#travel ban

[rapeculturerealities]

Breaking: Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma

Tennessee Republican Rep. Jason Zachary introduced a travel ban yesterday—legislation that would make it a Class C felony to take a minor out-of-state for abortion care. That means a friend, aunt or grandmother who helps a teenager get an abortion could be sent to prison for 15 years. In Oklahoma, state Sen. Nathan Dahm introduced a similar bill that would punish anyone who helps a teen obtain care with up to 5 years in prison.

I want to be clear: When I say these laws target anyone who “helps” a teen get an abortion, I don’t just mean someone who physically takes them out of the state. You could be arrested for lending a teenager gas money, or texting them the url of an out-of-state clinic. That’s because both Tennessee’s HB1895 and Oklahoma’s SB1778 deliberately define ‘abortion trafficking’ as broadly as possible. Anyone who “recruits, harbors, or transports” a minor for the purpose of getting an abortion is guilty of ‘trafficking’.

In fact, that’s the exact issue at the center of the legal fight over Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law—which is currently blocked because a judge ruled it violated the First Amendment. An amicus brief filed by 20 Attorneys General in opposition to Idaho’s travel ban offered this example:

“A teenage girl in Moscow, Idaho, calls her aunt in Pullman, Washington, less than ten miles away, to say she is pregnant and feels she cannot safely tell her parents. If the aunt tells her niece about a clinic in Pullman that offers abortion care and counseling, is that ‘recruitment’? What if the aunt texts her niece a web link to the clinic’s informational material? Or if the niece books an appointment and the clinic’s office manager emails her a preappointment information sheet? If the aunt pays for her niece’s bus ticket to Pullman, is that ‘transportation’—or, as the Idaho law would have it, ‘trafficking’?”

This broad language isn’t just meant to scare off a teen’s friends and family from helping her; it’s about targeting abortion funds. Whether you’re talking about Idaho’s travel ban, the ordinances being passed in Texas counties, or the new proposed legislation in Tennessee and Oklahoma—all of these laws are about stopping funds from helping people, and making it possible to prosecute them.

#Tennessee #Oklahoma #Abortion trafficking #Abortion #reproductive rights #Travel ban

[bloggingboutburgers]

Are you and your partner planning on moving in together? If so... how long did it take for you to decide it was right?

We are! And I think like... After we cried one times too many after leaving each other at the airport?

And also personally, the early 2020-late 2021 travel ban that didn't allow people from my country to visit my partner's country unless they'd been to another, non-banned country for 14 days. It made it this much harder to be with each other, and it made me have regular meltdowns even when we DID manage to painstakingly meet up, so... My partner gave me a timeline and was like "OK, then we'll get married in X years" (getting married is pretty much the only way a foreigner like me can be allowed to stay in their country without being eventually kicked out, because of the joys of binational). I needed that kind of certainty and I'm immensly grateful to them that they gave it to me.

That timeline is underway, because my partner wanted more time to get their life together in many ways, so we haven't started engagement/visa proceedings, but... That's gonna be a journey for sure. To be fully honest, I'm not even 100% sure if governments will let us do it and whatnot. But we'll do our best to make it happen someday. It's just... Gonna take a while.

But yeah, honestly, at this point, I can't wait. Our meetups are sparse, more and more expensive, eating up at their already very scarce time off (I'm French so thankfully I have a bit more of that myself), and I'd like to be there for them more than the occasional "holiday" – but also through times when they're tired from work, for instance, and I could offer them comfort at the end of the day, that kind of thing. I also live in fear of another travel ban that long or longer hitting out of nowhere, and I want to make precautions so that they can't separate us like they did before ever again.

So yeah. It's gonna be tough and long. But I can't wait.

PS: I just realized I haven't answered the "how long" part exactly, so to give a bit of a timeline: we'd been in a long-distance queerplatonic relationship for about 2 years and a half when the travel ban hit, it had been almost 4 years when we decided on that marriage timeline, and it's been about 6 years now. I expect we'll have been going for about 8 to 10 years when we can finally get married, if everything goes well.

#sorry i feel like i need to elaborate the same thing every time so sorry if you've read that before #but it's important to state the reasons I guess #long distance relationship #binational couple #travel ban #ldr #anon

[eretzyisrael]

From the PA's official Wafa news agency:

Jordanian King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed today, Wednesday, their opposition to any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the need to condemn them internationally and confront them. At their summit, which was held in the city of Aqaba to discuss the dangerous situation in Gaza, the leaders stressed their complete rejection of all attempts to liquidate the Palestinian issue and separate Gaza and the West Bank, which constitute an extension of the one Palestinian state.

They're getting better at their doubletalk. But they mean the same thing they have said since October 7: no Gazans will be allowed to flee to safety, no matter how much they want to.

The position of the United Nations is that freedom to emigrate is a human right, part of the right to freedom of movement. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."

Travel bans are considered a major infringement of human rights. 

By any sane metric, banning Gazans from leaving if they want to is a massive violation of their human rights. But the PA, Egypt and Jordan enthusiastically support such bans on travel, as do NGOs that otherwise are dead-set against it. 

Amazingly, they all claim that this is for the Gazans' own good. Equally amazingly, no one is asking Gazans themselves what they want to do and what they think of these leaders who decide for them what they are allowed to do.

Even though there are articles showing that many Gazans are desperate to leave.

The only, and I mean only, reason why no one is concerned over this massive violation of Gazan human rights is because they hate Jews more than they hate Gazans, and they think Israel would benefit from this mass travel ban on 2 million people. That is enough to damn them all to potential death and injury as Israel fights a terrorist group that uses those same civilians as their main line of defense. 

The world's hypocrisy knows no bounds. 

#arab leaders #palestinians #hypocrisy #gaza #hamas #travel ban

[banananagoose]

If you're planning on travelling to the Shuswap/Okanagan right now for 'vacation', then please, do not. You are not welcome right now. Keep traffic as much to a minimum as you possibly can while locals and families try and figure out their next steps to safety and security.

Meme under the cut because I've been crying for hours.

#lemons and peaches #shuswap #salmon arm #okanagan #kelowna #csrd #scotch creek #wildfire awareness #travel ban #wildfire evacuation #british columbia is burning

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

F—k him with a dry cactus.

#travel ban #republican assholes #crooked donald #republican family values #traitor #trump #xenophobia #bigotry #racism

[factcheckdotorg]

#donald trump #nikki haley #fact check #2024 elections #border wall #travel ban

[originalleftist]

A message to anyone who thinks you should not support Biden because of his support for Israel:

Biden has consistently supported a Palestinian state (the two state solution). Trump and the Republicans have not.

Biden does not support a ban on Palestinians/Muslims entering the US. Trump and Republicans do.

And no, no third party candidate is going to be elected- and most of them are in the pocket of far Right money anyway (Cornell West got money from Harlan Crow, RFK Jr. is a Steve Bannon sock puppet, Jill Stein's closeness to the Kremlin is well-documented, and No Labels is basically the Centrist corporate suits party).

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Two State Solution #Travel Ban #Muslim Ban #Trump #Biden #Third Parties #2024 Election #Vote Blue

[the-restisconfetti]

VISITING EUROPE IS A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT.

Four EU Member States – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland – have decided to stop issuing visas for Russian citizens. (Source)

#but this is inhumane. there are russians running from their government!! #love my sister countries ❤️❤️ #fuck russia and fuck everyone who will come to me saying #well they had enough time to run (: #poland #latvia #estonia #lithuania #ruzzia #russia #war in ukraine #visa ban #travel ban #russians can chokeeee #european union #eu

[catsandcataclysms]

It’s wimdy out! Stay safe, and don’t travel unless you absolutely have to! (That includes calling in from work!)

#felix draws stuff #wimdy #travel advisory #travel ban

[gwydionmisha]

Republicans consider the handmaid's tale aspirational.

#Tennessee #Republican Agenda #Abortion Ban #Travel Ban #14th Amendment #Republicans #Abortion #Police State #News

[misstoriaaaa]

Scary movie day at the house💫

🛋️🍿

#snowed in #buffalo #travel ban

[thoughtlessarse]

Since the pandemic, the second-largest economy in the world, China, has been facing a prolonged market slump and a real estate crisis which have thwarted its attempts at a robust economic rebound. However, while China navigates dynamic geopolitical landscapes, many of its citizens in debt face various limitations in their day-to-day activities. According to The New York Times Journal, blacklisted from social services are 8.3 million people who struggle to repay their debts. These debtors have been ordered by courts to pay back the money, and the blacklist contains their personal information. Debtors who are on the blacklist cannot book vacations or expensive hotels, buy properties, access higher insurance coverage, use toll roads or payment apps, or even board bullet trains or planes. They are also barred from holding high-ranking positions in state-owned institutions. The South China Post reported in February that over 17 million people were prevented from buying plane tickets, and over 5.5 million were barred from purchasing bullet train tickets last year. Exclusive Ringtone for Debtors Furthermore, Chinese telecom companies are now assigning ringtones to blacklisted debtors. Anyone who calls a debtor will be warned by a recorded voice note about the person's financial crisis. The warning also urges callers to get the defaulters to clear their outstanding balances. Blacklisted debtors have all their phone numbers playing the same recorded warning. A court or telecom firm can cancel this warning system only when all debt is repaid and recorded.

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#china #debtors #blacklisted #travel ban #capitalism

[bopinion]

Personal travel bans

Russia - because I can't keep my mouth shut about Putin. And that wouldn't sit well with me over there.

Afghanistan - because I couldn't overlook the discrimination against women. And I didn't want to.

Saudi Arabia - because I despise their system. Even if it is against Iran.

Iran - because I despise their system. Even if it is against Saudi Arabia.

North Corea - because I couldn't get in. And even if I could, I couldn't get out afterwards.

Nigeria - because it's way too dangerous. But I wouldn't actually want to travel to the country.

Syria - ditto. Although I would really like to travel to the country.

China - because my attitude towards those in power would not earn me enough "social points" to be able to move around freely.

United Arab Emirates - because it's all fake.

Antarctica - because I like it warm and cozy.

#thoughts #aperçu #funny #travel #travel ban #personal #view #russia #vladimir putin #afghanistan #taliban #women rights #Saudi Arabia #iran #regime #north corea #getting out #getting in #nigeria #syria #country #china #social policy #united arab emirates #fake #antarctica #warm #cozy

[headlinehorizon]

Senators Urge President Biden to Implement Travel Ban on China Due to Mysterious Respiratory Illness

https://headlinehorizon.com/Health/Coronavirus/1562

A group of five senators have written to President Biden demanding immediate action to restrict travel between the U.S. and China due to an increase in an unknown respiratory illness. The senators highlight concerns about China's history of concealing information and emphasize the need to protect American lives and the economy.

#headline horizon #news #latest news #travel ban #respiratory illness #China

[chaoticcosmos666]

Holy Fuck

TW- NAZIS (so yea... you know theres gonna be hatred and violence)

everyday i feel like i cant be more shocked but here i am... sitting in pure anger and rage, with no outlet to even put it out on. so here we go in writing. it is the year of our lord 2023... almost 2024. im gonna be 24 soon. and the one thing that childhood me never thought id see ever as a small lil history nerd? nazis. i never thought id see them ever. but they rebranded themselves as some bullshit that i wont list here out of sanity for myself and others. you can though read some in the article im linking here

so.... what is it that boils my blood? the fact that in motherfucking america we have asshats like these marching around when we had grandfathers and great grandfathers who fought this same ideology. im not the first to be like "oh trump this... trump that" but look closely at everything since 2016. like very closely. ill critique the previous presidents happily but right now isnt the time for that. we can go on about how obama caged kids first and how he drone striked innocents... but right now im focused on this. a president who has said there are "very fine people on both sides" after Charlottesville "Unite the Right Rally" and during the debate for the presidency recently when asked about these groups for the proud boys to "stand back and stand by".... that isnt really condemnation is it? In the wake of all this, the aftermath of chuds running up in the capitol, and now the rise of christofascism... how long is it gonna take??? when are people gonna stand up? florida is a full on fascist state now. if you are queer or a POC its highly advised to stay out of that hellscape. its like a cult of personality with these people. and now with neonazis... they wont hide their support for their love of trump and now desantis. they stand outside of a theme park for families screaming their shit. how did we get here? how can we stop this? honestly i dont even know... but im disgusted and angry and just... full of vitriol and seething hatred for these fucks. remaining blind to this wont stop it. simply voting blue wont stop it. hell the GOP nazis are trying to impeach do nothing biden for nonsense so whos to say the GOP wont try that for the next guy? we need some sort of action. Police wont do it, they protect these chuds. something has to give. we imprisoned people like enrique tario but theres people always ready to take his place. we let this shit go unchecked for too long.

#cosmos writes #tw nazis #tw fascism #tw violence #vice news #GOP nazis #charlottesville riots #chrtistofascism #florida #ron desantis #not a liberal #travel ban #honestly i think america needs to do what germany did and criminalize nazism

[zenruption]

Constitutional? Nope...Idaho Bans Interstate Travel

The fact that there are people who think making interstate travel illegal is somehow constitutional is confounding. It would be more surprising if it weren’t Idaho, where legislators famously were advised that if they passed a previous bill, it would lose in court and ultimately cost taxpayers a million dollars. That bill passed. It lost in court and cost the state a million dollars. The past is predicate. This new law has zero chance of surviving legal challenges, yet here we go again.

The state of Idaho has recently passed a law that restricts access to abortion by limiting travel for the procedure. The law, named the "Idaho Abortion Complications Reporting Act," requires healthcare providers to report any complications related to abortion procedures that occur outside of Idaho to the state's Department of Health and Welfare. This includes complications that occur when Idaho residents travel out of state to obtain an abortion.

The law's supporters argue that it is necessary to protect women's health and safety by ensuring that complications from abortions performed out of state are properly reported and tracked. They also argue that it is important to prevent "abortion tourism," in which women from other states travel to Idaho to obtain abortions.

However, opponents of the law argue that it is an unconstitutional attempt to restrict access to abortion. They argue that the law will make it more difficult for women to obtain abortions by forcing them to travel long distances or potentially seek unsafe, illegal abortions. They also argue that the law violates women's right to privacy and choice by requiring healthcare providers to report their patients' personal medical information to the government.

Furthermore, opponents of the law point out that complications from abortion procedures are rare and that the law is unnecessary. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of major complications from abortion procedures is less than 1%.

The law is likely to face legal challenges, as it appears to be in conflict with the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade, which established a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. The law may also be challenged on the grounds that it violates women's right to travel under the Fourteenth Amendment.

In conclusion, the Idaho law restricting travel for abortion is a controversial measure that is likely to face legal challenges. While supporters argue that it is necessary to protect women's health and safety, opponents argue that it is an unconstitutional attempt to restrict access to abortion. As the legal battle over the law plays out, it will be important to ensure that women's right to choose to have an abortion is protected and that their access to safe and legal abortion procedures is not unduly restricted.

#idaho #Travel ban #abortion