CA Death Penalty Moratorium & Do No Harm Act
Recorded on 24 Mar 2019: Topics include CA Death Penalty Moratorium and Do No Harm Act
Segment 1: CA Death Penalty Moratorium
- California death penalty: Governor Gavin Newsom to halt executions, BBC News, 13 Mar 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47549422 - Death Penalty Information Center
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf - There’s still no evidence that executions deter criminals, Max Ehrenfreund, Washington Post, 30 Apr 2014
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that-executions-deter-criminals/ - The Death Penalty and Deterrence, Amnesty International, accessed 16 Mar 2019
https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/the-death-penalty-and-deterrence/
Segment 2: Do No Harm Act
- Congressional Democrats reintroduce the Do No Harm Act, Gwen Aviles, NBC News, 01 Mar 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna978101 - Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Wikipedia, accessed 18 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act - Employment Division v. Smith, Wikipedia, accessed 18 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Division_v._Smith - ‘Religious Freedom’ or a ‘License to Discriminate’?, Teresa Wiltz, Stateline, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 12 Dec 2014
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2014/12/12/religious-freedom-or-a-license-to-discriminate - The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is discriminatory. Let’s fix it, Religion News Service, 18 May 2016
https://religionnews.com/2016/05/18/the-religious-freedom-restoration-act-is-discriminatory-lets-fix-it/ - Federal Judge Uses Hobby Lobby To Excuse Testimony In Child Labor Case, Sahil Kapur, Talking Points Memo, 17 Sep 2014
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/hobby-lobby-ruling-vergel-steed - State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Acts - Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc. - Privately held company, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privately_held_company – Closely_held_corporations_and_publicly_traded_corporations - Kim Davis, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Davis - Obergefell v. Hodges, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges - Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece_Cakeshop_v._Colorado_Civil_Rights_Commission - 2918 (115th): Do No Harm Act, GovTrack, accessed 18 Mar 2019
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2918
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2918/text - Do No Harm Act, Human Rights Campaign, 21 Dec 2018
https://www.hrc.org/resources/do-no-harm-act - Walgreens Accused of Sex Discrimination After Pharmacist Refuses to Fill Prescription Due to ‘Personal Beliefs’, Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy, Yahoo Beauty, 03 Jun 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/walmart-accused-sex-discrimination-pharmacist-refuses-fill-prescription-due-personal-beliefs-164803183.html - Pharmacy Refusals 101, National Women’s Law Center, 28 Dec 2017
https://nwlc.org/resources/pharmacy-refusals-101/ - State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs): What are they and why are they needed?, Travis Weber, Family Research Council, 31 Mar 2015
https://www.frc.org/issuebrief/state-religious-freedom-restoration-acts-rfras-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-needed - Christian Science, Wikipedia, accessed 24 Mar 2019
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science
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