Protesters Urge Massachusetts Lawmakers To Ban Use Of Aversive Shock Therapy

Protesters Urge Massachusetts Lawmakers To Ban Use Of Aversive Shock Therapy

Disability rights advocates protested the use of electric skin shocks to treat autism outside the Massachusetts State House last week.

The groups, including the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group, called on state legislature to pass H.180, or "An Act Regarding The Use Of Aversive Therapy," sponsored by state Representative Danielle Gregoire (D-Marlborough). 

Nikki Haley Tells New Hampshire Voters She’d Treat Mexican Drug Cartels Like Terrorists
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Nikki Haley Tells New Hampshire Voters She’d Treat Mexican Drug Cartels Like Terrorists

Tom Joyce

During a recent campaign event in New Hampshire, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley said she wants the United States government to treat Mexican drug cartels as terrorists.

Haley said she wants to see the country take military action against these cartels.

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