The tax portion of the GOP legislation contains more than $5 trillion in tax cuts, according to an estimate from the Joint Committee on Taxation — costs that are partially offset by spending cuts elsewhere and other changes in the tax code.
“We are already in a health care crisis,” said Luxardo, whose group has filed court briefs supporting Planned Parenthood. “And when decisions like these negatively impact our constituents, the crisis is going to only increase.”Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., and Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — All of a sudden, women contacting one of the biggest sources of information about abortion inthrough the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence.The nongovernmental organization’s business account had been blocked. Weeks later, a similar digital blackout struck a collective in Colombia.
Across the Americas, organizations that guide women seekingin various countries are raising alarm, decrying what they see as a new wave of censorship on platforms owned by
— even in countries where abortion is decriminalized. The organizations believe this is due to a combination of changes to Meta policies and attacks by anti-abortion groups that denounce their content.
While this also occurs on Instagram and Facebook, the blocking of organizations’ verified WhatsApp business accounts, which they use to communicate with people seeking help, has been particularly disruptive. These accounts are crucial for communicating with people seeking help, and their blockage has significantly complicated daily interactions between women and support providers.Los cursos de idiomas se encuentran en sus etapas iniciales, dijo Skordis, con unos 100 niños y adultos en clases en Kormakitis y la escuela primaria Saint Maronas, en Lakatamia, un suburbio de Nicosia, la capital del país. También se fundó un campamento de verano de idiomas para niños y adultos en Kormakitis.
Además, está en marcha una iniciativa para que hablantes nativos —principalmente residentes de Kormakitis— se capaciten para enseñar sanna.En la escuela primaria Ayios Maronas, 20 niños en preescolar aprenden el idioma con libros que contienen códigos QR para que los estudiantes sigan una adaptación de audio en las tabletas proporcionadas por la escuela.
Pero para que el sanna tenga un futuro real, nada sería mejor que el regreso masivo de familias jóvenes a Kormakitis, donde se puede enseñar el idioma en la escuela recién construida —financiada por la UE— dijo Moussas.No obstante, los líderes comunitarios no están contentos con la poca cantidad de personas que expresan interés. Moussas reportó que los líderes comunitarios y el gobierno chipriota consideran ofrecer incentivos, principalmente facilitar acceso a viviendas.