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Indian ban on importing Rushdie’s Satanic Verses to be lifted as no official order discovered | Salman Rushdie

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Indian ban on importing Rushdie’s Satanic Verses to be lifted as no official order discovered | Salman Rushdie

In October 1988, Salman Rushdie wrote to the then Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, expressing his disappointment that Indian democracy had become a joke after the government banned the import of his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Fast forward 36 years, and it seems that the author may have the last laugh as the ban … Read more

Judge cites voter-approved reproductive rights amendment in striking down Ohio abortion ban

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Judge cites voter-approved reproductive rights amendment in striking down Ohio abortion ban

“ The most extensive of Ohio’s abortion restrictions laws was invalidated by a county judge on Thursday. The judge stated that the amendment passed by voters last year, which guarantees reproductive rights, makes the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional. The enforcement of the 2019 law, which prohibited most abortions once cardiac activity is detected as early … Read more