mifepristone one of the most commonly used abortion drugs the restrictions were set to g into effect at one a.m. on saturday, but just hours after this protest, the supreme cour issued a five-day hold o restricting the availability o mifepristone justice samuel alito, th author of the dobbs decision stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion, ruled that access to mifepristone will remain statu quo until the supreme court ca make a final decision on wednesday. there is no guarantee that the supreme court will over turn the abortion pill restrictions the on the five-day stay, an abortion advocates continue to fight republican opposition to abortion access. the president of narrow nara pro-choice america - nothing about the rulings from the lower courts trump appointed judges at any basi in medical science with a steeped in reckless disinformation and total disregard for the law. as this case continues safe an effective medication abortio in all 50 states is at sever
now that the shelby county commission done their job. i m so glad we get to get back to doing our job and what is our job? to elevate the voices of the six kids the six people in nashville. three children who were just 9 years old. now both lawmakers expelled by republicans in the tennessee legislature have been reinstated, proving just how pointless that exercise was. state representative justin j. pearson joins me in just a moment and the two pillars of the republican party, trump and fox, are all friendly again and there are big new developments in both of their perilous legal situations. and late today, a new threatening letter is received by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s office containing a suspicious white powder but we begin tonight with the triumphant return of the tennessee three. earlier today, the shelby county commission voted to reappoint justin j. pearson to his duly elected position, to represent the good citizens of district 86 not a single republic
grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
First presented to us. when the budget chair presente his proposal that librar funding zeroed out, and then w asked him why, he actually wen so far as to explicitly say it was because of them suing over this book ban and how dare the sue against a bill that th missouri legislature passe they believe i unconstitutional and it created a really big problem and katy, help us understan why librarians and in missouri wanted to fight this state law creating criminal penalties fo workers like yourself. criminal penalties for what th law says is distribution o sexually explicit material yeah, i mean, obviously w are for americans firs amendment freedoms and we want to make sure that people hav access to information. that is a core tenant of our profession and we rely on that right now that is in jeopardy, which puts our jobs in jeopardy
Of two missouri librar associations, with more than 1000 members, filed a lawsui requesting the court fin missouri s book banned and unconstitutional and render it unenforceable. in response to those lawsuits, missouri state house republicans voted to advance a budget bill that would defun all of the states public libraries by cutting the fou four point $5 million allocate by the governor for the states libraries. come on, now turning now, missour democratic state representativ peter merideth, also with us katie earnhart, librarian at the cape girardeau publi library. that seeks to essentiall defund libraries that s right. even just hearing you talk about the facts right now, wal through the circumstances, it hard to believe. that s how we felt when it was