Hundreds of Texas students walk out of school over alleged anti-LGBTQ discrimination

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticOccasionally a critic will write something that gets readers seriously riled. God knows I’ve done it.

A 14-year old who got pregnant after her 17-year-old cousin talked her into having sex. A young woman who was infected with HIV at birth, and accidentally got pregnant then was terrified of infecting her own baby. These are just two of the heartbreaking cases that Kenya Martin, a former abortion clinic counselor recalls dealing with in her work at a busy clinic in Houston.

Savita, a beautiful, 31 year-old dentist in Ireland was thrilled to be pregnant with her first baby.  All was going blissfully well in her pregnancy until at 17 weeks she developed severe back pain. Sadly, she had begun to miscarry but when her body didn’t expel the fetus, doctors refused to give her an abortion –  it was against the law.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said that it time for the government to listen to the American people and make sure Roe V. Wade is secure during a Wednesday October 13 appearance on The View. Joy Behar asked what Democrats can do to help protect reproductive rights, amid Texas’ abortion law, which virtually bans abortions after six weeks. Warren noted how many Americans support a women’s right to abortion.

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writing, “I noticed this weekend especially that the government is running propaganda commercials of people who lost loved ones to COVID saying they wish they had taken the shot. This level of manipulative deception must end.”He questioned why he hasn’t seen advertisement for other treatments and added, “I am not a conspiracy theorist but something very nefarious is at work here , and the innocent blood of Texans are on some dirty, corrupt hands.

Matthew McConaughey has been on the fence about a possible run for governor of Texas for months now, and he discusses his feelings about entering politics in the latest edition of the New York Times podcast “Sway”.

wrote in his decision that since the law went into effect last month, “women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution.”Acknowledging that a higher court may rule differently, Pitman added that in the meantime, “this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right.”The Texas law bans abortion at just 6 weeks, a direct violation of constitutional precedent established by Roe

Ellise Shafer administratorA federal judge has ordered Texas to suspend the state’s new law banning most abortions, according to the Associated Press.On Wednesday, Judge Robert Pitman of Austin, Texas explained why he believes the law is an “offensive deprivation” of constitutional rights in a 113-page opinion.“From the moment S.B.

Police are at the scene of a shooting at Timberview High School, where multiple people have reportedly been wounded. The Arlington, Texas school is now in lockdown after a shooter opened fire on the campus, local police confirmed to NBC. The outlet also reported that a letter was issued to parents stating that police were investigating an active shooter situation.

Chris Brown.Over the weekend, the "Truth Hurts" singer was captured fangirling over the R&B singer, calling him her "favorite person in the whole… world."Chris, of course, has been viewed negatively by a large swath of pop culture fans since his domestic incident in 2009 with then-girlfriend Rihanna. In that incident, Rihanna required hospitalization, and Chris went on to pled to a felony assault charge.

Billie Eilish slammed the state of Texas over its recent controversial abortion law while performing at Austin City Limits over the weekend.  The Grammy-winning artist took the stage at the show to perform some of her hits. However, she stopped at one point to discuss politics and pulled no punches when it came to denouncing the abortion law.  The star admitted that she almost didn’t attend the show as an act of protest about the law, which went into effect on Sept.

Billie Eilish has spoken out against Texas’ newly implemented abortion laws during her headline set at Austin City Limits 2021.At one point during the show, Eilish admitted: “When they made that shit a law, I almost didn’t want to do the show because I wanted to punish this fucking place for allowing that to happen here.“But then I remembered that it’s you guys that are the fuckin’ victims, and you deserve everything in the world,” she continued.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterOrganizers behind the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, are speaking out against restrictive abortion bills rolled out by state leadership this month.Just ahead of this Saturday’s National Women’s March in support of reproductive rights, the conference is pledging to stay in its home city and fight alongside the dedicated blue pocket of Austin.“SXSW stands against discriminatory laws and unequivocally supports civil rights for all persons, everywhere,” a

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Paris Texas (aka Louie Pastel and Felix) have shared a grungy new single titled ‘Girls Like Drugs’, coming hot on the heels of their debut EP from earlier in the year.Contrasting the vocalists’ sharp, swagger-inflected bars, the track rages on with barbed electric guitars and cymbal-heavy drums.

@GovAbbott‘s heinous bills,” Lakshmi wrote on her Twitter page on Wednesday. “Our show highlights the small businesses that hire the very same women, BIPOC ppl & low-income folks that these laws harm most.”Texans are up against so much right now- a hateful anti-abortion bill, erasure of voting rights, and a humanitarian & Constitutional crisis at the border.Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.