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Via Kyle Griffin:
The Justice Department has sued #Alabama and its Secretary of State over its effort to purge voter rolls within 90 days of the election — arguing that the purge is taking place too close to the election in violation of federal law.
About damn time, #TommyTuberville is a #threat to #NationalSecurity.
Sen #Tuberville quietly ended his #blockade on the promotion of a senior #military aide to #Defense Sec #LloydAustin after the #Alabama #Republican, under pressure from colleagues, met privately w/the aide on Tues.
[Tuberville has a history of #AbuseOfPower blocking multiple appointments & military promotions because he didn’t want female service members to be able to receive #ReproductiveHealthcare.]
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
Tuberville ends hold on promotion of Austin aide after private meeting
Sen. Tommy Tuberville had blocked Lt. Gen. Ronald P. Clark’s promotion amid scrutiny of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive hospitalization last winter.Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)
More than 200 pregnancy-related prosecutions in first year post-Roe
In the year Roe v Wade was overturned, at least 200 people in the US were💥 prosecuted for conduct relating to their pregnancies 💥
– the highest number of cases in a single year ever recorded,
according to a new report released on Tuesday.
The report, compiled by the advocacy group #Pregnancy #Justice, is the first comprehensive accounting of pregnancy-related #criminal #charges between June 2022 and June 2023
-- but researchers warn that it is still likely an #undercount.
“To be perfectly honest, I think we’re scratching the surface of what is happening,” said Wendy Bach, a University of Tennessee law professor and the report’s principal investigator.
The vast majority of prosecutions documented in the report do not involve abortions. However, five cases mention allegations of an abortion, an 🔸#attempted abortion, or 🔸“researching or exploring the #possibility of an abortion”, according to the report.
Only one was charged under a statute meant to 🔸criminalize abortions.
The rest involved a bevy of other laws, such as a statute that bans the 🔸“abuse of a corpse”.❗️
Four of those cases took place in states that #ban abortion or are hostile to the procedure.
More than 200 of the 210 recorded prosecutions involve allegations of substance use during pregnancy.
In almost 200 of the cases, prosecutors charged people using statutes that criminalize child abuse, neglect, or endangerment
– charges that 🔸treat an embryo or fetus as a person,
complete with rights and protections that may compete with that of the person carrying them.
More than 100 prosecutions recorded by Pregnancy Justice took place in #Alabama, a state whose supreme court recently ruled that embryos are 🔸“extrauterine children”.
Most of the cases also involved statutes where⚠️ prosecutors do not need to prove that any harm was done to a fetus or infant.
Rather, prosecutors must show that a defendant posed some “risk” to the pregnancy
– which could lead to 🔸criminalization of behavior that is not actually dangerous, advocates say.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…
More than 200 pregnancy-related prosecutions in first year post-Roe
Study finds highest yearly number of prosecutions related to pregnancy – and experts say that is likely an undercountCarter Sherman (The Guardian)
Another day, another…
Four people were killed and 18 others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire in the center of one of the most popular entertainment areas in Birmingham, #Alabama, on Saturday evening. #GunViolence
#Birmingham, #Alabama #massshooting
4 killed and 21 injured in a #shooting on 20th Street near Magnolia Avenue in the Five Points South area.
3 victims were found dead on the scene, a fourth person was pronounced dead at University of Alabama's Hospital.
abc3340.com/news/local/multipl…
Four dead, 17 others shot in Birmingham mass shooting
At least four people are dead and dozens more shot after a mass shooting in Alabama Saturday night.WBMA
#Birmingham #Alabama #Shooting - #MassShooting
Someone was ‘paid to kill targeted victim’ in mass shooting that killed 4, injured 17, police say
wbrc.com/2024/09/22/birmingham…
Birmingham Police believe someone was ‘paid to kill targeted victim’ in mass shooting that killed 4, injured 17
Birmingham Police say four people are dead after a mass shooting in Five Points South Saturday night.WBRC Digital Staff (WBRC)