Welcome to Wednesday, July 20th, rivers and roads...

Europe is experiencing a record-breaking heatwave this week as multiple nations face dangerously high temperatures.

The European heat wave has already contributed to more than 1,100 deaths in Portugal and Spain, and the death toll is expected to rise as the record-breaking heat persists. Heat waves can be especially life-threatening in Europe because air conditioning is less ubiquitous than it is in the U.S. and many homes aren’t designed to handle the heat. 

Record-breaking temperatures are being felt worldwide.

Are you concerned about the worldwide heatwaves?

House Votes on H.R. 8297: Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022

On July 15th, the House passed the bill on a 223-205 vote. This bill — Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 — would prohibit anyone acting under state law from interfering with a person’s ability to access out-of-state abortion services.

How do you feel about your representative’s vote?

A Floating Health Clinic & Other Proposed Workarounds to State Abortion Bans

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, states will decide if, when, where, and under what circumstances women can access abortions. Reproductive health clinics in states with abortion bans have been forced to closed or reduce their services. In response, healthcare practitioners and reproductive rights advocates are exploring ways to circumvent these bans and provide services.

A California doctor has proposed building a floating abortion clinic on a ship in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, to allow women in Southern states to access first-trimester surgical abortions, contraception, STI testing, and other care.

How do you feel about proposed workarounds to abortion restrictions?

All the Memes Fit to Post

And, In The End...

It's National Moon Day, marking the anniversary of the day in 1969 when humankind first walked on the Moon.

"Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation." - Buzz Aldrin, NASA astronaut

—Jamie Epstein

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