Minnesota governor issues protective order for those traveling from out of state for an abortion
From CNN’s Hannah Sarisohn
Minnesota’s governor issued an executive order Saturday providing protections for people coming to Minnesota for reproductive healthcare from states where abortion is illegal or criminalized, according to a release from Gov. Tim Walz’s office.
With the executive order, Walz joined fellow Democratic governors who hurriedly took legislative or legal action in response to the US Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, CNN has reported.
Several other states also had “trigger bans,” which either totally or partially restricted abortion access automatically with the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
In the release, Walz said his office will protect people from such states who are traveling to Minnesota for an abortion “to the fullest extent of their lawful authority.”
Walz’s executive order also directs state agencies to work to protect Minnesotans providing, seeking or obtaining lawful reproductive health care services, according to the release.
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I should add that the current dew point is 59º. When the humidity hits 93%, the dew point will have fallen to 62º. So it's going to get VERY humid as the day progresses.
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The answer is the egg. By evolution's mechanisms, whatever laid the first chicken egg had to be not-quite-chicken itself. Thus, the first chicken egg laid represented an evolution.
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It seems that part of what went on with Starliner is that the government assumed Boeing knew what it was doing and concentrated its advice and support on the SpaceX startup. Bad assumption, as it turns out.
I read a column by a consulting engineer who developed a new cockpit design for Boeing airliners. He moved the many controls rarely or never used by the pilots and put them into a pop-out drawer, thereby greatly simplifying the pilots' control panel. Boeing execs rejected it. A year or two later he saw very nearly the same thing on a new Airbus. I have seen photos of the Starliner control panel; classic Boeing design on steroids. Crew Dragon: dramatically simpler. Granted that the Boeing design is more modern than that of the Soyuz in that it uses electronic rather than electromechanical controls, it doesn't reflect user interface design developments of recent decades.
Minnesota governor issues protective order for those traveling from out of state for an abortion
ReplyDeleteFrom CNN’s Hannah Sarisohn
Minnesota’s governor issued an executive order Saturday providing protections for people coming to Minnesota for reproductive healthcare from states where abortion is illegal or criminalized, according to a release from Gov. Tim Walz’s office.
With the executive order, Walz joined fellow Democratic governors who hurriedly took legislative or legal action in response to the US Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, CNN has reported.
Several other states also had “trigger bans,” which either totally or partially restricted abortion access automatically with the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
In the release, Walz said his office will protect people from such states who are traveling to Minnesota for an abortion “to the fullest extent of their lawful authority.”
Walz’s executive order also directs state agencies to work to protect Minnesotans providing, seeking or obtaining lawful reproductive health care services, according to the release.
I wish New England and New York could be adopted by Canada. I'd learn French to blend in with the folks from Quebec! Today Eldest*Grand is headed to Paris, France for a week with her high school French class. She's already fluent, so maybe she could translate for me at first. LOL.
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DeleteWe got back from sketching at the zoo a little while ago, and it is hot. Predicted high today 106F.
ReplyDeleteCurrent humidity 23% and falling rapidly; predicted to bottom out at 12% in the late afternoon and early evening.
DeleteCurrently a mere 86ºF here.
DeleteCurrent humidity 40%, predicted to top out at 93% overnight.
I should add that the current dew point is 59º.
DeleteWhen the humidity hits 93%, the dew point will have fallen to 62º.
So it's going to get VERY humid as the day progresses.
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We have a LOT of associated links on the front page. Here's the last post by Cedwyn at A Faeries Farthing...and I thought it rather intelligent and fun...
ReplyDeleteWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Chicken or the Egg?
Chicken or the Egg?
Since Darwin is all the news with the 140th anniversary of the book that drives creationsits bonkers, I simply had to post this:
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The answer is the egg. By evolution's mechanisms, whatever laid the first chicken egg had to be not-quite-chicken itself. Thus, the first chicken egg laid represented an evolution.
Ergo, the egg came first.
;D
What I wanna know is:
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Where were you when Roe v Wade was made law, on 22 January 1973?
ReplyDeleteI was a senior in high school, age 16. Eldest*Grand will turn 16 in August. Wow.
I assume I would have been at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, where I was Assistant Professor of Biochemistry.
DeleteI was four years beyond birthing babies (3) and relying on an IUD whose configuration I had to describe to the obstetrician as what had worked well between babies two and three.
DeleteI was in graduate school, University of California at Santa Cruz.
DeleteSo, I just read that Rusty Bowers, Arizona Speaker of the House, who testified publicly before the January 6th Committee about DT’s efforts to overturn the election, and about how protestors used loudspeakers outside his home calling him a pedophile while his daughter was there and terminally ill, says he might vote for DT next time too. 🤷🏻♀️
ReplyDeleteCognitive Dissonance
I just swapped my Avatar from my masked photo to a more recent unmasked photo. Please know that I am still masking everywhere I go! Well, except here. 😊
ReplyDeleteBoeing 737 Max disaster casts long shadow as planemaker tries to rebuild fortunes [Click] It seems that Boeing’s next big innovation is to move its corporate headquarters from Chicago (which has not worked nearly as well as Seattle) to Arlington, VA (close to the Pentagon). The article does not mention Boeing’s Starliner project, which strikes me as a debacle and an advertisement for SpaceX.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that part of what went on with Starliner is that the government assumed Boeing knew what it was doing and concentrated its advice and support on the SpaceX startup. Bad assumption, as it turns out.
DeleteI read a column by a consulting engineer who developed a new cockpit design for Boeing airliners. He moved the many controls rarely or never used by the pilots and put them into a pop-out drawer, thereby greatly simplifying the pilots' control panel. Boeing execs rejected it. A year or two later he saw very nearly the same thing on a new Airbus. I have seen photos of the Starliner control panel; classic Boeing design on steroids. Crew Dragon: dramatically simpler. Granted that the Boeing design is more modern than that of the Soyuz in that it uses electronic rather than electromechanical controls, it doesn't reflect user interface design developments of recent decades.
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ReplyDeleteNo big!
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