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Dr. Monali Desai
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Child rape survivors face extraordinary barriers in states with abortion bans. Since fall of Roe, 14 states have passed near-total abortion bans – most with no exceptions for rape or incest survivors 🇺🇸

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/11/child-rape-survivors-abortion-ban

Recent study finds Mediterranean diet changes may be beneficial to improve cardiometabolic markers among children and teens, which may help their heart health long term.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821173

Some Nevada voters are now being moved to 'inactive' voter status after all 17 counties did routine voter list maintenance ahead of the 2024 general election.🇺🇸

https://mynews4.com/amp/news/local/some-nevada-voters-now-inactive-after-voter-roll-cleanup-heres-what-that-means-election

arugula, basil, fennel, chevre, pistachio, lemon vinaigrette, chili honey #food #foodstr

Early-stage Tampa Bay climate tech companies proposed solutions to hurricanes and warming seas at a Tampa Bay Innovation Center event this week. 🇺🇸

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2024/08/08/climate-tech-is-rise-tampa-bay-with-hotshot-investors-help/

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker told reporters in Chicago Wednesday that pro-choice states need to act quickly to expand resources necessary for women to receive reproductive healthcare. A new law, House Bill 5239 blocks people from requesting location information and health records for legal reproductive care provided in Illinois. 🇺🇸

https://www.wrex.com/news/pritzker-signs-bills-expanding-reproductive-healthcare-rights-amid-rise-in-abortion-bans/article_ecb867d8-55ce-11ef-a296-bf5b501ba323.html

People must be proactive about confirming their voting status. The 2024 presidential elections—at least according to several polls—will be a close race, which means some votes could make a difference in the outcome, especially in swing states. Some people might not know that tougher election laws were enacted last year.

https://news.umich.edu/people-must-be-proactive-about-confirming-their-voting-status/

Nearly two-thirds of Miami-Dade voters want to see abortion rights enshrined in the Florida Constitution, new polling shows. Among likely General Election voters in the state’s most populous county, 66% support the passage of Amendment 4, which would restore the right to an abortion up to the point of viability (around 24 weeks of pregnancy).

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/688785-poll-66-of-miami-dade-voters-support-abortion-rights-amendment/

I watched season 2 of the Gilded Age, it was good

Orangetheory tread #workout

New rule may allow Georgia election boards to halt certifying results. The rule is just one sentence long, but opponents worry it could have sweeping consequences this fall in a critical swing state if local election board members, driven by unsupported claims of election fraud, wield it to delay certifying the results or to reject them altogether. 🇺🇸

https://www.wabe.org/new-rule-may-allow-georgia-election-boards-to-halt-certifying-results/

Court blocks enforcement of Arizona’s voter intimidation rules. Rules prohibit yelling at or photographing voters near polling places, but judge says they violate free speech rights 🇺🇸

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080624_voter_intimidation/court-blocks-enforcement-arizonas-voter-intimidation-rules/