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| Good evening y'all! Along with our column from Michael J. Fox, we have more on the abortion debate and also an editorial about vaccinating the |
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| By Michael J. Fox |
| If I told you a simple action you take today could change everything about how Parkinson's disease is diagnosed, managed and treated – not decades from now, but in the near future – would you do it? |
| I don't mean giving money. (Though that helps, too. Research is unbelievably expensive.) |
| And I'm not talking just to the people who, like me, are living with Parkinson's disease. |
| On Thursday, The Michael J. Fox Foundation and a "who's-who" of Parkinson's researchers are announcing a clinical study that promises to rewrite the future of Parkinson's disease and to generate breakthroughs that could impact other major brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, too. I'm asking you (yes, you) to be part of it. |
Today's Editorial Cartoon |
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| By Dan Darling |
| Those who, like me, see personhood at the earliest stages of human life, from conception, see abortion as a violent act against our unborn neighbors. Others see abortion as a necessary element of women's rights. |
| But the question at the heart of our debate is one nobody can avoid. When does life begin? |
| Since 1973, science has given us a window into the womb, showing us that an unborn child has unique DNA and a well-formed face and develops the sense of touch. All of this by 15 weeks, the time frame that a new challenge to Roe v. Wade urges the court to consider. |
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| By The Editorial Board |
| What was feared in the absence of widespread COVID-19 vaccination is precisely what's happened. The emergence of a new variant known as omicron is not only a cause of great concern, but also a clarion call to dramatically step up efforts to vaccinate the world. |
| It's a responsibility that cries out for American leadership. |
| The variant was found for the first time in the United States on Wednesday in California. Do Americans really want to go through all of this again – with the attendant lockdowns and school closures and economic disruption? |
| Other columns to read today |
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Columns on qualified immunity |
| We are doing a series examining the issue of qualified immunity. For more on the series read here. |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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