Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Maine governor signs abortion bill allowing non-doctors to perform procedure

Maine is now set to allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives provide abortion medication and perform in-clinic abortions.



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Warren Kinsella: Trudeau’s ‘genocide’ comment sparks international probe
Justin Trudeau is now the first Canadian Prime Minister to be investigated for state-sponsored mass murder by an international body in which Canada is a member state.
"In a letter sent to Canada’s government, the Secretary-General of the OAS wrote: “The mere presumption of the crime of genocide against Indigenous women and girls in your country should not and cannot leave any room for indifference from the perspective of the Inter-American community and the international community. Given that your country has always sided with scrutiny and international investigation in situations where human rights are violated in different countries, I am expecting to receive a favourable response to this request.”





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China extradition clashes plunge Hong Kong into historic violence
Hong Kong was rocked Wednesday by the worst political unrest since its handover to China as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to storm parliament and blocked roads in the financial hub. The violent protests were the latest expression of widespread public anger




Clashes in Hong Kong escalate as police use tear gas on demonstrators blocking major roads in the financial hub and protesting against a China extradition law


Thousands of protesters have rallied in central Hong Kong, seizing two main highways in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to mainland China.
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Hong Kong witnessed its largest protest since the city's 1997 handover to China on Sunday as hundreds of thousands came out to oppose plans to allow extraditions to the mainland.
The crowds wanted the city's pro-Beijing leaders to scrap the proposals -- but there is little sign of that happening, and the issue has plunged the city into a political crisis.

Huge protest crowds thronged Hong Kong on Sunday as anger swells over plans to allow extradition to China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the city's pro-Beijing leadership in years.
Hong Kong's leaders, who are not popularly elected, say the law is needed to plug loopholes and stop the city being a bolthole for mainland fugitives.



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