Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

Texas bill would ban nearly all gender-affirming care, including for trans adults Texas is really the worst state in the Union for respecting human rights.  It's a state run by LCWT...low-class, white trash. Texas, Florida, and their ilk are ruining the USA, and I am literally going to have to find another country to immigrate to. Sadly, Israel is out, as it is being ruined by the far-right, and the Israeli Trump.  (Also, as I read in a recent opinion piece written by an Israeli Jew, it is the worst country for antisemitism.  Ironic, isn't it?  That's what happens  when you don't have the right people run the country.

Texas school district orders librarians to remove a version of Anne Frank’s diary from shelves - Jewish Telegraphic Agency : The Fort Worth-area district said “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” and dozens of other books, including the Bible, must be removed following parental challenges.

Texas Abortion Law 2022: Mexico's Aborteria Is Last Resort for Women in US State - Bloomberg

Juneteenth’s myth: Blacks didn’t know they were free

Texas' new abortion laws are complicating care for miscarriages : Shots - Health News : NPR

Kavanaugh Asks if Texas Abortion Law Could Be Model for Bans on Gun Rights, Free Speech

Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions : AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation" of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation's second-most populous state since September .

Newly signed Texas law restricts abortion-inducing medications : Newly signed Texas law restricts abortion-inducing medications Texas can go f**k itself.

After Texas, We Must Confront Misogynist, Anti-Sex Theology – Lilith Magazine

Top physician groups oppose Texas Heartbeat Act

Biden Admin Gearing up to Sue Texas Over Abortion Legislation: WSJ

U.S. Justice Dept. says will protect Texas abortion clinics that come under attack | Reuters

prolifewhistleblower.com has been taken down after hosts took issue with methods - The Washington Post : Texas Right to Life said its website that invited people to inform on those obtaining or facilitating abortions "will be back  up soon to continue collecting anonymous tips." "Right to Life," my tuchas!  Think of all the people their governor let die from COVID.  Texas makes me sick! Thankfully I live in Illinois, where the governor listens to science, and not some brain-dead flunky..

Texas abortion law: Bumble and Match create relief funds - CNN : Bumble and the CEO of rival dating platform Match Group are creating relief funds for people affected by a Texas law that bans abortion from as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

Pelosi Says House Will Discuss Reproductive Rights After SCOTUS Upholds Texas Abortion Law

JCPA Condemns Texas’ New Anti-Abortion Law | JCPA

12,000 Square Miles Without Obstetrics? It’s a Possibility in West Texas | Kaiser Health News : Big Bend Regional Medical Center, the only hospital in a sparsely populated region of West Texas, announced that because of a nursing shortage its labor and delivery unit must close for days at a time and patients must go instead to a hospital an hour away.

Martin Luther King Jr., the KKK, and more may soon be cut from Texas education requirements - ABC News : The Texas Senate passed a new bill to cut several subjects concerning inequality, race and ethnicity from the Texas Education Code.

Texas adopts permitless gun carry and loosens suppressor laws : Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills this week that will allow Lone Star State residents to carry handguns without a permit and loosen regulations surrounding suppressors. Very irresponsible of them.

Texas Hospital Lifts Mask Mandate | MedPage Today : Visitors and staff alike can forego masks except in close-contact situations. Even the now lax CDC guidelines state that medical personnel and patients wear masks in clinical settings regardless of vaccination status.  This hospital has made a very bad decision.  Honestly, I don't care about people who invite the virus by bad medical decisions as much as I care about children who are too young to receive vaccines, or people of all ages who have immunosuppressive disorders.  Why do so many people in this country, or the world,for that matter, think only of themselves?