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littlemissmartypants's Journal'A gamechanger': this simple device could help fight the war on abortion rights in the US
Only a tiny fraction of primary care physicians provide abortions. Dr Joan Fleischman wants to offset the rightwing war on reproductive rights by training many more of themby Poppy Noor
Sarah Blesener/The Guardian
Tue 18 Apr 2023 02.00 EDT
Joan Fleischman has always had people flying in from across the world to her private abortion practice in Manhattan. In the two decades her clinic has been open, she has seen clients from places such as Ireland, the Bahamas and Mexico, who couldnt get abortions in their home countries. In the past year, that has changed. Since the US federal right to abortion was overturned in June last year, she is now more likely to see patients flying in from her own country.
Often they are from Texas, sometimes Ohio, or Florida. Some with links to the city, others with none.
After years of providing abortion care, Fleischman, 60, still finds these trips shocking. Usually, if somebody needs unusual medical care, they are willing to fly around the world for it like for advanced neurosurgery or something. Its always struck me as incredible that people are flying to me for the most simple procedure.
Theres a reason people fly to see Fleischman. She provides abortions through manual uterine aspiration using a small, hand-held device to remove pregnancy tissue. The device is gentle enough that the tissue often comes out almost completely intact. It is a quick and discreet procedure where a patient might be in and out of the door in less than an hour.
Fleischman is a co-founder of the MYA Network, a network of primary care clinics and clinicians in 16 states. They believe the tool could be radical in the hands of more primary care clinicians clinicians they are amping up to train.
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It's a fairly long but excellent article. I encourage you to read it in its entirety.
Much more at the link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/abortion-reproductive-rights-manual-uterine-aspiration
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Additional article from
The Global Library of Womens Medicine
Surgical Techniques for First-Trimester Abortion
https://www.glowm.com/section-view/heading/Surgical%20Techniques%20for%20First-Trimester%20Abortion/item/439#
The term vacuum curettage is used interchangeably with uterine aspiration or vacuum aspiration; all refer to evacuation of the uterus by suction, regardless of the source of the suction. Manual vacuum aspiration is the term commonly applied to uterine evacuation using a hand-held syringe as the source of the vacuum. "Menstrual regulation" refers to surgical or medical treatment to "bring on" a late menstrual period without first doing a pregnancy test, and is an important means for providing safe services in countries that allow menstrual regulation, but do not allow legal abortion.
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A device used for manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).
Fig 2. Ipas MVA Plus aspirator (Ipas, PO Box 5027, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514)
Much more at the link.
https://www.glowm.com/section-view/heading/Surgical%20Techniques%20for%20First-Trimester%20Abortion/item/439#
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Lizzo with lyrics..
/It's bad bitch o'clock, yeah, it's thick-thirty
I've been through a lot but I'm still flirty (okay)
Is everybody back up in the buildin'?
It's been a minute, tell me how you're healin'
'Cause I'm about to get into my feelings
How you feelin'? How you feel right now?
Oh, I've been so down and under pressure
I'm way too fine to be this stressed, yeah
Oh, I'm not the girl I was or used to be
Uh, bitch, I might be better
Turn up the music, turn down the lights
I got a feelin' I'm gon' be alright
Okay (okay), alright
It's about damn time (time)
Turn up the music, let's celebrate (alright)
I got a feelin' I'm gon' be okay
Okay (okay), alright
It's about damn time
In a minute I'ma need a sentimental
Man or woman to pump me up
Feeling fussy, walkin' in my Balenci-ussy's
Tryna bring out the fabulous
'Cause I give a fuck way too much
I'ma need like two shots in my cup
One to get up, one to get down
Mm, that's how I feel right now
Oh, I've been so down and under pressure
I'm way too fine to be this stressed, yeah
Oh, I'm not the girl I was or used to be
Uh, bitch, I might be better
Turn up the music, turn down the lights
I got a feelin' I'm gon' be alright
Okay (okay), alright
It's about damn time (time)
Turn up the music, let's celebrate (alright)
I got a feelin' I'm gon' be okay
Okay (okay), alright
It's about damn time
Bitch
'Cause, uh, you know that time it is, uh
I'm comin' out tonight, I'm comin' out tonight (uh-huh)
I'm comin' out tonight, I'm comin' out tonight (woo)
I'm comin' out tonight, I'm comin' out tonight
Okay (okay), alright (alright)
It's about damn time
I'm comin' out tonight, (let's go) I'm comin' out tonight (comin' out tonight)
I'm comin' out tonight, I'm comin' out tonight (woo)
I'm comin' out tonight, I'm comin' out tonight (comin' out tonight)
Okay (okay), alright
It's about damn time
Oh
Bitch
Yeah, yeah
It's about damn time
The abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia is an act of genocide
Russia is kidnapping our children. It is the largest state-sponsored kidnapping of 🇺🇦 children. With this forced deportation, 🇷🇺 tries to erase the family & national identity of young Ukrainians. It is the genocide of a nation. Everyone who organized it will be held to account.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1633042812605280256
The abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia is an act of genocide
https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1633048048795254785
Haley Bonar, Quiet Breathing from Sweet Land
Lyrics
Make my bed on a pallet of linen
Lay my head on a pillow of down
I close my eyes and see you
But in the morning, gone.
Rest my bones where the earth meets the heavens
Place my name on the things that you grow
Just close your eyes to find me
Save you a place where I go.
Performed by Haley Bonar aka Haley and now know as Haley McCallum
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_McCallum
Written by Mark Orton
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Orton
From the film Sweet Land
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Land
Based on
"A Gravestone Made of Wheat"
by Will Weaver
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Weaver
Haley Bonar performing at a Hillary for MN event at the University of MN, 4 October 2016
Photo by Lorie Shaull
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Brooklyn Museum Online Collection
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/collectionsWelcome to our collection online, where youll find a wealth of information about many of the objects in our rich holdings. We hope these pages will inspire you to explore furtherboth here and in our galleries.
For a variety of reasons, including conservation concerns and the lending of works to other institutions, not all the objects illustrated here are on view at any one time. You can find the location of specific objects by accessing their individual records.
Were continually expanding the number of works included here and making sure the information about each object is as up-to-date as possible. If you have information we should know about in connection with any of the objects you see, we would be happy to hear from you.
American Art
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Arts of Africa
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Arts of the Americas
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Arts of the Islamic World
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Arts of the Pacific Islands
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Asian Art
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Contemporary Art
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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Photography
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Thanks for taking the time to actually post the content of the tweet.
This should be the benchmark for every tweet posted on DU! Its the only way to do it to save your readers from having to go to Twitter. Which is something that I now refuse to do. Thanks so much for taking the time! I really appreciate you. ❤️
Please also note the remarks of David Coleman, CEO of The College Board & Brandi Waters...
Here I have shared various links related to the course. I've included the NewsHour interview with Mr. David Coleman, Chief Executive Officer, The College Board and Dr. Brandi Waters, Director of AP African American Studies, The College Board by Geoff Bennett and Karina Cuevas.
You can read the NewsHour's transcript of the interview here...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/college-board-releases-african-american-studies-course-framework-after-desantis-criticism#transcript
Or listen to the interview here...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/college-board-releases-african-american-studies-course-framework-after-desantis-criticism#audio
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/college-board-releases-african-american-studies-course-framework-after-desantis-criticism
This is the complete video of the PBS NewsHour interview with Mr. Coleman and Dr. Waters by Geoff Bennett...
Learn more about Mr. Coleman here...
https://about.collegeboard.org/leadership/david-coleman
David grew up in a family of educators and followed them into the field. He went to public school in New York City before enrolling at Yale University. At Yale, he taught reading to high school students from low-income families and started Branch, an innovative community service program for inner-city students in New Haven, Conn. Based on the success of Branch, David received a Rhodes Scholarship, which he used to study English literature at the University of Oxford and classical educational philosophy at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.
With a team of educators, David founded the Grow Network, an organization committed to making assessment results truly useful for teachers, parents and students. The Grow Network delivered breakthrough-quality reports for parents and teachers as well as individualized learning guides for students. McGraw-Hill acquired the Grow Network in 2005.
In 2007, David left McGraw-Hill and cofounded Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit that assembles educators and researchers to design actions based on evidence to improve student outcomes. Student Achievement Partners played a leading role in developing the Common Core State Standards in math and literacy. David left Student Achievement Partners in the fall of 2012 to become president of the College Board.
David was named to the 2013 Time 100, the magazines annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has been recognized as one of Time magazines 11 Education Activists for 2011 and was one of the NewSchools Venture Fund Change Agents of the Year for 2012. He is the proud father of two.
And here...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coleman_(educator)
David Coleman (left), Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (center), and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (right) serve on a panel at the National Museum of African American History and Culture for the launch of AP African American Studies.
Learn more about Dr. Waters here...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandimwaters
Director, AP African American Studies
The College Board
Apr 2021 - Present1 year 11 months
New York, New York, United States
Education
Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Combined PhD Program in Latin American History and African American Studies
Activities and Societies: Presidential Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion, Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity, Race and Slavery in the Atlantic World Working Group
Harvard Extension School
Master of Liberal Arts - A.L.M.History
Activities and Societies: Research Assistant
The Johns Hopkins University
Master of Arts (M.A.)Latin American History, African Diaspora
Activities and Societies: Graduate Diversity Fellow, Black Graduate Student Association, P.R.A.I.S.E. Tutoring (Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence)
University of Pennsylvania
B.A.Anthropology, Latin American Studies, African Studies
Activities and Societies: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, In Situ Undergraduate Anthropology Research Journal, Onyx Senior Honor Society, Penn English Language Mentors
Studied at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; Studied at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Universidad de Sevilla
Semester Program, Licenciado en LetrasGeografia e historia
University of KwaZulu-Natal Graphic
Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Summer Program Zulu Language & Literature
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Dr. Waters, the College Board Director of AP African American Studies, designed the AP course which was launched in July of 2022 as The College Board AP Program Pilot at Howard University. Learn more about that here...
https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/advanced-placement-african-american-studies-launches-pilot-summer-institute-howard-university
Learn more about the African American Studies course curriculum here...
Essence Magazine
On First Day Of Black History Month, College Board Releases AP African American Studies Curriculum
BY MELISSA NOEL · UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2023
On the first day of Black History Month, the College Board unveiled the official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies.
The course was first announced in August, but David Coleman, the College Boards president, said that the board chose the final framework based on feedback from educators and students, as well as principles that have guided and served as the ultimate foundation of AP courses.
Along with teachers and students, the board worked with 300 professors of African American Studies from more than 200 colleges nationwide, including dozens of historically Black colleges. College Board CEO David Coleman described the course as an unflinching encounter with the facts and evidence of African American history and culture.
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More...
https://www.essence.com/holidays/black-history-month/college-board-african-american-studies-course-curriculum/
I hope others find this additional information interesting and helpful like I did. Thanks for your post, riversedge.
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Scissor Sisters, The Other Side
The Other Side
Scissor Sisters
What will one day become of us?
We'll grow as grass under their feet
No one here will ever know your name
And you still lie here next to me
If it takes another life, I'll wait for you
On the other side
Everything that comes to me as good
Belongs to you
I'll count our blessings as I wait for you
On the other side
Good luck and I will see you through
Get used to this, you're going to be alright
The world goes on with or without me
If I don't ever leave a thing behind
I'll still leave you without me
If it takes another life, I'll wait for you
On the other side
Everything that comes to me as good
Belongs to you
I'll count our blessings as I wait for you
On the other side
Good luck and I will see you through
If it takes another life, I'll wait for you
On the other side
Everything that comes to me as good
Belongs to you
I'll count our blessings as I wait for you
On the other side
Good luck and I will see you through
And I have a right to be a nothing
And I have a right to be loved
There'll be over the rainbow for me
Written by: Richard Wold, Joie Scott
Album: Ta-Dah
Released: 2006
Lyrics provided by Musixmatch
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Ukrainian Artwork, static image, trigger warning, Twitter
Dnipro 💔
The pain is unbelievable, but we will keep standing strong.
Art: @art.malon
https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1615197846973603841?t=AkJ-Nd1rmbT4b62klsLRhQ&s=19
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