Karin Weekes-West

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[Karin Weekes-West @KarinWeekes]

@BarackObama We got ballots last month so we could vote from our home in Canada (dual citizens 🤜🤛) - and they sent us stickers! 🙂 #Harris_Walz2024

[Connie Walker @connie_walker]

Tonight, I’m thinking about Justice Murray Sinclair and of the times that I was lucky enough to hear him speak about his work with the TRC. This moment stands out for me. It’s his answer when he was asked, “Why can’t you just get over it?”

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

If you're upset at the Washington Post and LA Times being controlled by billionaires, consider following independent journalists. Legacy media has been on the downswing for a while now, and there are really amazing people stepping in and doing the work themselves.

A list:

[Writer. Redditor. Ilsa Truther. @kristadb1]

Fucking tourist. Dragon Age was always woke. It's a feature not a bug.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

If the bill is passed, people could be charged under the Criminal Code for promoting hatred against Indigenous Peoples by condoning, justifying or downplaying the historical and lasting impact of residential schools says @LeahGazan
https://t.co/bBMCrTyRkb

[amBi @amBiSocial]

#BiVisibilityDay

[Ouroridae @Ouroridae]

Where all my Taash lovers at? #dragonage #DragonAgeTheVeilguard

[Karin Weekes-West @KarinWeekes]

@kangaroos991 Don’t come to Canada!

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

The privatization of Education in Alberta just got a huge shot in the arm from Smith...

While numbers are vague, it appears that the UCP will be directed $100's of millions to charter schools & private schools instead of that money going to public schools.

#abpoli #cdnpoli

[Karin Weekes-West @KarinWeekes]

@libsoftiktok Disneyland?

[Ari Drennen @AriDrennen]

Yeah, you called me a slur and slammed me into my locker

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

While public classrooms are overflowing, the UCP poured $43 Million into a single charter school.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Included in the UCP policy proposals are a slough of anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ2S+ policies.

We didn't want them missed, or the willingness for some members of the UCP to violate charter rights and parental rights glossed over, so it's a separate thread.

And it's bad.

#abpoli

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[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Janis Irwin @JanisIrwin]

“This is also what dismantling the patriarchy looks like” 💜

[Karin Weekes-West @KarinWeekes]

@AbelasTaren I’m too old for this shit. 😜

[Alex Jordan @AlexJordanVO]

I am delighted to now be able to tell you that I am voicing the lead role of ROOK in DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD!

Coming Fall 2024!

#DragonAge

[Karin Weekes-West @KarinWeekes]

@Hrungry EXCELLENT 😁