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Asian Americans sound of f on overturning of Roe v. Wade By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Several Asian American leaders and civil rights groups are criticizing last week’s historic Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade as “devastating” and “backwards.” The 6-3 vote essentially reverses a five-decade-old historic court precedent that granted women the constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Seattle University law professor Sital Kalantry—an expert in human rights and feminist legal theory and Indian American—said, “With the roots of Roe v. Wade pulled from the ground, rights that depend on the right to privacy protections are called into question. In Justice Thomas’ concurring opinion, he notes that in future cases, they should reconsider a woman’s rights to contraception, gay people’s right to intimate acts, and non-heterosexual people’s right to marriage.” The Japanese American Citizens League decried what it called a “heinous decision.” “This ruling marks a dark turn in A pregnant protester is pictured with a message on her shirt in support of abortion rights during a march on June 24 in Seattle.
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CID walking tour underscores impact of ST project
The group visited Union Station, entry for 4th Ave. option.
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY After a walking tour on June 22 to see firsthand how a Sound Transit (ST) project will impact the Chinatown-International District (CID), and businesses and residents, King County
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Councilmember and ST System Expansion Committee member Joe McDermott said, “More study and most importantly, conversation with community—not presentations to, but genuine dialogue with—is imperative.” see SOUND TRANSIT on 15
By Samantha Pak NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY As U.S. ambassador to Cambodia, W. Patrick Murphy is charged with representing the United States in Cambodia. Part of this job includes strengthening the relationship between the two countries—and the roughly 330,000 people of Cambodian descent living in the United States play a significant role in this relationship. So when the Seattle-Sihanoukville Sister City Association (Sea-Sih) invited him to visit Seattle and meet with the local Cambodian American community, Murphy accepted, telling Northwest Asian Weekly that it was a “great opportunity.” But with a job that requires him to spend most of his time overseas, it wasn’t until June 27 that this opportunity came to fruition. Murphy’s one-day visit to Seattle was part of his first international trip in about a year. It came at the tail end of his visit to the United States, having spent a few days in the other Washington prior to coming to the Emerald City, and then returning to Cambodia. Murphy’s time in Seattle included see MURPHY on 11
U.S. ambassador meets with local Cambodian American community
U.S. ambassador to Cambodia, W. Patrick Murphy
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