The 2016 Presidential Election has significantly shaped our country and how we think about voting. When former President and current presidential-elect Donald Trump won in 2016, many people — including my family and I — were completely surprised. From overturning Roe v. Wade to calling the COVID-19 pandemic a hoax, […]
Tag: Roe v. Wade
NYC rats receive birth control while women fight for rights
New York City’s City Council announced a new plan to implement edible birth control pellets for rats across the city in early October. The contraception is dubbed ContraPest and aims to curb the growing rat population. Newsweek estimates that close to three million rats currently reside in New York City, […]
Judge blocks access to abortion-inducing drug
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has decided that it was not enough for Roe v. Wade to be overturned. Now he is challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone. Mifepristone is an abortion-inducing drug that blocks the hormone progesterone, making the pregnancy unable to continue. This ruling […]
Google held accountable for excessive location tracking
Google users are outraged over a recent discovery of how much of their data the company actually tracks. On Nov. 14, a group of attorney generals announced a $392 million settlement with 40 states for inaccurate representation of the search engine’s location tracking. Our tiny phones are capable of containing […]
Religion is a paper-thin disguise for anti-abortion hatred
Photo courtesy of Claire Anderson, Unsplash. Roe v. Wade and the topic of abortion have made their way back into the Surpeme Court. Judges are weighing their opinions on the Mississippi law that, if overturned, would restrict access to abortion in almost half of the United States. It’s a controversial issue, […]