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15+ min ago (505+ words) By Danielle White, Esq In 2023, New Jersey Attorney General'Matthew Platkin'issued an investigatory subpoena'to First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a pregnancy help organization, allegedly probing whether the nonprofit had misled clients and donors. First Choice responded by'filing a federal lawsuit, claiming the subpoena violated its'First Amendment rights. While lower courts'dismissed the case'as unripe, meaning that no harm has yet occurred, First Choice has now'asked the Supreme Court'to allow pre-enforcement federal review. The case,'First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin, carries significance beyond New Jersey. Legal issues at stake At its core,'the First Choice case'raises a technical but consequential question: Can a group subject to a state investigatory subpoena bring a federal lawsuit asserting constitutional claims'particularly the First Amendment rights of free speech, association, and donor privacy'without first defying the subpoena and risking contempt in state court? Groups such as First…...

20+ min ago (335+ words) PIERRE, S.D. "On Tuesday, Governor Larry Rhoden urged Attorney General Marty Jackley to investigate a new abortion ad campaign, which appears to conflict with South Dakota's proud pro-life stance. He made this request in a letter, which you can findhere. The Attorney General quickly agreed to pursue the investigation. "South Dakota has the most pro-life laws in the nation " I am proud of that fact," wroteGovernor Larry Rhoden.This advertising campaign threatens the lives of children yet to be born in our state, and it also threatens the health of South Dakota mothers, as chemical abortions are four times as likely to cause a mother to end up in the emergency room." According toKELOLAND News, Mayday Health is advertising abortion pills at 30 gas stations in 20 South Dakota cities. This campaign is potentially in violation of South Dakota's pro-life laws, including SDCL…...

40+ min ago (761+ words) They had plenty of ethics. It was just the wrong kind Physician Karl Brandt was one of 23 German physicians tried at Nuremberg German medicine under Hitler resulted in so many horrors " eugenics, human experimentation, forced sterilization, involuntary euthanasia, mass murder " that there is a temptation to say that "Nazi doctors had no ethics." However, according to an article in the'Annals of Internal Medicine'by Florian Bruns and Tessa Chelouche (from Germany and Israel, respectively), this was not the case at all. In fact, medical ethics was an important part of the curriculum for German medical students between 1939 and 1945. Nazi officials established lectureships in every medical school in Germany for a subject called "Medical Law and Professional Studies" (MLPS). There was no lack of ethics. It was just the wrong kind of ethics. The focus of the scholars" study is Rudolf Ramm,…...

42+ min ago (1184+ words) Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological effects " including "thinning" parts of the brain. If you've ever been catcalled late at night, you may be familiar with the stress response it can spark. Your defensive guard can go up and leave you feeling physically shaken and vulnerable. All my female friends have had such experiences, and all of us have at one point or another walked home in the dark holding our keys in our hands. I even joined a karate club at university, in case the worst should happen, and through repeated drills learnt how to efficiently throw an opponent to the ground and hit the right pressure point to cause pain. When unwanted sexual attention isn't immediately threatening, however, it is often shrugged off and ignored....

56+ min ago (294+ words) Today, Governor Larry Rhoden urged Attorney General Marty Jackley to investigate a new abortion ad campaign, which appears to conflict with South Dakota's proud pro-life stance. He made this request in a letter, which you can find'here. The Attorney General quickly agreed to pursue the investigation. "South Dakota has the most pro-life laws in the nation " I am proud of that fact," wrote'Governor Larry Rhoden.This advertising campaign threatens the lives of children yet to be born in our state, and it also threatens the health of South Dakota mothers, as chemical abortions are four times as likely to cause a mother to end up in the emergency room." According to'KELOLAND News, Mayday Health is advertising abortion pills at 30 gas stations in 20 South Dakota cities. This campaign is potentially in violation of South Dakota's pro-life laws, including SDCL 22-17-5.1 and 36-4-8, or…...

58+ min ago (1026+ words) After cancer, even your closet tells a story you never imagined living. One quiet afternoon, that story took a hilarious and unexpected turn. Yet there they are. Twenty, give or take. All lined up in neat little pink zippered cases, each one nestled lovingly in its own fabric hammock, like it's headed to summer camp instead of storage. They are silicone breast prostheses " perfectly shaped, softly weighted, remarkably realistic. And they are no longer in use. Cancer changes many things in your life, but one of the strangest is how casually you can end up talking about body parts that used to feel intensely private. This afternoon, I walked into my closet looking for a sweater. Instead, I found myself staring at that top shelf. And that's when the strangest Christmas idea drifted into my head. What if I gave…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (298+ words) The United Nations Population Fund has called for the inclusion of digital violence in laws and policies to ensure it is taken seriously like other crimes. Fund country representative Erika Goldson made these remarks at the observance of International Human Rights Day and Namibian Women's Day at Katima Mulilo on Wednesday. The national women's day is themed: 'United to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.' In a speech read on her behalf, Goldson said correctly naming and framing digital violence is the first step to ensuring it is taken seriously, even by communities. She added that perpetrators must be held accountable rather than blaming the survivors. "We must embrace the unity our theme demands. It is not a fight for survivors or women alone, but it requires a collective, comprehensive, whole-of-society response," she said. Goldson said empowering the…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago (674+ words) Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is promising a thorough review of the risks and dangers associated with the abortion pill. That's in response to pro-life advocates calling for his resignation after reports surfaced that the FDA was slow-walking the review of mifepristone until after the elections. Responding to the news, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a prominent anti-abortion advocacy group, decried the delay as a dangerous inaction that endangers women and unborn children while undermining state protections against abortion. The group's president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, issued a sharp rebuke on X. "Enough is enough. @DrMakaryFDA should be fired immediately. FDA is doing NOTHING while every day abortion drugs take the lives of children, put women & girls at serious risk, empower abusers, & trample state pro-life laws. Reinstate in-person dispensing NOW & do a real study NOW." Now, Makary is speaking out publicly in…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago (552+ words) A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector. Every year, Computer Weekly compiles a list of excellent women in the technology industry with a focus on a particular trait: "influential. But what does influence actually mean? When the judges are deciding which of the hundreds of nominated women will be making our shortlist, influence is one of the criteria we ask them to consider when making their choices, and we give them this guidance to explain what we're looking for: "Influence: What authority or ability does the person have " either through their personal position or the role they hold " to personally influence the development of the UK technology sector / community, or to influence others in positions of authority? This is just one interpretation of what influence means, and while…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago (239+ words) A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe's history of modern Russia. In essence, she repeats the claim of du Plessix Gray, which is perplexing, and not just for a Russian reader. Ioffe believes that the "fairy-tale country" was submerged under authoritarianism waves. The feminist project failed because of men in power." Translated by Antonina W. Bouis and Dmitrii Glinski Nadezhda Azhgikhina writes frequently for the Nation and is an independent journalist living in Moscow. She is co-author with Katrina vanden Heuvel of Hope Springs Eternal (Airo Publishers, 2025). A digital copy of the book can be found here. Since the start of the war, the Ukrainian government has been cracking down harder on unions and workers' rights. But slowly, the public mood is shifting. Between grief, trauma, and years spent away from school, the children I teach are facing enormous challenges. How…...