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Red Tails and Double Victory: Airmen on Film
In celebration of the heroic actions of the Tuskegee Airmen, George Lucas and actors Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard have taken to the big screen to pay homage to one of the country’s most iconic troops of World War II African-American fighters.
The Lucas documentary Double Victory showcases the Airmen’s triumphs amid the adversities of Jim Crow and segregation in the U.S. military. …
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Don’t Let Women in Your Town Get Tricked by Fake Clinics | Change.org News
Somer Leon decided that she didn’t want one more San Francisco woman tricked by crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). …launched a campaign on Change.org, calling for truth-in-advertising legislation that would bar these “fake clinics” from claiming non-existent services. The bill passed the local Board of Supervisors with overwhelming support on Tuesday, with Leon’s petition credited for demonstrating support for the bill.
Thousands of CPCs exist nationwide, and the majority — 87%, according to a Congressional report — mislead or lie to patients. These ideological fake clinics lure in pregnant women with false advertising about offering comprehensive reproductive health care… They lack trained medical personnel, don’t provide advertised services, … some go as far as telling a patient she’s not pregnant in order to keep her from considering abortion, which can pose a serious health risk.
…What can you do to make sure that women in your hometown won’t get tricked…?
1. Use the list of known CPCs on CPCWatch.org or Google to find out if there are centers in your area.
2. Find out who the members of you local City Council or Board of Supervisors are.
3. Start a petition on Change.org asking them to pass truth-in-advertising legislation regulating crisis pregnancy centers.
4. Share your petition with friends and through social media…
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