There’ll be a price for
an abortion ban with out exceptions for rape, incest
That the United States Supreme Court will overrule Roe v. Wade seems imminent. Many states have enacted “trigger statutes,” which is able to ban abortions, completely, as quickly because the High Court’s forthcoming choice in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization turns into closing – no exceptions for rape or incest.
According to the May 4 version of The Atlantic journal, “For decades, about 75 percent of Americans have consistently told pollsters that abortion should be legal in cases of rape and incest. But many of the measures now set to take effect do away with such exceptions.”
Former President Ronald Reagan detested abortion however endorsed exceptions for rape within the Eighties; George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump all additionally indicated their assist for such exceptions. Even the National Right to Life Committee supported laws within the Nineteen Nineties that included exceptions. Indeed, the Hyde Amendment, the federal regulation that prohibits federal funds from getting used to pay for abortions, has lengthy contained these exceptions.
Can anybody severely doubt that being pregnant and parenthood have substantial financial penalties. The value of getting a child is comparatively steep within the United States, with the typical value starting from $10,808 to $30,000, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, interim 2020 determine. The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a report concerning the expenditures on youngsters. After monitoring the bills through the years, their newest report calculates the price of elevating a single youngster by way of age 17 as $233,610, on common; roughly $1,150 month.
If states want to ban abortions with out exceptions for rape and incest then I recommend they choose up the tab. Of course, the state is us.
Edward H. Schulman
Kailua-Kona
Don’t feed feral cats
Please don’t feed the feral cats.
Cat feces include parasites (Toxoplasma gondii), which trigger “Toxoplasmosis” — a illness that may be deadly to native birds and marine mammals, together with monk seals. There are only one,400 monk seals (roughly) remaining within the Hawaiian Islands. Feral cats are an invasive species that should be eradicated to avoid wasting the monk seals.
The Toxoplasma gondii parasites which are in dry cat feces, and will be inhaled by an individual simply strolling in an space the place cats have defecated. These parasites are dangerous to people, particularly pregnant girls and infants, with the potential to trigger blindness, psychological sickness, and different maladies. Dogs that eat cat feces also can unfold toxoplasmosis.
By feeding feral cats, you might be additionally feeding mongoose, mice and rats. They unfold one other deadly illness to native birds and marine mammals referred to as Murine typhus.
Henry Zend
Kailua-Kona
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