{"id":10227,"date":"2018-11-09T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=10227"},"modified":"2018-11-09T10:56:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:56:25","slug":"after-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-horrified-americans-offer-to-donate-ribs-organs-as-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/09\/after-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-horrified-americans-offer-to-donate-ribs-organs-as-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"After Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized, Horrified Americans Offer to Donate Ribs, Organs as Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"field-wrapper-attribution\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datestamp field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><span class=\"pb-timestamp\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">November 08, 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<h4>&#8220;If Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs ribs I have like dozens of them that I&#8217;m not using, let&#8217;s do this.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-authors\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"grouping-prefix\">by\u00a0<span class=\"pb-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson-staff-writer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Johnson, staff writer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"shr_canvas2\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-ui shareaholic-resolved-canvas ng-scope\" data-app-id=\"6840204\" data-app-id-name=\"headline_above_content\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-title=\"After Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized, Horrified Americans Offer to Donate Ribs, Organs as Needed\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/08\/after-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-horrified-americans-offer-donate-ribs-organs\" data-summary=\"\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope shareaholic-share_buttons\" translate=\"no\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui shr-no-print shareaholic-flat shareaholic- shareaholic-block shareaholic-horizontal shareaholic-mini\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-animation-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading shareaholic-custom\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-button-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-img field--type-image field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"caption-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cd_large\/public\/headlines\/gettyimages-94429870212.jpg?itok=KSaf5hn0\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"500\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-main-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p><em>Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to administer the Oath of Allegiance to candidates for U.S. citizenship at the New-York Historical Society on April 10, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<p>While the social media universe was full of well wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/11\/08\/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-85-has-broken-her-ribs-in-a-fall.html\">news broke<\/a>\u00a0that 85-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suffered a fall in her office Wednesday night and was hospitalized with three fractured ribs, no one could avoid discussing the horrifying political reality that\u2014if Ginsburg is, goodness forbid, unable to return to work\u2014President Donald Trump will get to nominate a third right-wing judge to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pullquote\">&#8220;If Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs any of my bones or internal organs I don&#8217;t need mine.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014Anna Merlan,\u00a0<em>Gizmodo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Should Ginsburg leave the court in the next two years,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/splinternews.com\/maybe-the-supreme-court-should-not-work-this-way-1830310746\">noted<\/a>\u00a0<em>Splinter<\/em>&#8216;s Paul Blest, &#8220;a man who was never elected by a majority of the country will get to reshape a third seat on the court\u2014and with it, the country&#8217;s laws\u2014for the next 20, 30, or even 40 years. And that&#8217;s all before Trump gets a chance at another four years in office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fully aware of this alarming possibility, Twitter users generously offered to donate ribs, internal organs, and anything else Ginsburg may need to recover and stay healthy:<\/p>\n<p>According to an official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregStohr\/status\/1060533984902430720\">statement<\/a>\u00a0from the Supreme Court&#8217;s public information office on Thursday, Ginsburg went home after falling in her office Wednesday night but later decided to go to the hospital after &#8220;experiencing discomfort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tests showed that she fractured three ribs on her left side and she was admitted for observation and treatment,&#8221; the high court said. &#8220;Updates will be provided as they become available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since Justice Brett Kavanaugh&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/10\/06\/kavanaugh-confirmation-followed-immediately-call-impeach-kavanaugh\">confirmation last month<\/a>\u00a0in the face of credible sexual assault allegations, conservatives have had a 5-4 advantage on the Supreme Court. As one of the four remaining liberal justices, Ginsburg is a crucial bulwark against the high court moving even further to the right and intensifying threats to women&#8217;s reproductive rights, the planet, and workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sending prayers for Justice Ginsburg&#8217;s smooth and swift recovery,&#8221; Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers&#8217; Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristenClarkeJD\/status\/1060577530455973888\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter. &#8220;She is a sharp mind and a force of nature who remains needed on the SCOTUS today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-copyright-cond\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-copyright field--type-text field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><em>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 08, 2018\u00a0by Common Dreams &#8220;If Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs ribs I have like dozens of them that I&#8217;m not using, let&#8217;s do this.&#8221; by\u00a0Jake Johnson, staff writer Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to administer the Oath of Allegiance to candidates for U.S. citizenship at the New-York Historical&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/09\/after-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-horrified-americans-offer-to-donate-ribs-organs-as-needed\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10229,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227\/revisions\/10229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}