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New Arkansas law allows rapists to force victims to have their children and sue doctors who carry out abortions

pro-life pro-choice activists
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
Pro-life and pro-choice activists at National March for Life rally, Washington.
A pregnant woman's husband will be able to sue to prevent his wife from having an abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, under a new law that could come into effect as early as spring.

The new law, Act 45 - the Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act, will also allow husbands to sue doctors who carry out abortions for civil damages, as well as block terminations using injunctions.

Parents and legal guardians would also be able to sue to prevent minors from having abortions, raising concerns for victims of sexual abuse and incest.

The pro-life Act 45 was sped through in only two months by the Republican-led state government.

It would also see dilation and evacuation (D&E) terminations, the safest and most common form of second trimester abortions, become a felony with offenders facing six years in prison or a $10,000 fine.

The state of Arkansas carried out more than 680 D&E procedures in 2015.

The bill's co-sponsor, Andy Mayberry, a father of four girls, is the president of Arkansas Right to Life and member of the Missionary Baptist church.

Comment: What's barbaric is saying that a man can rape a woman and legally force her to have his baby. No civil society should embrace such a backwards policy.


Bad Guys

UN reports 'mass exodus' of Syrians fleeing Al Bab during Anti-Daesh operations

Syrian refugees
© Rodi Said / Reuters
Amid anti-Daesh military operation in Aleppo province, the United Nations has registered a mass exodus of civilians from the town of al Bab, who fled to other districts of the province.

Around 30,000 Syrians fled al Bab town where the campaign against Daesh is underway for other districts of Aleppo province, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said Friday.

"It is estimated that about around 30,000 civilians have fled al Bab city and surroundings since late December, heading mainly towards other districts in Aleppo. The UN and partners are providing assistance to those who are displaced, including through setting up reception and transit centres to receive and provide basic assistance to those in need," Dujarric said.

Gold Coins

Utah bill would set stage for state gold and silver depository, further encourage use of metals as money

US gold eagle coin
A bill introduced in the Utah legislature would build on the state's Legal Tender Act, creating a foundation for further action to encourage the use of gold and silver as money, and take another step toward breaking the Federal Reserve's monopoly on money.

Rep. Ken Ivory (R-West Jordan) introduced House Bill 224 (HB224) on Jan. 27. The legislation would add several provisions to state law designed to encourage the use of gold and silver as legal tender. Passage would set the stage for expansion of gold repositories in the state and authorize further study on several sound money policies.

Specifically, HB224 would authorize the investment of public funds in specie legal tender held in a commercial specie repository. Under existing code, "specie legal tender" means gold or silver coin and bullion. "Commercial specie repository" means an institution that holds or receives deposits of specie legal tender that is located within the state. Practically speaking, passage would give the state the option to hold funds in gold and silver instead of Federal Reserve notes.

The legislation would also direct the State Money Management Council to make rules governing quality criteria for a commercial specie repository, in consultation with the state auditor.

Bomb

The final moments of child suicide bomber Fatima, who blew up the Damascus police station

destroyed Damascus Police Station
© Unknown
Damascus Police Station Child Suicide Bomber 'Blurred'
We all remember the young child of 7 years old whose father wrapped her with an explosive belt and sent her to 'liberate' al-Midan Police Station in Damascus, the last to see Fatima before the horrific crime was Police Major Muhammad Batous, CID chief in the police station.

Nobody knows exactly whether she was 7, 8 or 9 years old, it's not easy to tell by eye witnesses and it's not that matter of importance, the girl when asked said she was 7, other stories told she was 8 or 9. What really matters is she was a young child killed by her own father.

Major Batous told Syrian Al-Thawra Newspaper about the child's last moments (don't try to look the newspaper up on if you're in a 'free speech' promoting western country, Syrian based media are banned in most of the western countries to keep only the terrorists narrative fed to their citizens):

Cult

Liberal & conservative students at Berkeley condemn riots

berkley riots
© RT
Riots at the University of California, Berkeley against Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos cost the school more than $100,000 in damages. Meanwhile, three protesters were arrested. RT America's Brigida Santos reports, speaking with students at the school.

Comment: Why did the police stand down for 4 hours letting $100,000 worth of damage to be done and people to be physically attacked?


Eye 1

'Riot felt like war zone': Campus police questioned over restraint in Berkeley riot that cancelled Breitbart editor Milo's speech

Protester being carried by UCB police
© Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/AFP
University of California Berkeley police praised its officers for "tremendous restraint" during protests that scuttled Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos' speech at the school, but others in attendance criticized the police for lack of action.

A scheduled speech by Yiannopoulos was canceled on Wednesday by campus police, who said they could not guarantee the safety of attendees amid a crowd of demonstrators that included about 150 aggressive anti-fascist protesters intent on shutting down the forum. About 1,500 people were in attendance for the demonstration, most of them peaceful protesters, police said.

"Amid an apparently organized violent attack and destruction of property at the Martin Luther King Student Union, the University of California Police Department determined that it was necessary to evacuate Milo Yiannopoulos from the campus and to cancel tonight's scheduled 8 pm performance," campus police said in a statement.

"The violence was instigated by a group of about 150 masked agitators who came onto campus and interrupted an otherwise non-violent protest." A non-student who failed to leave the premises upon police orders was the only known arrest that occurred Wednesday evening, the San Francisco Chronicle reported citing campus police.

Comment: See also: Milo talk spawns riot at UC Berkeley - Trump supporter beaten unconscious


People

11 people arrested at New York University during clashes protesting pro-Trump conservative speaker

NYU protests
© RT
Eleven people were arrested outside New York University's student center during violent protests over a speech by conservative commentator Gavin McInnes. Students and 'antifa' protesters clashed with supporters of McInnes and President Donald Trump.

The Canadian-born McInnes was invited to speak by the NYU College Republicans on Thursday evening. Outside the student center, protesters and activists repeatedly clashed with members of 'ProudBoys,' a fraternal order founded by McInnes, and Trump supporters who came to his defense.

"I'm dumbfounded that NYU would invite somebody who is a hate speaker," NYU student Tama Fine told WNBC.

McInnes said he was pepper-sprayed when entering the student center, which prompted the first melee to break out between his followers and protesters. New York police officers stepped in to form a barrier between the protesters and McInnes supporters.

"I got there as Gavin McInnes was making his way into the Kimmel center and huge fighting broke out," Rebecca Goyette, an artist and adjunct professor at various colleges in New York told RT. "I saw some of his supporters being actively aggressive against NYU students. It turned into a big melee on his way in. Then I saw this guy, Franklin Right, wearing a red lumber jack shirt, he started a whole chant of 'Heil Hitler' with the Nazi salute." Goyette said students were chanting back "F*** white supremacy!"


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Star of David

Ukrainian Jewish Committee head worries 'lights going out on Jewish community in Ukraine'

Ukrainian jews
© Valeriy Melnikov / Sputnik
Jewish identity in Ukraine is under threat and in danger of disappearing completely, Eduard Dolinsky, executive director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, told an Israeli newspaper.

Dolinsky voiced his concerns to the Jerusalem Post while on a four-day trip to Israel sponsored by the Israeli-Jewish Congress, which promotes ties between Israelis and European Jews. He was accompanied by MP and leader of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Olexander Feldman.

"The Ukrainian Jewish community is in crisis," Dolinsky told the newspaper on Tuesday. "Either we should decide that the last one turns off the light, or we need to continue our struggle."

Comment: More on the Ukrainian Jews:


Key

Texas Jews hand over keys to the synagogue to Muslims whose mosque burned down

Victoria Islamic Center

Victoria Islamic Center
In the small Gulf Coast city of Victoria, Texas, there are several churches, but just one synagogue, and one mosque — at least, until the mosque mysteriously burned down on Saturday, according to the New York Times.

Now, in a sense, the synagogue has become a mosque: the Jews of Victoria handed the Muslims the key to the building, so they would have a place to worship while rebuilding.

"Everyone knows everybody, I know several members of the mosque, and we felt for them," said Robert Loeb, the president of Bnai Israel, which affiliates with the Reform movement.

On Sunday, the Victoria community held an interfaith event in front of the mosque. Through local donations and a GoFundMe page, the mosque raised over $900,000 in the span of one day to rebuild the mosque. The Jewish Anti-Defamation League's southwestern arm also attended the event.

Comment: Texas mosque destroyed in blaze, cause of fire unknown


Sheriff

Woman sues city after cop who answers her 911 call violently rapes her

Ladmarald Cates

Ladmarald Cates
Milwaukee's failure to remove a rapist from its police force will cost the city $2.5 million in a civil settlement, according to a letter from the city attorney.

Iema Lemons sued the city, the police chief and Ladmarald Cates, a former officer who is now serving a 24-year federal prison term for violently raping her after she called to report vandalism to her home, the 2013 complaint states.

Although Cates was the subject of multiple complaints regarding his on- and off-duty behavior, prior to July 16, 2010, the date of Lemons' rape, he was not removed from the force and remained in daily contact with the public while performing his duties.

Complaints against Cates included a domestic violence arrest for choking and pushing his girlfriend, who was also a police officer, and accusations of sexual misconduct made in 2005 against Cates by a female inmate.

Cates was again accused of sexual misconduct in 2007 after a woman arrested for theft claimed he had sex with her in a jail cell after promising he would get her released if she complied. Her case was eventually closed without proper investigation, Lemons claims in her suit.

Lemons asserts in her lawsuit that Cates qualified as a sexual predator, since the first allegation involved a female inmate who was severely intoxicated and the second involved one who was clearly mentally ill, and that "Sex with a prisoner constitutes criminal sexual assault."