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As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews abortion cases that could overturn Roe v. Wade –
the 1973 decision that legalized abortion – there is a lot of attention being paid to abortion rights but not enough emphasis on the full range of reproductive health and rights issues.
Every pregnant Black person faces systemic racism that makes us “three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.” When our children are born, we face the everyday reality of battling racism and the toll it takes on Black lives.
This past year, the deadly impact of racial discrimination couldn’t have been more evident as the pandemic devastated our communities, with Black and Latinx people accounting for nearly 43 percent of COVID-19 deaths. As if that’s not bad enough, Black and Latinx women have paid the economic price for the pandemic, bearing the brunt of the “shecession.”
The runoff election will be held on Aug. 31.
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ByKen Epstein The Australian House of Representatives at the Australian Parliament; Photo Courtesy of Aditya Joshi via Unsplash
Top vote getters Mia Bonta and Janani Ramachandran are likely to face each other in a runoff for the Assembly District 18 seat that became vacant recently when the governor appointed Rob Bonta as state attorney general.
With as many as 13,000 votes in Tuesday’s special election eft to count over the next week, Mua Bonta is leading with 37.62 percent of the vote, and Ramachandran is second highest with 21.57 percent.
Alameda Vice Mayor Malia Vella is in third-place has 16.50 percent of the vote. There were a total of nine candidates.