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AZ abortion law affects Asian Americans

December 17, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort to revive a lawsuit challenging an Arizona state law banning abortions based on the race or sex of the child. The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the NAACP’s Maricopa County branch sought to oppose the law which is […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, ACLU, API, AZ, African American, Asian Americans, China, Circuit Court, Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, India, Jason Cruz, Maricopa County, Miriam Yeung, NAACP, National Asian Pacific American Women, Representative Steve Montenegro, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

COMMENTARY: Who are the Teochew people? They are our neighbors and friends.

March 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cindy Luc For Northwest Asian Weekly When I first tell people that I am Chinese, I get an instantaneous assumption and the question “Do you speak Cantonese or Mandarin?” I kindly respond with, “No. I speak the Teochew dialect.”

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, Cambodian Australian, China, Chinese, Fashion Hair Salon, Ham Tran, Miriam Yeung, Sammie Cheung, San Francisco, Singapore, South Seattle, Steven Ma, Truong Vu, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 13 | March 24 - March 30, Wena Poon, culture, language

New proposed bill would ban abortions based on sex or race

December 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The practice of sex-selection abortion, usually targeting a female fetus due to parental preference for a son, has few defenders in the United States. Yet a proposed federal ban is drawing vehement opposition from liberal advocacy groups who call it a veiled attempt to undermine […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Asian Indian, Chinese, Columbia University, Democratic-led Senate, Disease Control, House Judiciary, Korean, Miriam Yeung, Nancy Keenan, National Asian Pacific American Women, Republican-controlled House, Steven Mosher, United States, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23, women of color

14th Amendment-bashing may harm immigrant communities

June 25, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jonah Most New America Media There is little chance that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be repealed — but that’s not the point, according to law experts.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Alan Jenkins, Asian Americans, Chinese, Dred Scott Supreme Court, Georgia, Herman Cain, Juhu Thukral, Latino Decisions, Miriam Yeung, National Asian Pacific American Women, New America Media, United States, Vol 30 No 26 | June 25 - July 1, Yuki Lin, attention, letter

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