After looking around for something to write about, I came across this blog by Katherine Haenschen about how the Committee on Public Safety in the Texas House are considering passing a bill that would legally allow people to carry weapons inside Texas college classroom. She writes about how the bill is up for a hearing today, which if pass, will make it legal for anyone to have on campus. She then lists several ways to prevent this like contacting the committee members and joining fellow Texans at the capital to oppose the bill.
I would have to agree with Katherine Haenschen on this because the idea of having weapons on school ground is just crazy. There are probably a few places where guns would be acceptable but school is definitely a place where weapons should never be allow to even come close to school ground. Who knows if one day we might have some crazy suicidal massacre like at Virginia Tech, where a student killed about 32 people and injuring many before committing suicide. I really hope this bill doesn't pass because school is probably one of the few places where some students, like me, feel safe going to and if for some odd reason the bill does end up passing, then I know that there will be few students out there that will feel really uncomfortable going to school. Besides the only thing that a student should really be carrying are their homework and textbooks.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Ultrasound bill is an outrageous intrusion by the Texas Legislature
According to the Monday March 2, 2009 editorials, Senator Dan Patrick, the Houston Republican and one of the state’s leading culture warriors, is behind an anti-abortion bill which means that a pregnant women seeking an abortion will be force-fed information designed to humiliate them.
An ultrasound is already being performed on every woman seeking an abortion because it’s medically necessary. The anti-abortion information will be read to every woman before the procedure where the ultrasound information will be described in detail and an audible heartbeat. With Patrick’s bill the women could no longer refuse the anti-abortion information. Instead, the physician must describe to the women what the ultrasound shows, including dimensions, heart activity and limbs, and make the heartbeat audible. The doctor must display the ultrasound images and present the printed material, though the woman doesn’t have to look at it. The writer continues saying that the same week that the bill attempts to shame pregnant women out of an abortion, another bill was filed that aims to prevent teen pregnancies.
The writer seemed pretty upset about the anti-abortion information and how they really didn’t want to humiliate the person, instead education would probably be more effective in situations like this. He seemed really upset with how the legislatures are handling the whole situation. He then moves on talking about teen pregnancies saying Texas could save millions of dollars by preventing teen pregnancies.
I totally have to agree with the writer on this one, they shouldn’t have to humiliate women for their decision to do something, instead maybe educating them in that area would probably be more effective. And yeah some of the women out there are teens who are seeking abortion because they made a mistake but maybe educating them about abortion and preventing teen pregnancies will be more effective, and plus it’ll probably a whole lot easier than humiliation.
An ultrasound is already being performed on every woman seeking an abortion because it’s medically necessary. The anti-abortion information will be read to every woman before the procedure where the ultrasound information will be described in detail and an audible heartbeat. With Patrick’s bill the women could no longer refuse the anti-abortion information. Instead, the physician must describe to the women what the ultrasound shows, including dimensions, heart activity and limbs, and make the heartbeat audible. The doctor must display the ultrasound images and present the printed material, though the woman doesn’t have to look at it. The writer continues saying that the same week that the bill attempts to shame pregnant women out of an abortion, another bill was filed that aims to prevent teen pregnancies.
The writer seemed pretty upset about the anti-abortion information and how they really didn’t want to humiliate the person, instead education would probably be more effective in situations like this. He seemed really upset with how the legislatures are handling the whole situation. He then moves on talking about teen pregnancies saying Texas could save millions of dollars by preventing teen pregnancies.
I totally have to agree with the writer on this one, they shouldn’t have to humiliate women for their decision to do something, instead maybe educating them in that area would probably be more effective. And yeah some of the women out there are teens who are seeking abortion because they made a mistake but maybe educating them about abortion and preventing teen pregnancies will be more effective, and plus it’ll probably a whole lot easier than humiliation.
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