On June 4, 1919, Congress passed the #19thAmendment, granting women the right to vote. African American women, however, still faced barriers exercising their right to vote. This could include waiting hours to register, facing violence, or taking new tests. #19thAt100
#BREAKING BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana lawmakers pass a strict ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy, without rape or incest exceptions. #fox5atl
BREAKING: Missouri is refusing to renew the licenses of the state's ONLY abortion provider. If this attack on reproductive freedom is not blocked by the courts, Missouri will become the first state without an abortion provider THIS FRIDAY. https://t.co/lROo8AaP9z
Last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week, effectively ending legal abortion in the state; Planned Parenthood says Missouri's health department is "refusing to renew" its annual license https://t.co/VPOz7xmjDD
BREAKING: “The last health care center providing abortions may be shutdown in Missouri this Friday,” exclusive reporting by @byKateSmith. More CBSN. @PPFA
Airmen onboard the USS WASP wearing patches on their jumpsuits that read “Make Aircrew Great Again.” The patches include an image in the center in the likeness of President Trump.
#OnThisDay 189 yrs ago-May 28, 1830-Pres. Andrew Jackson signed Indian Removal Act to remove Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), & Chickasaw people from southeast to land west of Mississippi River. Racist & genocidal act led to the Trail of Tears. #twitterstorians
Corporations funding the abortion ban:
- AT&T: $196,600 across 6 states
- Walmart: $57,700 across 6 states
- Pfizer: $53,650 across 6 states
- Eli Lilly: $66,250 across 5 states
- Coca-Cola: $40,800 across 5 states
- Aetna: $26,600 across 4 states
Spread their shame.
@harryandsasch@ABC7Amarillo that’s the whole problem :// these laws are made by men who don’t seem to know a single thing about women’s bodies. it’s absolutely disgusting
Together, we must take the next step to world peace by using two survival kits: Peace and Love. I don't feel this is the time for any one of us to sit on our laurels, so to speak.
The prospect of making big money always dulls the senses of some people, even if it is very bad for the health of all living things on the planet. We have to keep communicating the reality until these people wake up.