Massachusetts state government will make up for any de-funding of Planned Parenthood in the state by Congress, Governor Charlie Baker announced.
An apparent majority in the Republican-led Congress wants to take federal funding away from Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions. The Hyde Amendment ensures that federal money can't go directly to abortions, but Planned Parenthood is able to use the money for the other services it provides, including contraception, cervical cancer screening, and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.
The Peabody Essex Museum challenges the notion that Fashion Week is limited to the catwalks of London, New York, and Paris. Now through June 11th the Salem museum is hosting "WOW," an exhibition of quixotic couture collected from a New Zealand runway competition where creative expression has been crashing onto the shores of the Pacific Island nation for thirty years.
The World of WearableArt Show is the love child of Dame Susie Moncrieff. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II first recognized the accomplishments of the young bohemian's spirit in 1998, appointing her to the New Zealand Order of Merit. Fourteen years later she was promoted to Dame Companion for her ongoing contributions to art and tourism in the country infused with a blend of European, Māori, and Asian traditions.
