[Imc-radio] headlines

[David Berliner]

Yea, call them in.  What time would be best?
I show up at the IMC to record them.

Dave


On Friday, January 7, 2005, at 05:31  PM, Sarah Lazare wrote:

> Hi all, here are two headlines.  The other two will be in the next 
> email.  Would you like me to call them in on Sunday?  Sarah
>
> Headline 1
> By Brooke Anderson via ucimc.org
> The U.S. Department of Justice has just released their first and only 
> protocol on the treatment of sexual assault survivors in hospitals. 
> The protocol is designed to be a step forward in providing more 
> uniform and higher quality health care for sexual assault survivors in 
> our nation's emergency rooms (some of whom live in states where only 
> 6% of hospitals in their state give information about EC to
> sexual assault survivors). However, not once in its 141 pages does the 
> protocol mention Emergency Contraception (EC), a highly effective 
> pregnancy prevention option for sexual assault survivors.
>
> Since EC is most effective the sooner it is taken, failure to provide 
> EC to sexual assault survivors in the emergency room greatly increases 
> their chance of becoming pregnant as a result of being raped. Many 
> local citizens and activists emphasize that the Department of Justice 
> should not be allowed to let politics trump the needs and basic health 
> care rights of sexual assault survivors.
>
> So far, 17 C-U organizations and dozens of national organizations have 
> signed onto a letter to the Department of Justice asking them to 
> include EC in the protocol.
>
> To find out how you can help, visit ucimc.org or 
> http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/EC.
>
> headline 2:
> from us.indymedia.org
> Dozens of members of a faith-based community of activists breached 
> security at the White House
> and Pentagon, two of the most heavily guarded buildings in the 
> country, during nonviolent anti-war protests. Several protestors, 
> including Virginian participants, were arrested and given spring court 
> dates. At both sites, passers-by, including Pentagon soldiers, thanked 
> the protesters for
> being there.
>
> On December 28th, about 75 people gathered outside the metro entrance 
> to the Pentagon at 7am, to protest the continuing slaughter of 
> innocents in Iraq. While 17 activists blocked the entrance, a banner 
> appeared over the side of the Pentagon roof: "BRING THE TROOPS HOME 
> NOW". As supporters who'd been pushed behind metal barricades 
> encouraged employees to recognize that "there is blood on our hands", 
> guards debated how the banner had
> arrived. Those blocking the doors were arrested and have court dates 
> of April 1st and 14th.
>
> The next day, close to 100 people filed across LaFayette park, past 
> the newly constructed inaugural viewing standes and formed a 
> semi-circle in front of the dignitaries' entrance to the White House. 
> Eight people held a long banner in front of the entrance. In front of 
> the banner lay a black coffin labeled "US and Iraqi war dead". For an 
> hour they read the names of dead US soldiers and Iraqi civilians, each 
> name followerd by a solemn gong and a refrain of "their blood is on 
> our hands."
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-radio mailing list
> Imc-radio at lists.ucimc.org
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc-radio