"book deal"
Citing her vote on Roe, they claim publishing the book is an "assault on inalienable human rights"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vToh2N4z_Q509Beuyw3oMR9nZCk5PI84TqIR4-sw9lXicS3v4pXzSM8RCf0La0WSBFwnwbinDJ-Tr3L/pub
We recognize that harm is done to a democracy not only in the form of censorship, but also in the form of assault on inalienable human rights. As such, we are calling on Penguin Random House to recognize its own history and corporate responsibility commitments by reevaluating its decision to move forward with publishing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's forthcoming book.
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[url=https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/24/us-abortion-access-human-right&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1667025601634646&usg=AOvVaw15bUxaBGhOykcdLRFtZtOT][/url]notes that "the human rights on which a right to abortion access is predicated are set out in the [United Nations'] Universal Declaration of Human Rights," a document to which Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann commits itself in Section 2.2.1 of its Code of Conduct.
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Therefore, we believe that moving forward with Coney Barrett's book places Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House both in direct conflict with their own Code of Conduct and in violation of international human rights.
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We the undersigned have made the decision to stand by our duty of care while upholding freedom of speech. We cannot stand idly by while our industry misuses free speech to destroy our rights.
Roughly 500 members of the literary community published a letter in which they articulated their desire for Penguin Random House to desist from publishing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's forthcoming book.
Barrett's book reportedly mentions "how judges are not supposed to bring their personal feelings into how they rule," The Guardian reported.
The signatories begin their letter by insisting that they "care deeply about freedom of speech" but declare that it is "imperative" that the publishers "uphold their dedication to freedom of speech with a duty of care."
Acknowledging that "harm is done to a democracy not only in the form of censorship," the authors of the letter then assert that publishing Barrett's book would constitute an "assault on inalienable human rights."
Of course, the "inalienable human rights" the signatories cite are centered on the right to abortion. They aver that Barrett, by repealing Roe v. Wade in conjunction with Justices Alito, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Gorsuch was "dismantling protections for the human rights to privacy, self-determination, and bodily autonomy along with the federal right to an abortion in the United States."
The signatories then buttress their argument by referencing "international human rights organizations" that condemned the Supreme Court for striking down Roe v. Wade. They proclaim that Barrett is "inflicting her own religious and moral agenda upon all Americans while appropriating the rhetoric of even-handedness."
Citing her vote on Roe, they claim publishing the book is an "assault on inalienable human rights"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vToh2N4z_Q509Beuyw3oMR9nZCk5PI84TqIR4-sw9lXicS3v4pXzSM8RCf0La0WSBFwnwbinDJ-Tr3L/pub
We recognize that harm is done to a democracy not only in the form of censorship, but also in the form of assault on inalienable human rights. As such, we are calling on Penguin Random House to recognize its own history and corporate responsibility commitments by reevaluating its decision to move forward with publishing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's forthcoming book.
...
[url=https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/24/us-abortion-access-human-right&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1667025601634646&usg=AOvVaw15bUxaBGhOykcdLRFtZtOT][/url]notes that "the human rights on which a right to abortion access is predicated are set out in the [United Nations'] Universal Declaration of Human Rights," a document to which Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann commits itself in Section 2.2.1 of its Code of Conduct.
...
Therefore, we believe that moving forward with Coney Barrett's book places Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House both in direct conflict with their own Code of Conduct and in violation of international human rights.
....
We the undersigned have made the decision to stand by our duty of care while upholding freedom of speech. We cannot stand idly by while our industry misuses free speech to destroy our rights.
Roughly 500 members of the literary community published a letter in which they articulated their desire for Penguin Random House to desist from publishing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's forthcoming book.
Barrett's book reportedly mentions "how judges are not supposed to bring their personal feelings into how they rule," The Guardian reported.
The signatories begin their letter by insisting that they "care deeply about freedom of speech" but declare that it is "imperative" that the publishers "uphold their dedication to freedom of speech with a duty of care."
Acknowledging that "harm is done to a democracy not only in the form of censorship," the authors of the letter then assert that publishing Barrett's book would constitute an "assault on inalienable human rights."
Of course, the "inalienable human rights" the signatories cite are centered on the right to abortion. They aver that Barrett, by repealing Roe v. Wade in conjunction with Justices Alito, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Gorsuch was "dismantling protections for the human rights to privacy, self-determination, and bodily autonomy along with the federal right to an abortion in the United States."
The signatories then buttress their argument by referencing "international human rights organizations" that condemned the Supreme Court for striking down Roe v. Wade. They proclaim that Barrett is "inflicting her own religious and moral agenda upon all Americans while appropriating the rhetoric of even-handedness."
