Having only just found out she was pregnant, what she had really wanted was time to think, but that was a luxury she felt she could not afford."The laws in Arizona are really dicey right now, so I wasn't sure what would be available to me," said Piper, who wanted to use a pseudonym to discuss her choice about one of the most divisive issues in America.Piper, 30, fell pregnant unexpectedly -- her partner told her he had undergone a vasectomy, but he was keen to go through with the pregnancy."I...
This article contains spoilers for the FX series “Shōgun.” In the sixth episode of “Shōgun,” Lord Toranaga asks Mariko about her childhood. The warlord (portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada) is curious to hear what his vassal (Anna Sawai) thinks turned her childhood friend Ochiba-no-kata (Fumi Nikaido), into his fierce adversary. The mother of the young heir Yaechiyo wants to see Toranaga dead. After suggesting that fate and hardship are what forged Lady Ochiba into the woman she has become, Mariko also...
The manual labour sector is notorious for lacking female workers, who comprise less than two per cent of the hands-on industry worldwide.While women account for 47 per cent of all employed persons globally, according to a 2023 report published by the Bureau of Labour Statistics, women in manual roles make up just 1.25 per cent of the workforce.The National Online Manpower Information Service report also confirms that, as of last year, less than five per cent of international on-the-ground...
Lauren Witzke is a former drug runner for Mexican cartels turned beloved MAGA conspiracy theorist. Like Mike Lindell, Witzke traded her addiction to drugs for an addiction to conspiracy theories and hateful religious extremism, running as the Republican nominee for Senate in Delaware in 2020. — Read the rest
Ireland’s deputy premier Micheal Martin is to travel to Egypt and Jordan to push for the need for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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At the end of 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bill to allow pregnant workers to take bathroom breaks without retaliation, among other common-sense protections. After significant pushback from Senate Republicans who were determined to paint the bill as a poison pill to push “abortion on demand” (if only!), the law took effect last summer. And on Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a list of final regulations to detail how the law will work...
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.— U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing hosted the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services from April 22-23, 2024, to support research on service member experiences, attitudes, and recommendations related to personnel policies in the Marine Corps.
Protests have been carried out in the Canary Islands, a popular holiday destination, with people holding signs saying 'Stop Hotels' and 'Canaries Not for Sale'
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday grapples with whether provisions of Idaho's near-total abortion ban unlawfully conflict with a federal law aimed at ensuring certain standards for emergency medical care for patients, including pregnant women. The justices are weighing an appeal brought by Idaho officials who are contesting a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration over abortion access in emergency situations. The state abortion law was enacted in 2020, with a provision stating it...
Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging incumbent Rick Scott and highlighting his ‘unapologetic and proud’ support for the state’s six-week banA round table on abortion rights, hosted by Florida’s Democratic Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, has only just begun, and already she finds herself comforting a woman in tears with a very personal story to tell.The woman is from Colombia, and speaks softly in Spanish as she tells the intimate gathering of the Miami-Dade Hispanic Democratic...