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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
George Conway: SCOTUS blocking deportations is ‘worst possible case' for the Trump admin
Friday the Supreme Court extended its order blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. George Conway and Michele Goodwin join The Weekend to discuss.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump administration probes California's sex education curriculum
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The state of California faced greater oversight from the federal government on Tuesday over how it implements sexual education. The state must now comply with a federal request as part of a medical accuracy review. What they're saying "It seems that everything is under attack that might have anything to do with the LGBTQ+ community," said Gabrielle Antolovich, executive director of the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center in San Jose. Local perspective Concerns grew after an action from the Administration for Children and Families, which sent a March 27 letter to the California Department of Public Health requesting "curricula and programmatic materials for its federally funded Personal Responsibility Education Program," or PREP. PREP is a $75 million-a-year program that teaches children about contraception and abstinence. Federal officials said their request is permitted under the terms of the PREP grant. "All grant recipients of federally funded PREP money are expected to comply with all statutory requirements of PREP, including ensuring the programs are medically accurate and complete, and the program provides age-appropriate information and activities," Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison said. "There has become a movement that opposes sex education. It's an unwise movement. It's inconsistent with what has been the history in the United States," said Dr. Michele Goodwin, a Georgetown University law expert specializing in global health issues. "The narrative or what the thought process is behind constraining curriculum in this way is actually only hurting young Americans." She said the action put the country on a dangerous trajectory. Dig deeper Critics of the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' request said such moves increase pressure on protected groups, similar to when the president signed an executive order in January clarifying that the United States now recognizes only two genders. They argued that such hardline stances marginalize people and cause more social harm than good. "They are looking for practical ways to chip away at our freedom to be who we are," Antolovich said. "The people who are reviewing the curricula have no expertise in that area. So, they don't really know what they're doing. They just want to get rid of it." The California Department of Public Health has not yet responded to KTVU's request for comment. Jesse Gary is a reporter based in the station's South Bay bureau. Follow him on Instagram, @jessegontv and on Facebook, @JesseKTVU. The Source Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center in San Jose, Dr. Michele Goodwin of Georgetown Law
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘This is blood on the arrow that stabs at Democracy': Abortion bans threaten all our rights.
'We have to understand the dismantling of Roe as being an assault against democracy,' says Georgetown Law professor Michele Goodwin. This week, a Louisiana woman pleaded not guilty to a felony charge after allegedly giving her teenage daughter abortion-inducing medication that was prescribed and shipped from a doctor in New York, where the medication is legal. The NYC-based doctor was also indicted on a felony charge for allegedly prescribing and sending the medication to Louisiana after a telemedicine appointment. 'Once you begin to say that women's lives have no meaning, that their autonomy, that their equal protection, that all of the things that are protected in the constitutional rights do not apply to them, then you can say then for other people too in other circumstances.'
Associated Press
01-03-2025
- Associated Press
Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking: A Trilogy of Evil, A Journey of Deliverance
JERSEY CITY, NJ, UNITED STATES, February 28, 2025 / / -- Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking: A Trilogy of Evil, A Journey of Deliverance The 2025 Annual Reentry Conference entitled 'Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking: A Trilogy of Evil, A Journey of Deliverance' will examine inequities against women in the criminal justice system, diversion programs for women who have suffered this trauma, and a call for New Jersey state legislative reform. The Annual Reentry Conference will be held on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. at St. Peter's University (MacMahon Student Center). Executive Director Jim McGreevey stated, 'Women are historically in a worse position than men in the criminal justice system. Many women have suffered domestic violence, sexual abuse, or human trafficking. After prolonged periods of trauma, women respond to their attacker, particularly after physical and verbal threats are made to their children. and who react to their attacker are revictimized by the legal system.' About 72% of the first-time female offenders convicted of violent crimes at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women had previously been abused by the victim of the crime for which they were serving their sentences, according to the March 2023 Report of the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing & Disposition Commission. The following nationally recognized speakers will join us: Dr. Gloria Bachmann, Professor Michele Goodwin, Dr. Nzinga Harrison, Chong Kim, Dr. Padmini Murthy, Sister Norma Pimentel, Dr. Chris Pernell, and Rachel Louis Snyder. Their bios are on the flyer below. Who: Dr. Gloria Bachmann, Professor Michele Goodwin, Dr. Nzinga Harrison, Chong Kim, Dr. Padmini Murthy, Dr. Chris Pernell, Sister Norma Pimentel, and Rachel Louis Snyder When: Thursday, April 17th, 2025, at 8:30 am Where: St. Peter's University, MacMahon Student Center, What: Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Human Trafficking: A Trilogy of Evil, A Journey of Deliverance New Jersey Reentry Corporation +1 201-355-6308 Other Legal Disclaimer:
