内容摘要：“Se debe confiar en las mujeres negras cuando se trata de nuestras decisiones de atención médica”, apuntó Monica Simpson, directora ejecutiva de SisterSong, la demandante principal en un caso contra la ley de aborto de Georgia.

“Se debe confiar en las mujeres negras cuando se trata de nuestras decisiones de atención médica”, apuntó Monica Simpson, directora ejecutiva de SisterSong, la demandante principal en un caso contra la ley de aborto de Georgia.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay in a lounge chair set up by the altar, needles sticking out of his forehead, wrist and foot for an hourlong acupuncture session.“Just like the Lord’s light helps emotionally, the body’s pain is treated as well,” said the Ecuadorian construction worker, who suffers from sciatica and has worshipped at the Minneapolis church for about five months. “Everything feels freed, emotionally.”

Founded by Swedish immigrants in the late 19th century, the church is now a predominantly Latino congregation. Like most other churches in the U.S. that serve migrants, it has expanded its humanitarian, financial, legal and pastoral ministries during the Trump administration’sIt has also added monthly well-being sessions — at no charge — with acupuncture, Reiki and cupping therapy to ease the stress that uncertainty and fear have sown among the migrant community — including people in the U.S. illegally and U.S.-born citizens in mixed-status families.

“We have to feel well to respond well, not with panic and fear, which leads to nothing good,” said Lizete Vega, the church’s family engagement coordinator. “People here feel that they’re protected and can be cared for spiritually, emotionally and physically.”

Faith leaders have increasingly found themselves called to help their congregations with mental health concerns, fromhave cared for a population of the snails in chilled containers for nearly two decades.

The conditions in the containers mimic the alpine weather in their only former habitat — a remote mountain they were named for, on the West Coast of the South Island, that has been engulfed by mining.Lisa Flanagan from the

, who has worked with the creatures for 12 years, said the species still holds surprises.“It’s remarkable that in all the time we’ve spent caring for the snails, this is the first time we’ve seen one lay an egg,” she said in a statement.