan #USA #Voting #Healthcare #SexualViolence

truthout.org

Stevens Endorsed Rogers Right After He Touted His Support of Abortion Bans

Mike Rogers once co-sponsored a federal bill that would ban abortions from the point of conception.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1 day ago

"[W]eaker protection before pregnancy, and in much of the country, no options after." "[N]ext round of Title X grants gives preference to organizations that emphasize fertility awareness and 'natural family planning' over medical contraception." #USA #Media #Healthcare #Education

theemancipator.org

When the Clinic Closes, the Algorithm Opens

Freedom over your own body requires knowing the truth about it, from someone who has earned your trust.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1 day ago

"Biggs entered Slater's orbit years before he entered politics." "Much of Slater's work has played out in Africa." "Her group has been accused of assisting Uganda's 2023 passage of the infamous 'Kill the Gays' bill." #Arizona #USA #Uganda #Voting #Education #Healthcare #Marriage

www.lookoutnews.org

Before Congress and the Governor's Race, Andy Biggs Had Sharon Slater

From a 2002 endorsement to a 2026 campaign donation, the Republican nominee for governor and the Family Watch International founder have championed removing civil rights for LGBTQ+ people.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"South Africans account for about a fifth of the 41 million people living with HIV." U.S. "announced in June [...] it will end all HIV funding in South Africa." "The ramifications of this will be felt globally for years." #SouthAfrica #USA #Asylum #Aid #Healthcare #SexWork #Suicide #SexualViolence

theintercept.com

Unmitigated Spread: How Trump Destroyed South Africa's Effort to Slow HIV Transmission

In South Africa, home to the world's largest population of people living with HIV, efforts to contain the virus have been upended.

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