Under the law, pork products sold in California must come from pigs whose mothers had enough space to lie down and turn around in their cages. The pork industry says this would send prices higher nationwide.
Nohemi Gonzalez’s relatives sued Google, which owns YouTube, saying the platform helped the Islamic State group by hosting and algorithmicly promoting its videos. Now the nation’s high court will hear the case.
“For me, personally and professionally, it’s unprecedented how we are regressing in terms of healthcare and women’s rights,” one participant said.
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling is being described as the most significant curtailing of an established constitutional right in the court’s history.
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the Roe decision, here are key takeaways of what to expect for abortion in California. They include the politics, more legislation, a possible influx of out-of-state patients and changes for health care providers.
The ruling came with recent mass shootings fresh in the nation’s mind and gun-control legislation being debated in Congress and beyond.
“We know that the leaked draft has invoked feelings of dread and despair for so many across our state,” said State Sen. Lena Gonzalez. “Since Roe v. Wade was decided 50 years ago, we knew this day would come.”
“[Young women] have been complacent because this is the way it’s always been,” Carol Roberts, 74, told the Post. “But I hope this shocks them into action.”
Jacqui Viale, a member of Long Beach Register Sisters, said the group of about 100 just wanted to come together to feel the loss of Ginsburg, who she described as a “legal giant.”
Local residents have planned a candlelight vigil, with social distancing, at 6:30 p.m. today in front of the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, 275 Magnolia Ave.
