Youngest victim, a documentary by the oscarnominated filmmaker s. Then we go to hong kong, china, or thousands protested over the weekend, 19 members of occupied arrested calling for greater political freedom. First, two federal judges issue major rulings to prevent most of the Abortion Clinics in texas and all of them in louisiana from closing. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Fighting continues to rage in Eastern Ukraine amidst a worsening standoff between kiev and moscow. Separatist rebels have taken from ukrainianas forces. Ukraine says Russian Forces are directly involved, with president poroshenko accusing moscow of direct and open aggression. On monday, russian renewed calls for ceasefire between the Ukrainian Government and the separatist, but ukraine has vowed to continue the fight saying a ceasefire would mark a russian victory. In a statement, the cranny defense minister said the continued violence in ukraine comes ahead of a nato summit in britain later this week. Nato officials said they plan to uproot a 4000member force that can be rapidly deployed to Eastern Europe in response to russias aggressive behavior. President obama has notified congress of new u. S. Airstrikes on iraq really one month after they began. Over the weekend, u. S. Warplanes bombed targets around the iraqi city of amerli. Iraqi forces and shiite fighters rebel to break the siege on sunday. The attacks must president obama waits strikes on isil in neighboring syria. Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein said when it comes to taking on the islamic state, president obama has been perhaps too cautious. Corks i have learned one thing about this president , and that is he is very cautious. Maybe in this instance, too cautious. I do know the military, i know the state department, i know that others have been putting plans together. So, hopefully, those plans will coalesce into a strategy that can encourage that coalition from their nations arab nations. The u. S. Has carried out over 100 strikes on iraq since president obama or two arming order the bombing on august 8. U. S. Has carried out a new military operation in somalia. The pentagon says it was targeting leaders of the militant group alshabab, but released no further details. As theke comes Washington Post reports the u. S. Has reached an agreement to open a second drone base in niger. Israel has announced what is believed to be its largest seizure of Palestinian Land in three decades. These really government says it will take nearly 1000 acres near bethlehem to help expand one of its illegal west and settlements. Hes now saidroup the Israeli Government is undermining any chances of a negotiated peace. Declaration of expansion of settlements by the Israeli Government is very significant. We dont remember such a big announcement in the last one or two decades. This is a step in the back. Instead of strengthening the Palestinian Authority for mass as well as showing its other side in a unilateral move expansive and destroying chance of renegotiation. Tothese really of elastic seize more palestinian territory in response to the june kidnapping and murder of three seller teenagers in the west bank. Meanwhile in the gaza strip, a u. S. Backed group says it will take 20 years to repair the damage caused by israels recent assault. According to shelter cluster, israel sevenweek attack on gaza destroyed 17,000 housing units. Palestinian Officials Say israel has continued to ban the import of Construction Materials since the ceasefire agreement was reached last month. Pakistan continues to face a. Olitical crisis thousands camped out in front of the Parliament Building in islamabad calling for the prime ministers resignation. Opponents accused him of vote rigging. The protests have turned violent in recent days with demonstrators briefly occupying a government broadcaster and street clashes that left three dead and over 500 wounded. The Pakistani Parliament is holding an emergency session to discuss the crisis today. Protesters marched in ferguson, missouri saturday, three weeks after the Police Killing of unarmed africanamerican teenager michael brown. The opposite who brown, darren wilson, remains on paid leave as he faces a grand jury investigation. We are beyond angry and we are frustrated. We feel three weeks later there has been no actionable words. We dont have an arrest. We dont even really know why the officer has not been indicted. Among those who attended the march on saturday was the reverend from Ebenezer Baptist church. While this is an issue that occurred in ferguson, it really is emblematic of a National Problem. The National Problem being police brutality, the over policing of communities of color. Mike brown died as a tragic casualty in an ongoing battle that seems to be for the soul of america. On monday, small group staged a symbolic action by blocking the state highway for several minutes, bringing traffic to a halt. A larger highway blockade was called off after a request for Michael Browns father. Organizers say they plan old another highway blockade at a later date in a bid for the appointment of a special prosecutor. In Oklahoma Police officer has been indicted on allegations of rape and Sexual Assault against eight women, all of them africanamerican. Daniel holtzclaw is accused of carrying out the alleged assaults after threatening victims with arrest if they did not comply with his sexual demands. He faces charges of rape, forcible oral sodomy, sexual battery, and indecent exposure. Federal judges have blocked a pair of new laws that could have closed most of texas is 19 abortion clics and all five of louisianas. On friday, federal judge blocked a texas law due to take effect monday that would have required all Abortion Clinics to meet the same standards as hospital style surgery centers, even those that offer nonsurgical abortions with medication and simple early surgical abortions. Last year, the controversial an 11rew mass protest and hour filibuster by state senator wendy davis. On sunday, federal judge in louisiana issued a temporary restraining order just hours before a new abortion law would have begun forcing physicians who provide Abortion Services to have patientemitting privileges at hospital within 30 miles of their practice. More on this story after the headlines. The nations top Immigration Court has issued a landmark ruling for immigrant women victimized by Domestic Violence in their home countries. The board of immigration appeals ruled last week for the first time immigrant women who face severe abuse from a spouse or partner can obtain u. S. Asylum. The ruling came after the Obama Administration abandoned a longrunning federal stance in the case of an abuse victim from guatemala. President obama has vowed to take executive action on Immigration Reform by the end of the summer in the absence of congress, but he has reportedly considered a delay until after the midterm elections. The New York Times reports he is deciding whether to put off action until november in a bid to help Vulnerable Senate democrats. The author and reporter Charles Bowden has died at the age of 69. He reported extensively for newspapers and magazines and altered 11 books to my many about drug violence in mexico after the passage of nafta. Cartoonist max cannon told the tucson sentinel in 2010, Charles Bowden spoke to democracy now about his views on how to end drug violence and massive migration in mexico. Nafta. Ave to negotiate peaceful country were destroys the livelihood of the people. You have to have the right to organize a union, decent wages. Realize the war on drugs is a disaster. It is 40 years in, we are at war with their own people and destroying nations like mexico. Mostu are against drugs, of your viewers and listeners are on them, whether they got them from their doctor, but if youre a constructs, this is a Public Health issue. You dont send a cop because youre having a cardiac. The third thing is, change our immigration law. We have 20,000 men and women on the line with guns hunting mexicans. These mexicans are coming north theire nafta destroyed economic base in mexico. Youre not going to have a Peaceful World if youre making war on the floor. I dont have a solution to immigration, but i know one solution is, nobodys going to stay there until they have a decent living there. If we destroy their living, theyre going to cut hair. But to see our full interview, you can go to democracynow. Org. The journalist died this weekend at the age of 69. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Majorn now to developments in womens access to abortion. Over the past three days, federal judges have blocked a pair of new laws that could have forced the closing of the majority of texas is 19 Abortion Clinics and all five of louisianas. On friday, federal judge blocked a texas law due to go into effect monday that would have required all Abortion Clinics to meet the same standards as hospitalstyle surgery centers, even those that offer nonsurgical abortions with medication and simple early surgical abortions. Texas already requires clinics that provide abortions after 16 weeks of pregnancy to meet Surgical Center standards. Controversialhe rule drew mass protest and 11 hour filibuster by state senator wendy davis, who is now running for governor. Said ity, judge yeakel would place unjustified obstacles on womens access to abortion without providing significant medical benefits. Meanwhile on sunday, federal judge in louisiana issued a temporary restraining order just hours before a new abortion law would have begun forcing physicians who provide Abortion Services to have patient admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their practice. This relates to another portion of the ruling in texas. Judge yeakel wrote, to Abortion Clinics in the states isolated rio grande valley, one in el paso and one in mcallen, could be excused from the admitting privileges requirements on the books in texas. For more were joined by the ceo of whole womans health, which operates the mcallen clinic along with four other clinics and was a party in the lawsuit. Amy Hagstrom Miller has been working in abortion care since 1989 and the founder and ceo of whole womans health. She joins us from virginia on the campus of university of virginia. Welcome to democracy now can you start out by talking about the significance of both of these rulings . Absolutely. Friday was a very significant day for us. It has been a long fight and a long year. We have seen this queue militant affect over the last 10 years with new restrictions past, making access to safe, professional care more and more difficult for women in states like texas and louisiana. Judge yeakels decision wass strong. He outlined a lot of the things weve been talking about, about an undue burden for women and specifically, women of color and women in rural areas throughout the south who have even higher burdens and those of us who live in suburban areas. Where optimistic records are starting to see these restrictions have nothing to do with women safety but about politics. Before we move on to the case in louisiana, explain exactly what the law would have required and what judge yeakel said he would put on hold. There are four different provisions in the law that was passed year and a half ago. The most highly covered in the most restrictive are the hospital admitted in privileges and the requirement that all procedures, even as you said medication abortion procedures and very simple first trimester procedures, be done and hospital,a mini inventory Surgical Center. That was the part of the law to go into effect yesterday. Judge yeakel blocked it on friday. The admitting privileges, part of the regulation went into effect as november and we brought another case challenging that also in judge yeakels court and that is in the fifth circuit and we have asked for an en banc decision. One restricted abortion care beyond 20 weeks and another basically made medication abortion honest impossible. All four of the provisions were tot of hb2 and combine create in a must impossible environment for abortion providers to stay open answer women in communities and for women to actually be able to travel and make it to a safe, professional provider in their state. Some i say, what is wrong with having a clinic that is hospitallevel, and the other, why not have doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals . What are the problems with these . One, there wasnt a safety problem with abortion care in the state of texas that these laws were addressing. Abortion has been safely provided for over 40 years in this state and dr. Officebased settings. Abortion, while it is morally and ethically complex, medically, it is quite a civil procedure. There are no incisions. The procedure takes five or six minutes. It is absolutely and safely provided in a Doctors Office clinic setting. This hospital setting the andires airflow systems much more intricate and involved plant is designed for much more invasive and complicated surgeries like knee surgery or eye surgery or surgeries that take three or four hours with general anesthesia. That is not the complexity of abortion. Here in lies the problem. The actual cost to build one of those facilities is out of reach for the vast majority of us who serve the women who need abortion care in the state. Secondarily, the admitting privileges is an interesting thing. This is the only procedure that requires admitting privileges for physicians. The vast majority of our medical system is delivered outside of that sort of Surgical Hospital setting. There many physicians who have private practices in their offices where theyre doing minor procedures. They are not bringing surgeries into the hospital setting. It is complicated to explain quickly, but hospital admitting privileges our relationship between the hospital and a doctor that requires the physician to admit a certain amount of patience annually. Most abortion providers may admit one or two patients in the span of 10 years. Doesntuirement actually have to do with safety, it has to do with access. Can you talk about your clinic in mcallen, what judge yeakels decision means in texas for the womens Abortion Clinic there . Yes. Were making plans to reopen our mcallen clinic. It has been on main street right across from city hall and the city of mcallen for years. Women have been calling us, whether or not the clinic is open, women still need the care. Weve been managing trying to help women travel north and help women manage their health care in the absence of our ability to provide it. Were delighted to be able to reopen the facility later this week. Were making plans to try to reach out to our staff and physicians and try to set up a surgical session as soon as possible. The phone has been ringing the whole time, even when we have been closed and weve been trying to help those women. Right when the law was enjoined this past friday, we began to call some of the women who had called us earlier that week, telling them that later this week we hoped to be able to actually see them locally in the mcallen clinic again. The number of clinics that have closed since the law was passed and how many you see my open like yours . In 2012, the report he for facilities serving the population in the state of texas. Thishas dropped to 19 at point. If the law had not been enjoined, it would drop again to 6. With this injunction, there many of us that will be able to either stay open, like my austin or my ft. Worth office and my senator no office, and my Mcallen Office be able to reopen. There will probably be other providers able to reopen their facilities. Hopefully, our Austin Office and our beaumont clinic we had to close earlier this year we are looking at reopening them as well. I think a majority of us in the state, especially those of us communitybased, independent providers, are really watching closely to the fifth circuit. The state challenged judge yeakels injunction within about 30 minutes of him issuing it, and has challenged it already to the fifth circuit. Were watching closely to see what is happening next for us. Than awe only have less minute, but talk about the decision that came out of baton rouge, louisiana. It is my understanding, im not a next part in louisiana like an texas, but it is my understanding that decision also blocked a very restricted law from going into effect that would have taken that states clinics from normal five general two, which is completely inadequate to serve the needs of the women and that community. Amy Hagstrom Miller, thank you for being with us, working in abortion care since 1989 and is the founder and ceo of whole womans health. 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