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At least 5 US states are using #COVID19 to suspend abortion access, deeming it non-essential. In #Canada provinces & territories have placed new limits on the kinds of surgeries and procedures being provided, but have deemed abortions an essential service
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“...it's time sensitive and it's medical necessary...The worst case scenario, if we closed our doors, is somebody trying to do it themselves…in places in the world where abortion is illegal and unacceptable, women die." #Canada #COVID19
Not having access to abortion doesn’t mean it doesn't happen.

"People who want an abortion will put their lives on the line to get one, and you want to make sure that if it's being done, it's being done safely," Rolanda Ryan, owner of an abortion clinic in St. John's, N.L.
Pay attention to what patriarchy does under cover of #Covid_19 - see how states in the #USA are using a pandemic to deny access to abortion
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Mona Eltahawy
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#COVID19 lockdowns and quarantines seem to be reducing crime rates outside.

But inside - at home - increased rates of domestic abuse are a reminder of another kind of global pandemic: violence against women and children.

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In #Paris alone, they were up 36%.

#COVID19 #coronavirus h/t @AchmatX

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Mona Eltahawy
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When we say toxic masculinity is deadly, do men understand it hurts them too?

A poll of nearly 4,500 American adults found that men, across race, political persuasion and community type, were more likely to dismiss the potential of #COVID19 to hurt them. theguardian.pe.ca/news/world/us-…
Men were found to be less interested than others in following health tips aimed at slowing the spread of the #coronavirus pandemic, including personal, proactive measures such as avoiding physical contact and washing their hands more often.

#COVID19
- 54% of women said they were "very concerned" about the virus compared with 45% of men.
- 73% of women reported washing their hands more often and using disinfectants more frequently, compared with 60% of men.

#COVID19 #coronavirus
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Mona Eltahawy
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#Canada has pledged $50-million specifically targeted to women’s shelters during #COVID19 pandemic.

google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.… h/t @Scareesheree
"The homeless population is already a community that faces significant health challenges...The #COVID 19 crisis is threatening to exacerbate those challenges."

In addition to $157.5mln to assist #Canadians experiencing homelessness, $15mln will go to for local community shelters
In a relief package aimed at communities especially vulnerable during #COVID19, #Canada also pledged $9 million through United Way Canada to help the country's older population get groceries, medication and other critical items.
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Aaron Derfel
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1) At 971 #COVID-19 cases, Montreal on Friday reported more #coronavirus infections than the entire province of British Columbia (792) and nearly all of Ontario (993). How did this happen? In this new thread, I try to answer that question.
2) First, the Montreal public health department should be commended for being in the forefront of preventing the spread of the coronavirus. It set up the province’s first #COVID19 screening clinic on March 9, days before Ontario would do the same. So what went wrong?
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6. They come forward to spare the services of doctors and clinical staff working in their hospitals.
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We've confirmed human-to-human transmission of #COVIDー19 in Sydney & we know asymptomatic people transmit the virus. The time to start self-distancing is now. Advice this morning from Health Minister Greg Hunt to 'wash hands' & 'look out for each other is inadequate.' Thread.
The virus is not containable. It harms can only be mitigated. The people in our community most likely to be harmed are the already sick, frail, & elderly.

Our hospitals do not have "surge capacity." Therefore it's our responsibility to try to slow the spread of the virus.
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#Yemen Houthi are saying "we attacked Aramco and we shall attack more targets". The possibility #US and #SaudiArabia have is to stop #Iran by putting an end to the genocidal war on #Yemen.

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Marla in GA 🏳️‍🌈☮️🥔🍐🌊
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Last night I promised a thread about #abortion before Roe v Wade legalized it nationally. Until the mid-1800s, common law allowed abortion until "quickening", when fetal movement can be felt. Toxic abortion remedies & doctors competing w midwives led to… 1/
laws outlawing abortion except where pregnancy was likely to be fatal spreading across the country. Bottled abortion remedies could be and were fatal, and doctors, almost all white and male, didn't want midwives competing with them for pregnancy care. 2/
"In the late 1920s some 15,000 women a year died from [illegal] abortions…In 1971, the year after decriminalization, the maternal-mortality rate in New York State dropped 45%." 3/
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