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Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Our film imagined a post-Roe nightmare. Then it came true
When I first met Amy in the emergency room, she had a minor laceration on her finger. She claimed it was from an accident in the kitchen, but her cowering posture, downcast eyes and hesitant responses to basic questions suggested there was more to her visit than she was letting on. Amy reminds me of the girls I grew up with. Delicate, but exhausted and under pressure. She works long hours at a convenience store with a manager who offers no flexibility. Determined to save enough for college classes toward her degree, Amy has also shouldered the responsibility of supporting her mother, who has grown dependent on painkillers. She cleans homes to cover unexpected expenses, like becoming pregnant after a condom broke during sex, but she was unable to scrape together enough cash to purchase the morning-after pill. On June 3, the Trump administration revoked guidance that required hospitals to provide emergency abortions for patients in need. This national directive was issued in 2022 by the Biden administration, using the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and it was intended to assist women facing medical emergencies and other serious complications. The Trump administration's action is just the latest salvo in an ongoing battle, one in which reproductive freedom seems to be losing ground every day. The mood, among both doctors and patients, is one of persistent uncertainty and fear. Here in the emergency room, Amy and I both feel it. The cut on Amy's finger was a ruse — a desperate act to access care. She is pregnant and doesn't want to be. But in our state, abortion is illegal. As an emergency physician, I tell her – quietly – that if she travels to another state, she can receive proper care. She'll need to budget a certain amount of cash for travel expenses. We keep this conversation between us. The possibility of this scene has become all too familiar a worry in real life, but the truth is that Amy isn't real. And I'm not really an emergency physician, I just play one in a movie. A few months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, while we were both still attending journalism school at New York University, my friend Nate Hilgartner approached me about a film he wanted to write and direct about the ethical implications of a post-Roe world. He had me in mind to play a doctor in a rural town torn between her duty to help her patient and the imperative to obey restrictive new laws. It would be an American horror story, he told me. At the time, it seemed prophetic but impossible, a bit of artful exaggeration to warn against a dystopian tendency. Today, it's our reality, and in some ways, things are worse. The consequences of a woman not receiving the reproductive healthcare of her choice could lead someone like our fictional protagonist to lose her ability to create a life on her own terms, trapping her in a cycle of poverty with a lack of education. In Georgia, a pregnant woman who has been declared brain-dead is being kept on life support until her baby can be delivered. Across the country, women have been turned away from emergency rooms after suffering ectopic pregnancies, which require an emergency abortion to prevent potentially fatal outcomes. Doctors have been reprimanded and fined, including Caitlin Bernard, an OB-GYN from Indiana, who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim denied an abortion in Ohio. Three years ago, all of this would have sounded like fiction, a fever-dream storyline out of The Handmaid's Tale. An investigation by ProPublica in December 2024 revealed that doctors in states with abortion bans often feel abandoned by lawyers and hospital leaders when seeking guidance on how to proceed with patients in emergencies. Since information about managing the bans in each state have been provided only on a 'need-to-know' basis, many doctors are left to navigate alternative options on their own, with some becoming too afraid to offer care, fearing professional and personal consequences. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oreg.) described the situation as doctors 'playing lawyer' and lawyers 'playing doctor,' leaving pregnant women facing life-or-death situations caught in the middle. Experts warn that the decision to eliminate access to emergency life-saving abortions will further exacerbate the crisis for doctors. The Trump administration's order to revoke emergency abortions sends a clear message to women who lack adequate resources to afford proper care. EMTALA, enacted in 1986, was designed to protect patients and ensure they receive stabilizing emergency care, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. While all pregnant women benefited from this law, it now appears that only those with sufficient health care and life circumstances will be able to survive potential emergencies. I am a writer and an actor, not a doctor. But for a time I imagined what it was like to be seated across from a woman scared and uncertain about the choices she could make about her body. Amy may not be real, but her plight is. Many of us may not admit it, but we've had our scares, moments where we've had to seriously consider the possibility of what we'd do if confronted with a pregnancy we weren't ready to have. At an age where I contemplate my own reproductive future, I am given pause: How can anyone assume there will never be complications in their pregnancy? Stories like Amy's aren't just about the right to make decisions about our bodies; they're also about the painful truth that those choices often come with a cost. When we set out to make this film, No Choice, we hoped to imagine a plausible future — not to prophesy our present reality. We could never have predicted just how quickly real-world headlines would not only validate our story, but outpace its darkest possibilities. Making a film was just one of many actions we hope other people will take to challenge the belief that a woman's body belongs to the state, not to herself. No Choice premieres in Los Angeles at the Dances With Films festival on June 23 — just one day shy of the third anniversary marking the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Time of India
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Chellanam coastal erosion: Kerala HC seeks report on temporary measures taken
Kochi: High court has sought instructions from the state govt and Chellanam panchayat regarding temporary measures to protect residents of the Chellanam coastal area from sea erosion during this monsoon. The bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji also directed the authorities to report on the feasibility of placing Geo bags/tubes to prevent sea inundation. The court then adjourned the PIL filed by T A Dalfine and two other local residents to Tuesday. In compliance with an earlier HC directive, officials from the district administration and the irrigation department appeared in court, and the deputy collector's report was produced. After reviewing the report, the bench remarked that emergency shelters are not a lasting solution. When HC asked about installing Geo bags/tubes, the state submitted that completion would take two months, to which the court responded that the monsoon would be over by then. The petitioners added that although installation of Geo tubes had begun after local protests, the work was later abandoned; so far, Geo bags have been laid along 7.35km of shoreline. The court adjourned the matter to Tuesday, directing all stakeholders, including the state, to propose short-term measures to curb sea erosion at Chellanam.
Time of India
31-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
AP PGECET 2025 hall ticket released at cets.apsche.ap.gov.in; exam from June 6
AP PGECET hall ticket 2025: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has officially released the hall ticket for the Andhra Pradesh Postgraduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (AP PGECET) 2025. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Candidates who have successfully registered for the examination can now download their hall tickets from the official website at The AP PGECET 2025 is scheduled to be conducted from June 6 to June 8, 2025, in two sessions each day — the forenoon session from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, and the afternoon session from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The entrance test will be held for admission to postgraduate engineering, technology, and pharmacy courses offered by institutions in Andhra Pradesh. Details mentioned on the AP PGECET 2025 hall ticket The hall ticket is a mandatory document for entry into the examination centre. It contains essential details such as the candidate's name, registration number, examination date and time, exam centre address, candidate's photograph, and signature. Candidates are advised to verify all the information on the hall ticket carefully and contact authorities in case of any discrepancies. Exam structure and schedule The AP PGECET 2025 exam comprises 120 objective-type questions, with each question carrying one mark. The total score will be out of 120 marks. Importantly, there will be no negative marking for incorrect answers. The subject-wise exam schedule is as follows: • June 6, 2025: Geo Engineering & Geo Informatics (GG) in the morning session, and Pharmacy (PY), Computer Science & Information Technology in the afternoon session. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now • June 7, 2025: Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC) and Biotechnology (BT) in the morning, followed by Civil Engineering (CE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical Engineering (EE), and Food Technology (FT) in the afternoon. • June 8, 2025: Instrumentation Engineering (EI) and Metallurgical Engineering (MT) in the morning, and Chemical Engineering (CH) and Nano Technology (NT) in the afternoon. Steps to download the AP PGECET 2025 hall ticket Candidates can follow the step-by-step instructions below to access and download their hall ticket: Step 1: Visit the official AP PGECET website at Step 2: Click on the "Download Hall Ticket" button available on the homepage. Step 3: Enter your registration number, qualifying examination hall ticket number, and date of birth. Step 4: Select your exam paper from the drop-down menu. Step 5: Click on the "Download Hall Ticket" button and save the admit card. Take a printout for future reference. Important instructions for candidates Candidates must bring a printed copy of the hall ticket to the examination centre along with a valid photo ID. Arriving at the venue at least 30 minutes before the scheduled time is strongly recommended. Late entry will not be permitted under any circumstances. For more updates and information, candidates should regularly check the official AP PGECET 2025 website.
Straits Times
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Second Georgian opposition leader placed in pre-trial detention as crackdown widens
Nika Melia, leader of Georgia's largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM), and his supporters gather in a tent outside the party's office after they announced a hunger strike to demand the immediate release of jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Georgia December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/ File Photo Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change opposition group, charged with failing to appear before the Georgian parliament's temporary investigative commission, splashes water towards a judge during a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change opposition group, charged with failing to appear before the Georgian parliament's temporary investigative commission, attends a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool/ File Photo Second Georgian opposition leader placed in pre-trial detention as crackdown widens TBILISI - A Georgian court on Friday placed Nika Melia, a leader of the country's main opposition party, in pre-trial detention, amid a widening crackdown against a pro-Western opposition that has staged months of anti-government protests. Melia, a top leader of the Coalition for Change opposition bloc, was detained on Thursday for refusing to appear at a parliamentary inquiry into alleged crimes committed under jailed former President Mikheil Saakashvili between 2004 and 2012. The length of the detention was not immediately clear. Last week, a judge placed another leader of the Coalition for Change, Zurab Japaridze, in pre-trial detention for refusing to appear before the inquiry. Friday's hearing was disorderly, with Melia sentenced after being removed from the courtroom for throwing water at the judge from the dock. Previously one of the most pro-Western and democratic of the Soviet Union's successor states, Georgia under the leadership of the Georgian Dream party is accused by the ruling bloc's critics of moving in an authoritarian and pro-Russian direction. Georgian Dream says it still wants the country to eventually join the European Union but wants to preserve what it calls Georgia's traditional values and also to avoid conflict with Russia, its giant neighbour and former imperial ruler. Separately on Friday, another judge jailed a 19-year-old student activist for 12 days for insulting a Georgian Dream lawmaker she had called a "Russian slave" in a cafe this month. Georgian Dream, after winning an election last November that the opposition says was rigged, said it would halt talks on joining the EU till 2028. EU membership has wide support among Georgians and the goal has been enshrined in the constitution. The ruling party's decision to suspend the talks sparked mass street protests, prompting a violent crackdown and large-scale arrests by security forces. Georgian Dream is dominated by billionaire ex-prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is widely seen as Georgia's de facto leader. In December, the United States sanctioned Ivanishvili for what it said were actions aimed at dismantling Georgian democracy for the benefit of Russia. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Pakistan says ceasefire with India 'full-fledged', not partial
Pakistan and India have agreed to a "full-fledged" and "not partial" ceasefire, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told broadcaster Geo news on Saturday, adding that three dozen countries were involved in the diplomacy that secured it. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo
