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Abortion Funds by State

lavenderlabia:

This might be useful for any American followers who need financial assistance or help paying for an abortion. 

(Source: bebinn)

Firebomb Attack on Muslim Family in Florida

mehreenkasana:

It happened about 3:45 Wednesday morning at a house on Timber Lane in phase-1 of the subdivision called The Woods. The owner’s son said he heard a loud noise outside of his bedroom window, looked out and saw the ground below on-fire. He called 9-1-1, then put out the fire. Police say they smelled gasoline and found what appeared to be a broken and burned mason jar, lying on the ground below the window.

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Why isn’t this in the news? WHY. ISN’T. THIS. IN. THE. NEWS.

numol: numol: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1009464&l=cd98d31ec9&id=339090676148507 text in image: Florida State Conference of the NAACP and The Jacksonville BranchFREE MARISSAMARISSA ALEXANDER IS INNOCENT!Handed a 20 Year Mandatory Sentence for Defending Herself From an Abusive HusbandVictim of Domestic ViolenceMARCH & RALLYFRIDAY, JULY 13, 20128:30am to 12:00pmJoin the NAACP and other organizations to demand justice.Speakers, Musical Tributes & Much MoreLine-Up for March:Begins at 9amHemming Plaza135 Monroe Street WestJacksonville, FL 32202Rally After March:Hemming Plaza135 Monroe Street WestJacksonville, FL 32202For More Information:Call - Isaiah Rumlin • 904-764-1753Or log on to www.Justice4Marissa.com donations: http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/2012/06/donations-for-marissa-alexander-legal.html Marissa Alexander is very fortunate to have a great team of Pro Bono attorneys however; there are many additional legal expenses. Donations for Marissa Alexander’s Legal Defense are now tax deductible. (June 6, 2012) Payments are accepted via several methods: US Mail - paper checks Global Alliance, Inc. For: The Marissa Alexander Legal Defense Fund Global Alliance, Inc. P.O. Box 290956 Columbia, SC 29229 Pay Pal We Pay direct link to the WePay page: https://www.wepay.com/donations/178785 PayPal link is on the right column of the blog. twitter page: https://twitter.com/#!/FreeMarissa petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/free-marissa-alexander [WARNING for details of domestic violence] [queued post]

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Florida State Conference of the NAACP and The Jacksonville Branch

FREE MARISSA
MARISSA ALEXANDER IS INNOCENT!

Handed a 20 Year Mandatory Sentence for Defending Herself From an Abusive Husband

Victim of Domestic Violence

MARCH & RALLY
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012
8:30am to 12:00pm

Join the NAACP and other organizations to demand justice.

Speakers, Musical Tributes & Much More

Line-Up for March:
Begins at 9am
Hemming Plaza
135 Monroe Street West
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Rally After March:
Hemming Plaza
135 Monroe Street West
Jacksonville, FL 32202

For More Information:
Call - Isaiah Rumlin • 904-764-1753
Or log on to www.Justice4Marissa.com

donations: http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/2012/06/donations-for-marissa-alexander-legal.html

Marissa Alexander is very fortunate to have a great team of Pro Bono attorneys however; there are many additional legal expenses. Donations for Marissa Alexander’s Legal Defense are now tax deductible. (June 6, 2012)

Payments are accepted via several methods:

  • US Mail - paper checks
    Global Alliance, Inc.
    For: The Marissa Alexander Legal Defense Fund
    Global Alliance, Inc.
    P.O. Box 290956
    Columbia, SC 29229
  • Pay Pal
  • We Pay

direct link to the WePay page: https://www.wepay.com/donations/178785

PayPal link is on the right column of the blog.

twitter page: https://twitter.com/#!/FreeMarissa

petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/free-marissa-alexander [WARNING for details of domestic violence]

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(TW: Rape) “Conscience Clause” Allows Prison Guard to Confiscate a Rape Victim’s Morning After Pill

semanthics:

We’ve watched the definition of “conscience clause” be expanded to include everyone from nurses and data entry workers at hospitals to bus drivers refusing to drop off patients at clinics. But now a prison guard refused to allow a rape victim to take the second dose of emergency contraception (which prevents fertilization) claiming it was “against her beliefs.” That’s a new one.

Via Addicting Info:

A Tampa woman whom we only know as R.W., was raped. She was treated by the rape crisis center, who gave her two emergency contraception pills, one to be taken immediately and one to be taken 12 hours later. When she reported the rape to the police, they uncovered an arrest warrant on R.W. for failure to pay restitution and failure to appear. After she was arrested, a Hillsborough County guard confiscated her second pill, claiming it was against her religious beliefs.

But this is exactly what happens when “conscience” is allowed to trump a woman’s rights to avoid pregnancy. R.W. is suing the sheriff’s office, and as well she should. This isn’t just about women denied access when jailed (Although that in itself is problematic — should a woman fear reporting a crime because she may be arrested? Not to mention the fact that women who are sexually assaulted while in jail may also be at the whim of a guard or someone in authorityin obtaining access to emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy).

No, this case also brings to light how those who are “in charge” when it comes to dispensing are able to inflict their own moral beliefs onto someone else. In states like Kansas, which seek to expand conscience clauses well beyond health workers, the putative “rights” if those who wield power are being allowed to trump those of the patient in need.

Marissa Alexander gets 20-year sentence

grrlyman:

Last weekend, Melissa examined the case against Marissa Alexander, the Jacksonville mother of three who fired a single bullet into her kitchen ceiling two years ago to warn her husband, Rico Gray, against continuing his physical attack on her. Gray, who reacted in violent anger after discovering that Alexander texted pictures of their newborn child to her ex-husband,spoke out earlier this week in an interview with TheLoop21:

“Personally, I wish she would have taken the three years,” Gray said. “I don’t wish 20 years on no one.”

He’s referring to the plea deal that Alexander reportedly turned down, a deal that took into account Gray’s history of violence. Alexander presumably cast that deal aside because she genuinely believed that she was standing her ground — both figuratively, and legally. But Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” castle-doctrine law somehow didn’t apply to her, despite the fact that her case appears to fit the statute to a T.

She was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault in a matter of minutes — and today, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison, a sentence she will appeal…

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blackpeopleproblems:         R.I.P. Trayvon Martin February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012              Justice will be served. 

blackpeopleproblems:

        R.I.P. Trayvon Martin 
February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012
              Justice will be served. 

DEMAND JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN

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