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Court Confusion: Leaked Abortion Ruling
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Good morning and Happy Friday! Here are the Flag’s Top Five stories that should be on your radar to start the day:
US: A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but stirs Democratic anxiety about his candidacy (AP)
World: Police fire tear gas in Kenya finance bill protests (Reuters)
Business: Walgreens to close 'significant' number of underperforming stores, cuts profit forecast (FOX Business)
Technology: Windows on Arm puts Intel on notice (The Verge)
Sports: Celtics’ Kristaps Porzingis out 5-6 months after surgery to repair ‘rare’ injury (New York Post)
And of course, some good news: Man with ALS gets wish granted to go skydiving.
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TRENDING
Right: Biden’s Push For Ukraine To Join NATO Is More About Dollars Than ‘Democracy’, Adam Johnston, The Federalist
Right: The Threat of Terrorism in America Has Returned, Will Selber, The Bulwark
Right: Wikipedia's Lefty bias measured in study—I've Felt It Firsthand, Bethany Mandel, New York Post
Left: Biden’s searing character attacks on Trump may tell a story about his own campaign’s struggles, Stephen Collinson, CNN
Left: Admitting Ukraine to Nato would be a mistake for both Ukraine and Nato, Christopher S. Chivvis, The Guardian
Left: The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies, Ian Millhiser, Vox
SUPREME COURT
Court Confusion: Leaked Abortion Ruling
Today’s Top Story in One Sentence: On Wednesday, following the leak of its decision, the Supreme Court officially reinstated a lower court’s ruling allowing doctors in Idaho to perform emergency abortions when the life of the mother is endangered.
Reporting from the Right: Supreme Court rules to allow emergency exceptions to Idaho's abortion ban (FOX News)
Reporting from the Left: Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho (CNN)
RIGHT-LEANING SENTIMENT
A “Nondecision”
The Top Argument From The Right: Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho but Leaves Big Questions Unresolved, Laura Kusisto, The Wall Street Journal: “Since the court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, ending federal protections for abortion, the inability of women in some states to access abortions in medical emergencies has emerged as a top issue, shifting public opinion on abortion rights and galvanizing political opposition to bans on the procedure. The Supreme Court’s nondecision, in which a majority voted to dismiss the case as ‘providently granted,’ will do little to end that debate or provide clarity to doctors struggling with how to interpret lifesaving exceptions to abortion bans. By stepping back from the case, the justices reinstated a lower-court order allowing doctors broad discretion to perform abortions in Idaho in medical emergencies. The action won’t change anything for physicians nationwide. The Supreme Court had two abortion cases on its docket this term. It ended up deciding nothing of substance in either of them. The other case involved a challenge to decisions by the Food and Drug Administration to expand access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which is used in the majority of abortions in the country. Earlier this month, the justices said the plaintiffs, antiabortion medical associations and physicians, didn’t have standing to bring the suit.”
Honorable Mention #1: Supreme Court Punts Biden’s EMTALA Abortion Expansion To Leftist Lower Court, Jordan Boyd, The Federalist.
Honorable Mention #2: Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions to Continue in States with Bans, Ryan Mills, National Review.
LEFT-LEANING SENTIMENT
Not a Win for Abortion Access
The Top Argument From The Left: The Supreme Court’s new abortion decision, explained, Ian Millhiser, Vox: “Though the Court has seemingly splintered into four separate concurring and dissenting opinions, none of which garnered a majority of the justices’ support, five justices apparently decided that the Court was wrong to take up this case using an expedited process that bypassed an intermediate appeals court. The leaked document does contain some good news for abortion rights advocates. Last January, the Court temporarily blocked a lower court decision, which held that the state of Idaho cannot enforce its strict abortion ban against patients who need an abortion to save their life or to ward off catastrophic health consequences. In the leaked document, six justices voted to reinstate the lower court’s order — at least for now — which means that Idaho patients who require medically necessary abortions will no longer need to be airlifted to other states. Still, the primary effect of the decision, assuming it closely resembles the leaked draft, will likely be to punt the final resolution of this case until after the election. That means that patients outside of Idaho — who may have been hoping a decision in this case would set a precedent requiring ER doctors across the country to follow the federal law requiring care in the event of an emergency — may not be able to obtain abortion care that they need to save their life or to ward off very serious health consequences.”
Honorable Mention #1: Cowardly Supreme Court Formally Punts on Emergency Abortions, Ellie Quinlan Hoghtaling, The New Republic.
Honorable Mention #2: The Supreme Court’s New Leaked Abortion Draft Reeks of Cynicism, Mark Joseph Stern, Slate.
FLAG THIS
Abortion Figures
The CDC recently published a report explaining that in 2021, 625,978 legally induced abortions were reported from 48 areas. Among 47 areas consistently reporting from 2012 to 2021, there were 622,108 abortions, with a rate of 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, and a ratio of 204 abortions per 1,000 live births. Compared to 2020, the number of abortions, abortion rate, and abortion ratio each increased by 5%, 5%, and 4%, respectively. From 2012 to 2021, these metrics decreased by 8%, 11%, and 1%, respectively (CDC).
WATERCOOLER
Stonewall Riots, Radiation Reality, Catnip Repellant
The only known photograph taken during the first night of the riots, by freelance photographer Joseph Ambrosini.
On This Day in 1969, sometime after midnight, in what is now regarded by many as history’s first major protest on behalf of equal rights for LGBTQ people, a police raid of the Stonewall Inn—a popular gay club located on New York City's Christopher Street—turns violent as patrons and local sympathizers begin rioting against the authorities.
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It turns out, the key to losing weight — and keeping it off — is not in carbs, fat, or even in probiotic-rich foods.
No, the endgame of having a healthy weight — as well as more energy, and a long, healthy life — comes down to a specific “switch” you can flip in your body to “flush out” unnecessary calories.
Dr. Steven Gundry is calling this a “Caloric Bypass” And by activating this specific process in your body, he has seen thousands — yes thousands — of people dramatically improve their health, even at age 50 and beyond.
This includes losing weight, getting tons more energy, and returning to the good health they had in their youth once they simply addressed this one key to better health.
His video has been watched by over 20 million people to date and you can watch and learn more about it.
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