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The volley of tear gas testers scattered in all directions the race now on to avoid arrest large crowds have been demonstrating in the French capital Paris against draft legislation that would enable single women and lesbians to get state funded fertility treatment based on the able heart the move to widen access to fertility treatments would see all women under 43 eligible for I.V. s treatments it would be the 1st big social change of a man well macro s presidency if approved by the Senate but it s angered conservatives including many within the Roman Catholic Church they see it as a threat to traditional concepts of the family and say they re defending the rights of children to a father banished for claims of liberty equality paternity a small counter protest also took place b.b.c. News. Why do some people find authoritarianism appealing are humans just naturally drawn to irony or is it because of weaknesses in democracy welcome to Philosophy Talk a program that questions everything
4 people were hurt and are Ok a 5th person remains hospitalized with more serious injuries ironically Lopez says the big crowds may have ensured more people weren t hurt this portion of the restaurant would have should have been filled with quite a few people right there but apparently because it was very busy they were behind on bus in that area and so that area was empty Amy Held n.p.r. News tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators returned to the streets of Hong Kong today some lobbed bricks and homemade explosives as police fired tear gas N.P.R. s Emily Fang reports many marchers wore face masks in defiance of a ban marchers face up to a year in prison for wearing masks but the ban has been unity and in forcible because so many residents are wearing them protesters say they are willing to risk the legal consequences of marching today because they fear and margins in Paris may be used to further erode civil liberties in Hong Kong earlier today Hong Kong s high court rejec