Now that the ‘international gag rule’ has actually been rescinded, it deserves going back to this December piece by the Guardian’s Liz Ford on the expected end of the policy:
Nelly Munyasia breathed a huge sigh of relief when Joe Biden won the United States election in November.
” I am thrilled and I am hopeful that things are going to be much better. We are going to access funding and we are going to conserve the lives of females and women,” she states, prior to explaining how hard the past 4 years has been.
Munyasia is executive director of Reproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK), which promotes health services, consisting of offering details about abortion. All of its financing came from the United States, via Planned Being A Parent Global (PPG), which had declined to sign the worldwide gag order. RHNK lost as much as $1m a year. Munyasia had to stop outreach programmes to marginalised neighborhoods and halt the training of more than 500 health workers. Thousands of ladies could not get contraceptives, HIV tests or cancer screening. Teenage pregnancies increased, and women turned to hazardous abortions. Foetuses were found on riverbanks, Munyasia says.
The organisation went from seeing 300,000 women and ladies a year to simply 150,000 over two years– thanks only to money secured through the SheDecides motion.
” We lost 100%of our funding.
Biden signs executive orders to broaden health care access and end ‘worldwide gag guideline’
Joe Biden just signed two health-related executive orders in the Oval Office. He said the very best method to explain the actions was “to reverse the damage Trump has done.”
He stated there is nothing brand-new in the orders. “This is going back to what the situation was prior to the [former] president’s executive orders,” Biden said.
The two actions:
- End the Mexico City policy, also referred to as the “ global gag rule“. This policy bans foreign non-government groups that receive United States funding from providing abortions or from providing details about abortions.
- Open the health insurance market on the federal government’s healthcare.gov from 15 February to 15 Might. The Trump administration withstood calls to open the marketplace beyond the typical six-week window for enrollment in the fall, which would have assisted people looking for health insurance after losing work during the economic downturn.
- Direct federal companies to reevaluate rules and other policies which restrict access to health care and consider actions to improve gain access to.
Biden said: “We got a lot to do and the first thing I need to do is get this Covid plan passed.”
Joe Biden signs executive orders on healthcare in the White Home in Washington DC on 28 January 2021 Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images.
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Afternoon summary
- At 1.30 pm ET, Biden is set to sign executive actions to enhance access to health care and end the so-called “global gag rule”, which disallows US financing for global non-profit organizations that provide abortion counseling.
- The US economy saw its worst year for growth considering that 2nd world war. The US economy diminished by 3.5%in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic brought the nation to a trembling halt.
- South Carolina state health authorities stated on Thursday that 2 cases of the c oronavirus variation determined in South Africa had actually been identified in the state– the very first time the version has actually been discovered in the US.
- Ohio representative Marcia Fudge and Princeton University economist Cecilia Rouse testified in confirmation hearings prior to a Senate committee this morning. Biden nominated Fudge to be secretary of real estate and city advancement and Rouse to lead the White Home council of economic advisors.
- Survivors of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, asked congressional Republicans to openly censure Marjorie Taylor Greene for recommending the school shooting was a “false flag” and for bugging a teenage survivor on Capitol Hill in 2019
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An essential player in Fox News’ choice to call Arizona for Joe Biden on election night who came under fire from Donald Trump before losing his task has safeguarded his role in the drama.
” I took pride in our being first to job that Joe Biden would win Arizona,” former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt wrote for the Los Angeles Times, “and really happy to defend that contact the face of a public reaction egged on by previous President Trump.
” Being right and beating the competition is no act of heroism; it’s just meeting the task description of the work I like.”
He included: “The rebellion on the populist right against the results of the 2020 election was partly a negative, knowing effort by political operators and their hype males in the media to take an election or a minimum of get rich attempting. But it was also the terrible effect of the informative malnourishment so severely afflicting the nation.
” When I safeguarded the call for Biden in the Arizona election, I ended up being a target of homicidal rage from consumers who were furious at not having their views validated.”
Stirewalt left Fox News last week
Trump, it has been commonly reported, reacted furiously to the call on election night, which Fox News made first, unexpected even its own anchors, and did not retract despite White House pressure.
Fox News doubles down on calling Arizona for Biden– video.
Arizona became one state topic to Trump’s efforts to reverse revealed results– efforts consistently tossed out of court but in assistance of which a pro-Trump mob attacked the US Capitol in Washington on 6 January.
Graffiti consisting of “ Murder the Media” was discovered inside the Capitol, where some rioters reportedly searched for legislators to kidnap or eliminate. Five people passed away, one a policeman struck with a fire extinguisher.
” The lie that Trump won the 2020 election wasn’t almost as much aimed at the opposing party as it was at the news outlets that stated the obvious, incontrovertible reality,” Stirewalt wrote.
He said he was “confident that the existing depredations of the digital revolution will pass, just as those of the telegraph, radio and broadcast tv did”.
However he included: “What moves my mind after seeing a mob of enthusiastic know nothings sack the Capitol, however, is whether that elegance will come quickly enough when outlets have the methods to cater to every unhealthy craving of their consumers.”
South Carolina finds initially understood United States case of Covid-19 version from South Africa
South Carolina state health authorities stated Thursday that 2 cases of the coronavirus alternative identified in South Africa had been found in the state- the very first time the variant has actually been found in the United States.
South Carolina’s department of health and environmental protection stated the two cases do not seem connected and the 2 individuals affected did not have a history of current travel. One was detected by the state’s public health laboratory and the other by the Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance (CDC).
The department’s interim public health director, Dr Brannon Traxler, stated in a statement: “The arrival of the Sars-CoV-2 variant in our state is a crucial tip to all South Carolinians that the battle versus this fatal infection is far from over.
” We know that viruses alter to live and live to mutate,” Dr Traxler said. “That’s why it’s vital that we all continue to do our part by taking small actions that make a huge distinction. These include using our masks, staying at least 6 feet apart from others, preventing large crowds, cleaning our hands, getting checked frequently, and when we can, getting immunized. These are the very best tools for preventing the spread of the infection, no matter the stress.”
Survivors of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, asked congressional Republican politicians to openly censure Marjorie Taylor Greene for suggesting the school shooting was a “incorrect flag” and for pestering a teenage survivor on Capitol Hill in 2019.
Home Republicans this week announced that Greene, a freshly chosen Georgia congresswoman, had actually been designated to your house Education and Labor Committee.
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, stated on Thursday: “Designating her to the education committee when she has mocked the killing of kids at Sandy Hook, when she buffooned the killing of teenagers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas – what could they be thinking?”
The committee chair, Democrat Bobby Scott, said in a strongly-worded statement that Home Republicans need to describe why they selected Greene to the committee, after her documented history of promoting conspiracy theories.
adam harris
( @AdamHSays)House EdLabor committee chair @BobbyScott on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s visit to the committee:
” Home Republicans have actually designated someone to this Committee who declared that the killing of 20 kids and six teachers at Sandy Hook … was a scam” pic.twitter.com/VoPgJ3tSLF
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New york city attorney general Letitia Jame s stated governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration may have underreported nursing home deaths associated with Covid-19 by as much as 50%in a report on Thursday. According to the AP:
James has, for months, been examining discrepancies in between the variety of deaths being reported by the state’s department of health, and the variety of deaths reported by the homes themselves.
Her detectives took a look at a sample of 62 of the state’s approximately 600 retirement home. They reported 1,914 deaths of residents from Covid-19, while the state department of health logged only 1,229 deaths at those same centers.
If that very same pattern exists statewide, James’ report said, it would mean the state is underreporting deaths by almost 56%.
Part of the gap is explained by a choice by New York’s health firm to omit from its count the variety of nursing home patients who pass away after being transferred to healthcare facilities. Healthcare facility and assisted living home officials say the state has ready access to that figure.
Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has said sometimes that the state is working on putting together that information. His department has not responded to repeated demands by the Associated Press for that figure in recent weeks.
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The Biden administration has each day today announced executive orders falling under styles consisting of racial equity ( Tuesday) and health care ( today). Tomorrow is anticipated to be a day of brand-new immigration action , but NBC News is reporting that might be postponed, citing two anonymous sources.
Among the anticipated statements for Friday was the formation of a governmental task force to reunite migrant households separated by Donald Trump’s administration at the US-Mexico border.
Biden is also anticipated to expand refugee admissions to the US after Trump reduced refugee admissions to the lowest levels given that 1980; to relax Trump programs which significantly limited asylum processing, including the program known as Stay in Mexico;-LRB- and to examine the “ public charge” rule that made it tough for poor immigrants to secure advantages and stay in the country.
After some technical difficulties, agent Marcia Fudge has actually been sworn-in to testify in her verification hearing as nominee for secretary of the department of real estate and metropolitan advancement (Hud).
Fudge started by introducing her family, who remain in the room with her as she testifies from in her home state of Ohio. The group includes her 87- year-old mother, Marian L Garth Saffold, a retired union organizer for the American Federation of State, County and Local Staff Members.
” It bears mentioning, especially in this minute of crisis, that Hud– perhaps more than any other department– exists to serve the most susceptible people in America,” Fudge said in her opening remarks. “That mandate matters a great deal to me. It follows my own values, and it is precisely what has constantly inspired me to service.”
If you wish to know more about Fudge, I truly advise this Cleveland Plain Dealership profile from December.
In this 11 Dec 2020 photo, Ohio representative Marcia Fudge speaks during an occasion at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware Photo: Susan Walsh/AP.
The Senate committee on banking, real estate and metropolitan affairs is likewise considering the nomination of Cecilia Rouse to be chair of the White Home Council of Economic Advisers.
Lawyer Merrick Garland has submitted the documentation required for his nomination to be attorney general. A verification hearing has not yet been arranged for Garland, whose 2016 supreme court election was blocked by Senate Republicans.
Garland’s 107- page questionnaire is basically a very long CV, which also consists of details about current speeches and remarks he has actually made.
In the middle of the anticipated law schools speeches and ceremonial appearances, Garland has also noted his participation in a performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream, through Zoom, as spotted by Washington Post press reporter Seung Minutes Kim.
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Thanks to some investigative work by the Guardian’s Joan Greve, we now understand Garland’s look was at an annual mock trial hosted by Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC which examines an imaginary occasion.
The mock trial considered the impacts in a Midsummer Night’s Dream after a play within the play was canceled because among the lead stars is become a donkey. Garland was among the judges to rule on the case.
Creative director Simon Godwin told local news station WTOP that several supreme court justices have actually taken part in previous mock trial occasions.
New Jersey representative Andy Kim, a Democrat, was pictured in a viral image on his hands and knees tidying up the ruins left after the US Capitol insurrection. The congressmen spent an hour and a half filling trash bags with debris in the Capitol rotunda and other rooms in the structure.
On Twitter today, he shared a picture of his first trip to the structure as a child and composed: “A number of you asked me why I cleaned the Capitol on Jan 6. I wish to reveal you this image. This is my mama, an immigrant from Korea, bringing me to DC for the first time. She took me to the Capitol and taught me to like and look after this nation that provided us whatever.”
Andy Kim
( @AndyKimNJ)A lot of you asked me why I cleaned the Capitol on Jan 6. I wish to show you this picture. This is my mother, an immigrant from Korea, bringing me to DC for the very first time. She took me to the Capitol and taught me to like and care for this country that gave us whatever. pic.twitter.com/PecgTb5HWB
After the insurrection, Kim informed NBC News the rotunda is his preferred room in the building: “I was simply overwhelmed with feeling.
Agent Kim cleans up particles and personal belongings strewn throughout the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Thursday, 7 Jan 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol. Picture: Andrew Harnik/AP.
At 10 am ET today, Biden’s nominee for secretary of real estate and city development (Hud), Marcia Fudge, will appear prior to a Senate committee for her confirmation hearing.
Fudge is a Democratic agent for Ohio and the previous chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. If validated, she is expected to look for to enhance fair housing protections, expand access to budget friendly real estate and to address the urgent need for families at threat of eviction, according to her prepared remarks.
Fudge will be appear at the hearing through video chat from her home in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
Advocacy group, the National Low Earnings Real estate Union, stated Fudge:
Needs to work to fix the significant harm done by the current administration– by reinstating and advancing fair housing regulations, reinforcing protections for LGBTQ individuals experiencing homelessness, securing immigrant households in public real estate, renewing and enhancing the function of HUD with a diminished and demoralized labor force, and advocating for the level of investments in HUD programs that match the scale of the need.
Survivors of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, are asking congressional Republicans to publicly censure Marjorie Taylor Greene for recommending the school shooting was a “incorrect flag” and for bothering a teenage survivor on Capitol Hill in 2019, reports the Guardian’s Lois Beckett
Greene, the recently chosen Georgia congresswoman who is understood for her assistance of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, was filmed in March 2019 as she followed 18- year-old David Hogg, among the students who survived the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school, outside Capitol Hill.
In the video, Greene also echoes incorrect yet frequently spread out conspiracy declares that mass shooting survivors and family members of victims are “crisis actors” and the attacks that eliminated their loved ones were staged as a plot to pass gun control laws.
Fred Guttenberg, whose 14- year-old daughter, Jaime, was among the 17 trainees and staff eliminated in the shooting, told the Guardian: “She hasn’t disowned any of it. She hasn’t said, ‘I was incorrect.’ She hasn’t said, ‘I’m sorry to the families I have actually injured.’ She hasn’t said, ‘I accept the fact around Parkland, Sandy Hook, and 9/11’ She has let the lie live. That makes her incapable of working as an agent in Congress.”
United States economy sees worst year for development because Second World War
Those fourth quarter financial figures that came out earlier work out to the US having the worst year for development given that the end of the Second World War. It’s a dismal coda to the Trump presidency, during which he regularly possessed building the best economy in history. Rachel Siegel and Andrew Van Dam write for the Washington Post:
The economy shrank by 3.5 percent in 2015 as the novel coronavirus overthrew American business and households, making 2020 the worst year for financial growth considering that1946 It is the first time the economy has contracted for the year because 2009, when Gdp diminished by 2.5 percent during the depths of the Great Economic crisis.
This is the last GDP report from previous president Donald Trump’s tenure. Up until the pandemic, Trump was on track for a financial record that put him near the middle of the pack among recent presidents. But the covid-19 crisis has made sure that he is most likely to have actually supervised the slowest economic development of any president in the duration since the Second World War.
It might have been on the receiving end of a lot of jokes, but Robert Burns reports for the Associated Press that Trump’s Area Force is most likely to survive through the Biden period.
The factor Space Force is not likely to go away is largely this: elimination would need an act of Congress, where a bipartisan agreement holds that America’s increasing dependence on area is a worrying vulnerability that is finest dealt with by a branch of the military focused specifically on this issue. The service commemorated its one year anniversary in December.
Chief of Area Operations at United States Space Force Gen. John Raymond speaks at an event to honor the very first birthday of the. Area Force at the White Home in December2020 Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP.
The new service likewise is linked to an increasing US wariness of China, which is establishing capabilities to threaten US satellites in space and which has ended up being, in the minds of some, the singular national security difficulty. Russia, too, stands accused by Washington of looking for to challenge American supremacy in area.
” They’re building abilities to utilize space versus us. We need to have the ability to react to that,” Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, informed the National Security Space Association, an advocacy group, recently, describing Russia and China.
Joe Biden has actually not publicly discussed his intentions with Space Force. His defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, has actually been noncommittal, while also stressing the strategic importance of area.
Although some see it as a Trump vanity project, in the military it’s seen more soberly as an affirmation of the requirement to more effectively organize for the defense of US interests in area.
While far smaller than any other branch of the military, Space Force is getting the standard trappings of a service, including an official flag, logo, seal and doctrine. It has introduced commercials to draw in recruits. The force is preparing to expand its ranks from 2,400 active-duty members to 6,400 by the end of this year.
Still, there have actually been mis-steps along the way. Social network and Marvel Comics fans were incredibly amused when, after prolonged argument, it was chosen last month that Space Force members would be called “guardians”, echoing the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.
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