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Four Swedish political parties have announced their support for a change to the country’s constitution that would guarantee women the right to have abortions. The Liberals, Centre Party, Greens, and the centre-right Moderates have all come out in support of change to enshrine the right of a woman to get an abortion in the country’s constitution. Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderates, explained his support for the proposal by telling the newspaper Aftonbladet : “Basically, we agree with what the Liberals have also demanded and which is actually quite a natural consequence of other free rights in Sweden that are constitutional. It is not because someone immediately threatens, but because you want to emphasize how important they are.” Leader of the Centre Party Annie Lööf argued that the current laws in Sweden on abortion are not liberal enough, saying: “Such a fundamental right must not be the subject of political trends at all. That would be an extremely serious … [Read more...] about Swedish Parties Want to Make Abortion a Constitutional Right

0 Schools Their terms will take effect July 1, 2022, and end on June 30, 2023. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from San Diego Unified School District: June 29, 2022 SAN DIEGO - Two new Student Board Members were sworn into office at last night’s San Diego Unified Board of Education meeting. Their terms will take effect July 1, 2022, and end on June 30, 2023. Student Board Member Lea Nepomuceno will be a senior at Scripps Ranch High School this fall, while fellow Student Board Member Matthew Quitoriano will be a sophomore at San Diego High School. In a May election, Nepomuceno and Quitoriano received the most votes among ten student candidates. Over 3,000 ballots were submitted by fellow high school students across the San Diego Unified School District. “Through chairing the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee on Racial Justice and Equity, I've witnessed first-hand the … [Read more...] about San Diego Unified School District: Two Student Board Members Sworn In

WASHINGTON (AP) — The marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to step up the enforcement of laws she says prohibit picketing outside the homes of the justices who live in the two states. “For weeks on end, large groups of protesters chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums have picketed Justices’ homes,” Marshal Gail Curley wrote in the Friday letters to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and two local elected officials. READ MORE: Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Fire Amid Thunderstorm In Baltimore's Riverside Neighborhood Curley wrote that Virginia and Maryland laws and a Montgomery County, Maryland, ordinance prohibit picketing at justices’ homes, and she asked the officials to direct police to enforce those provisions. Justices’ homes have been the target of protests since May, when a leaked draft opinion suggested the court was poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized … [Read more...] about High Court Marshal Seeks Enforcement Of Anti-Picketing Laws

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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 21 SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — A group of young off-duty Ukrainian soldiers gathered at a military distribution center to enjoy a rare respite from the fighting that has again engulfed their fractured home in eastern Ukraine. As they shared jokes and a pizza, artillery explosions could be heard a few kilometers away — a reminder of the looming battle that threatens to unfold here in the city of Slovyansk, which was occupied by Russian proxy fighters in 2014. “Everyone knows that there will be a huge battle in Slovyansk,” said one of the soldiers, who could not be named for security reasons. Now, eight years after their city was last occupied, the war has returned. Slovyansk could become the next major target in Russia’s campaign to take the Donbas region, Ukraine’s predominantly … [Read more...] about Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia