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According to the national institute for reproductive health, at least 15 localities and six states have approved these types of measures to help people seeking abortions since the dobbs decision. that s a big increase from the previous few years before dobbs where there was a little bit of activity but not a lot. the other thing we ve seen states passing laws designed to protect abortion patients and providers within their state boundaries from litigation or prosecution from other states which is a fear that a lot of people have. there must be a widespread series of impacts on places where abortion is still legal. what are the bands in the other states what are they placing on these states? we are hearing from abortion funds, these local, regional and state-based organizations that provide abortions for people who are not able to have the procedure, childcare, even, they are seeing a dramatic increase in the demand and the need for help, one fund in new
The use of tiktok, they are striking back. tiktok has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the move violates the u.s. constitution, including the first amendment. starting in 2024 montana will impose a fine of $10,000 per day on app stores, not individuals, that make the app available to personal devices within state boundaries. vanessa joins us now. listen, there s a lot at stake for users but also tiktok itself and enforcement questions on how you would enforce this. tell us the latest. clearly a lot at stake for tiktok. they are filing this lawsuit against the state of montana for this ban that will take effect in january. and in this lawsuit, tiktok is alleging that this ban would violate the first amendment, the u.s. constitution, and a host of other federal laws. it also goes on to talk about claims that the state has made over the fact that they believe
Are driven by centuries old differences like california, texas, ohio or pennsylvania and other states that are entirely with one dominant sort of regional culture like say maine or south carolina. that s why you see those and it is so important and terrific in this way because if you try to use state boundaries you will miss the actual differences between the regional cultures. when you talk about what can change, you talk about needing tailored messaging and you say in your article building coalitions at both the state and local level would benefit from tailored messaging that acknowledge traditions and that it is much deeper than party allegiance what does it sound like? it would be different depending on where you are for instance, the ethos in the area described as greater appalachian ties back to the original dominant colonial group
Really understood by a lot of people is the united states, america was settled by rival colonial projects with totally different religious background, cultural backgrounds, ideas about the kind of society they were building, and these projects like the puritans in new england and the cavaliers in the tide waters around the chesapeake and the spanish southwest, they all settled their own sections of the countr country, and if you know the settlement map, it explains a lot of things, because you will see that same map and those same fissures in election maps, and indeed in gun violence maps, the culture, the inherent values vis because the culture, the inherent values underneath date back a long, long way. and as you can see from the map you are showing, they don t follow state boundaries. you have to dive in at the county level because some states