That is what this is about the republican expulsion of two black legislators in tennessee a shining a light on the states long history of racism while tennessee was the firs confederate state to b re-admitted to the union after the civil war ended in 1865, the white majority in the stat have no interest in giving u any of its power in 1875, three weeks after congress passed the civi rights act of 1875, th tennessee legislature passed a bill allowing business owner to continue to discriminat based on the color of person s skin. in the years to come, lawmaker in the tennessee state house would work to, quote, redeem the south by we re storing white supremacy and th exploitation of black labor. from 1866 onward, the whit majority in tennessee would en up passing at least 20 different jim crow laws, along
Decisions like this. we also see the distortion o science and medicine, and th inflammatory use of language such as establishing a personhood in fetuses an embryos. you know, dr. perritt, i sa you nodding in agreement wit professor goodwin, talking about the safety in efficacy with of mifepristone what i would like to know is the medical response to th medical language used by the judge in his ruling, calling doctors like you, quote, abortionists and the reproductive care that you give as, quote, starving the unborn human until death what is the medical responseto language like that it s inflammatory, it s violent. it incites violence for folk like me that have been working under really arduous circumstances, often, to tak care of our communities and to
54 months of review. the other drugs that wer approved in that same period had 15 months of review. so, there was no rush to the market but it s also worth noting tha the allegation is that thi drug is unsafe that too is untrue in that thi drug is actually even safe than tylenol and penicillin in terms of the health effects. and so what we see, then, is not only than this questio involving a kind of foru shopping for a judge not only do we see the sort of political influence an decisions like this. we also see the distortion o science and medicine, and th inflammatory use of language such as establishing a personhood in fetuses an embryos. you know, dr. perritt, i sa you nodding in agreement wit professor goodwin, talking about the safety in efficacy o mifepristone what i would like to know is the medical response to th medical language used by the judge in his ruling, calling doctors like you, quote, abortionists and the reproductive care that you give as, quote, starving
Woman come and be able to stan with black people, black men and for our community to kno that there is someone else fighting just as hard for us - their world is watchin tennessee right now. it is something that everyon keeps on saying. and it s really, really true and you can be assured that we are going to continue to fight with our partners at the federal level for the justic that we need here at the state of tennessee you know, phil williams local natural reporter, tweeted, quote, privately som republicans expressed concer to me that these events are no only alienating independents but also gop women who don t want their kids getting killed at school. gop women who don t want their kids getting killed at school. that s not optics. that s policy. is this a sea change moment? it really is. and so what we are going to se is next year s election time i going to show a real change. because this is not going to stop just today. this is going to be anothe year and a half of us workin
Post, more than 349,00 students have experienced gu violence at school since columbine. they were more school shooting in 2020 to - 46 - than in any year since at leas 1999 more than 349,000 american have been traumatized by republican inaction. today, president biden spoke with justin jones, who glori johnson, and justin pearson to quote, i thank them for thei leadership and courage in th face of a blatant disregard of our nations democratic values. our country needs to tak action on gun violence and to do that, we need more voices like there s speaking out. today, vice president harris called out the republicans who voted to expel representatives jones and pearson. let s expel them. can you imagine? let s get rid of them entirely
For all of our communities even for folks who think the will never need an abortion. and you know, professor michele goodwin, the texas tribune notes, quote, kacsmary has deep ties to the antiabortion movement and th language reflects those ties calling abortion providers quote, abortionists an describing the procedure a killing or, quote, starving th unborn human until death professor michele goodwin, i this an ideological lawsui masquerading as a medical or regulatory one that s a very good question let s keep in mind that th american public now has th lowest confidence in the american supreme court and i think that could hold true for the full federal bench that is to say that american perceive it as being - too political tides. and in this case, sadly, it quite transparent in that what
Have been traumatized by republican inaction. today, president biden spoke with justin jones, who glori johnson, and justin pearson to quote, i thank them for thei leadership and courage in th face of a blatant disregard of our nations democratic values. our country needs to tak action on gun violence and to do that, we need more voices like there s speaking out. today, vice president harris called out the republicans who voted to expel representatives jones and pearson. let s expel them. can you imagine? let s get rid of them entirely let s remove them, not only fo that moment, but remove thes people who have been elected t represent the people and let us decide who should represent the people what is that that is not a democracy.
Be with you today? i saw with madam vice president with us in nashville today was the ability for us t say that we are unified. that s what we are we are one unit, whether it the state, whether it s th federal level. we are one unified body of people to be able to see another blac woman come and be able to stan with black people, black men and for our community to kno that there is someone else fighting just as hard for us - their world is watchin tennessee right now. it is something that everyon keeps on saying. and it s really, really true and you can be assured that we are going to continue to fight with our partners at the federal level for the justic that we need here at the state of tennessee you know, phil williams local natural reporter, tweeted, quote, privately som republicans expressed concer to me that these events are no only alienating independents but also gop women who don t want their kids getting killed at school. gop women who don t want their
Congress passed the civi rights act of 1875, th tennessee legislature passed a bill allowing business owner to continue to discriminat based on the color of a person s skin. in the years to come, lawmaker in the tennessee state house would work to, quote, redeem the south by we re storing white supremacy and th exploitation of black labor. from 1866 onward, the whit majority in tennessee would en up passing at least 20 different jim crow laws, along interracial marriage, an keeping schools an transportation segregated. as we saw this week, this is not just ancient history either many of those jim crow law were still on the books well into the 20th century. and the bust of nathan bedford forrest, a confederate general and the first grand wizard o the ku klux klan was onl removed from the tennessee state capitol in 2021. and just last month, republica state representative pau sherrell, y all, he was forced to apologize after suggested that tennessee should brin
So, this is against our care - our opportunity to mak decisions about ourselves ha never been about the science it has never been about th medicine it is only about an attempt to eliminating access to abortion care specifically an reproductive autonomy more broadly. and it has implications no just for abortion access we use this medication for labor and delivery we use it for a miscarriag management we use it throughout obstetric and gynecological care and so banning this medication has significant implications for the health and well-bein for all of our communities even for folks who think the will never need an abortion. and you know, professor goodwin, the texas tribune notes, quote, kacsmaryk ha deep ties to the antiabortio movement and the languag reflects those ties, calling abortion providers, quote, abortionists and describing th procedure as killing or, quote starving the unborn human unti death. professor michele goodwin, i