A group of 58 people in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden, calling “for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel”:
Riz Ahmed Mahershala Ali Mo Amer Cate Blanchett Quinta Brunson Farah Bsaiso Jessica Chastain Margaret Cho David Cross Cherien Dabis Rosario Dawson Ayo Edebiri Fatima Farheen Mirza America Ferrera Dominique Fishback Andrew Garfield Ilana Glazer Oscar Isaac Shaka King Elvira Lind Aria Mia Loberti Macklemore Michael Malarkey Rooney Mara Darius Marder Vic Mensa Alyssa Milano Hasan Minhaj Indya Moore Sandra Oh Joaquin Phoenix Mark Ruffalo Hend Sabry Susan Sarandon James Schamus Amanda Seales Anoushka Shankar Alia Shawkat Wallace Shawn Sebastian Silva Jon Stewart Kristen Stewart Jeremy Strong Wanda Sykes Michael Stipe Amber Tamblyn Bassam Tariq Channing Tatum Dominique Thorne Michelle Wolf Shailene Woodley Ramy Youssef
I’ve lived in Aotearoa/NZ for ~1yr. In that time I’ve had ZERO (!) patients birth w/ no prenatal care.
Zero.
Most have a midwife AND GP doc.
In USA - 1 birth per call day w/ no primary care (easily).
Access reduces maternal mortality and UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE increases access.
On Tuesday the 8th, we can vote to:
Keep kids safe.
Expand Medicaid.
Raise the minimum wage.
Fully fund our public schools.
Restore reproductive freedom.
Lower property taxes.
Increase teacher pay.
Legalize marijuana.
Fix the grid.
Together, we can vote to move Texas forward.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office has declined to enforce campaign finance laws, has also failed to file his fundraising disclosure forms with complete lists of donors three times in the past year. https://t.co/WKnc1MbfOx
Met a 27 yr old w/ stage IV triple neg breast cancer. Multiple med oncs refused to give her Keytruda bc she is 9 wks pregnant. Thanks to Abbott’s extreme abortion ban, she has to find the resources to terminate her pregnancy in another state or die from her cancer #Roevember
The Texas Medical Association has asked regulators to step in after several hospitals allegedly prevented doctors from treating patients with serious pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban.
#txlege https://t.co/jMj5yE0q9u