Alexandria Petri on what’s happening in TX- with AG Paxton getting the TX SCT to prevent a woman carrying an unviable pregnancy from getting an abortion that could save her life and health www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Liz Magill resigned as President of Penn: www.inquirer.com/education/li...

The Center for Reproductive Rights has filed a lawsuit seeking emergency intervention on behalf of a pregnant Texan who is seeking an abortion due to a lethal fetal diagnosis.

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A crowd of several hundred women gathered near the UN on Monday to protest what they believe has been a slow response by the international institution to allegations of widespread rape of Israeli women and girls by Hamas on Oct. 7.

Canadian litigators: Do you arrive at the courthouse already robed?

I was taught that this is not proper etiquette, but the custom of robing at the courthouse seems increasingly to be honoured in the breach.

FWIW, I’m still a don’t-put-on-your-pads-until-you’re-at-the-arena kind of barrister.

This article is for students, educators, physicians, university faculty, and the broader Jewish community in #Ottawa and across Canada who face #antisemitism.

See you on Parliament Hill.

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Have you said “thank you” & given feedback to an articling student for work they’ve done lately? If not, now could be a great time to give them a boost & some recognition.

This #givingtuesday I donated to LEAF and my University women’s softball team. Take a moment today and give if you can. The first $15,000 in LEAF donations today are being matched by ReferToHer. Donate here leaf.ca?form=FUNCNLJ....

Molotov cocktails at a Jewish community centre, shooting and bomb threats at Jewish schools, vandalism at Jewish businesses, safety fears for Jewish students on campus.
This the reality of antisemitism in Canada right now.
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A thorough & persuasive argument by colleague @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social that gov't name & pronoun policies enable family violence against gender diverse youth &, so far as they are based on “parental rights” at the expense of the best interests of children, they have no legal basis.

Thinking of our siblings lost to suicide and violence this Trans Day of Remembrance.

To those of you struggling right now, you are not alone. Look for the lights in the darkness. There are many of us. 🏳️‍⚧️