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Want an abortion come to Oregon
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quote:Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) on Tuesday signed into law what advocates called the nation?s most progressive reproductive health policy, expanding access to abortion and birth control at a time when the Trump administration and other states are trying to restrict them.
Called the Reproductive Health Equity Act, the measure requires health insurers to provide birth control and abortion without charging a co-pay. It also dedicates state funds to provide reproductive health care to noncitizens excluded from Medicaid.
Antiabortion groups swiftly condemned the new law, saying it will force taxpayers to foot the bill for a procedure many consider to be a form of murder, and that it cements Oregon?s status as the most liberal state when it comes to abortion.
?Today Gov. Brown demonstrated her extreme bias in favor of the abortion rights lobby, disregarding thousands of future Oregonians whose lives have been further endangered by making their elimination 100 percent expense-free,? happyle Atteberry, executive director of Oregon Right to Life, said in a statement.
Abortion rights groups praised the measure as a bulwark against an erosion of reproductive rights under Republican leadership in Washington and elsewhere.
The Pro-Choice Coalition of Oregon, which helped write the law, said it will benefit hundreds of thousands of Oregonians, not only by increasing access to abortion but also birth control and postpartum care for low-income women.
?In the face of relentless rollbacks and attacks at the federal level, Oregonians are showing the rest of the country what it means to be resilient and visionary,? Amy Casso, director of the Gender Justice Program at Western States Center, said in a statement. ?There is still work to be done, but today we celebrate that more Oregonians have the freedom to decide if and when they have children based on what?s best for them and their family?s circumstances.?
The Trump administration has moved to scale back a federal mandate, under the Affordable Care Act, requiring that employers provide no-cost birth control as part of their insurance plans. It also has sought to eliminate taxpayer money from flowing to Planned Parenthood, a prominent women?s health organization that provides abortions.
The moves follow efforts in two dozen states, most of them led by Republicans, to restrict access to abortion in recent years by imposing strict new regulations on the procedure and on those who provide it.
In an indication that there is still momentum in red states to further constrain abortion access, also on Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill banning insurance companies from covering abortion as part of their standard health insurance plans. Women in the state would have to pay a separate premium to have abortion coverage.
Using Drugs do not worry.
quote:SALEM, Ore. (AP) ? A bill signed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday makes personal-use possession of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs a misdemeanor, not a felony.
Oregon joined just a handful of other U.S. states in defelonizing drugs under the new law, which was supported by law enforcement groups and takes effect immediately.
Jo Meza, owner of Amazing Treatment, a rehab center in Salem, applauded the move. She has seen the damage caused by drug addiction in her 30 years in the field.
"There's a huge crisis out there, and locking people up is not going to work," Meza said.
Looking to kick their addictions, patients ascended a flight of stairs into Amazing Treatment, located above a Mexican restaurant and a barber shop in downtown Salem.
Inside the center, someone had drawn a syringe on a whiteboard with the words "No more." Above that was a quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal."
Meza said imprisoning first-time offenders with limited or non-existent treatment opportunities is not a solution. But the goal can be achieved with treatment for six months to a year with support from recovering addicts and training in how to remove oneself from the environment that led to the drug abuse, like a circle of addicted friends or relatives, she said.
"Jailing is not helping the problem," Meza said. "All you're doing is putting a Band-Aid on it and ripping it off when they get out of jail."
Among the bill's supporters were the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police and the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association, which said felony convictions include unintended consequences, including barriers to housing and employment. But the two groups, in a letter to a state senator who backed the bill, said the new law "will only produce positive results if additional drug treatment resources accompany this change in policy."
"Reducing penalties without aggressively addressing underlying addiction is unlikely to help those who need it most," the groups warned. Another measure appropriated $7 million that can be used to pay for drug treatment.
Linn County District Attorney Doug Marteeny had tried to convince lawmakers to dump the defelonization of dangerous drugs from the bill, which also targets police profiling.
"To change the classification of this behavior from a felony to a misdemeanor is tantamount to telling our schoolchildren that tomorrow it will be less dangerous to use methamphetamine than it is today," he wrote.
Those who have a prior felony conviction won't be afforded misdemeanor consideration, nor will people who have two or more prior drug convictions or possess more than user amounts.
The new law also directs a state commission to develop methods for recording data concerning police-initiated pedestrian and traffic stops. The measure is aimed at ensuring police aren't stopping people based on racial or other profiling.
Called the Reproductive Health Equity Act, the measure requires health insurers to provide birth control and abortion without charging a co-pay. It also dedicates state funds to provide reproductive health care to noncitizens excluded from Medicaid.
Antiabortion groups swiftly condemned the new law, saying it will force taxpayers to foot the bill for a procedure many consider to be a form of murder, and that it cements Oregon?s status as the most liberal state when it comes to abortion.
?Today Gov. Brown demonstrated her extreme bias in favor of the abortion rights lobby, disregarding thousands of future Oregonians whose lives have been further endangered by making their elimination 100 percent expense-free,? happyle Atteberry, executive director of Oregon Right to Life, said in a statement.
Abortion rights groups praised the measure as a bulwark against an erosion of reproductive rights under Republican leadership in Washington and elsewhere.
The Pro-Choice Coalition of Oregon, which helped write the law, said it will benefit hundreds of thousands of Oregonians, not only by increasing access to abortion but also birth control and postpartum care for low-income women.
?In the face of relentless rollbacks and attacks at the federal level, Oregonians are showing the rest of the country what it means to be resilient and visionary,? Amy Casso, director of the Gender Justice Program at Western States Center, said in a statement. ?There is still work to be done, but today we celebrate that more Oregonians have the freedom to decide if and when they have children based on what?s best for them and their family?s circumstances.?
The Trump administration has moved to scale back a federal mandate, under the Affordable Care Act, requiring that employers provide no-cost birth control as part of their insurance plans. It also has sought to eliminate taxpayer money from flowing to Planned Parenthood, a prominent women?s health organization that provides abortions.
The moves follow efforts in two dozen states, most of them led by Republicans, to restrict access to abortion in recent years by imposing strict new regulations on the procedure and on those who provide it.
In an indication that there is still momentum in red states to further constrain abortion access, also on Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill banning insurance companies from covering abortion as part of their standard health insurance plans. Women in the state would have to pay a separate premium to have abortion coverage.
Using Drugs do not worry.
quote:SALEM, Ore. (AP) ? A bill signed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday makes personal-use possession of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs a misdemeanor, not a felony.
Oregon joined just a handful of other U.S. states in defelonizing drugs under the new law, which was supported by law enforcement groups and takes effect immediately.
Jo Meza, owner of Amazing Treatment, a rehab center in Salem, applauded the move. She has seen the damage caused by drug addiction in her 30 years in the field.
"There's a huge crisis out there, and locking people up is not going to work," Meza said.
Looking to kick their addictions, patients ascended a flight of stairs into Amazing Treatment, located above a Mexican restaurant and a barber shop in downtown Salem.
Inside the center, someone had drawn a syringe on a whiteboard with the words "No more." Above that was a quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal."
Meza said imprisoning first-time offenders with limited or non-existent treatment opportunities is not a solution. But the goal can be achieved with treatment for six months to a year with support from recovering addicts and training in how to remove oneself from the environment that led to the drug abuse, like a circle of addicted friends or relatives, she said.
"Jailing is not helping the problem," Meza said. "All you're doing is putting a Band-Aid on it and ripping it off when they get out of jail."
Among the bill's supporters were the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police and the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association, which said felony convictions include unintended consequences, including barriers to housing and employment. But the two groups, in a letter to a state senator who backed the bill, said the new law "will only produce positive results if additional drug treatment resources accompany this change in policy."
"Reducing penalties without aggressively addressing underlying addiction is unlikely to help those who need it most," the groups warned. Another measure appropriated $7 million that can be used to pay for drug treatment.
Linn County District Attorney Doug Marteeny had tried to convince lawmakers to dump the defelonization of dangerous drugs from the bill, which also targets police profiling.
"To change the classification of this behavior from a felony to a misdemeanor is tantamount to telling our schoolchildren that tomorrow it will be less dangerous to use methamphetamine than it is today," he wrote.
Those who have a prior felony conviction won't be afforded misdemeanor consideration, nor will people who have two or more prior drug convictions or possess more than user amounts.
The new law also directs a state commission to develop methods for recording data concerning police-initiated pedestrian and traffic stops. The measure is aimed at ensuring police aren't stopping people based on racial or other profiling.
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Trump needs to cut off all Federal funding to States like that.
They want to go it alone, and go against what the federal government wants, then let them go It Alone
It's like a personal invitation - a recruiting drive...
Do they not realize that every person of color who can scrape up the funds for a bus ticket will find a way to relocate...
Don't go to jail over most drug offenses - free abortions - enhanced public assistance programs - welfare - snap - wic - food stamps - housing assistance...
Instead of helping to assist existing residents whom are struggling or marginal they will overload the system with outsiders who relocate in order to game the system and suck on the tit...
Instead of improving their neighborhoods and make life better for those who live there now they will end up with a mass migration and demographic shift - it's like bringing buses to this countries ghettos and moving them all to Oregon.
And they all vote - they will get a foot in the door and balkanize the state and continue to vote themselves more entitlements.
Watch for the overload of and decline and destruction of the school systems and medical care systems and public transit systems and jails / courts...
How do they not see the train bearing down on them...
And they are doing it to themselves - it's self inflicted.
Their utopia - their Eden - their campfire will burn bright and appear lush and bountiful briefly...
And then things will go horribly wrong decidedly fast.
Even under ideal conditions - even if things went well this is doomed to fail and will cause generational institutional damage that will scar and disfigure good people for a long time.
How do they not see it.
Mike
I don't think anyone could have put that into perspective any better.
This is who these people are and the taxpayers pay their bill.
Frickin' idiots on the west side have this place so bleened up it's not funny anymore. All the democrat legislators and the goobernor need to have their heads examined.
They are libtards, its a mental illness.
Talk about Balkanizing, it has already happened, the Gov is setting the stage for a continued Democrat state with no hope for conservative ideas to be heard. When the State is in ruin they will ask what happened?
The people are fools
They have that communism does not work but they keep pushing it.
Wait until they get the bill for this nonsense.
The Budget is all ready in the Hole.
Newspeak at its most despicable.
Brad Steele
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I used to be wholly against abortion until I realized it was primarily leftist lunatics killing what they would otherwise turn into their evil demented and twisted spawn.
Always wondered why BLM did not care about up to 50% of their population being exterminated in the womb.
Funny how fascist left thinking (sic) works.
Brad Steele
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
I used to be wholly against abortion until I realized it was primarily leftist lunatics killing what they would otherwise turn into their evil demented and twisted spawn.
Always wondered why BLM did not care about up to 50% of their population being exterminated in the womb.
Funny how fascist left thinking (sic) works.
Aside from gun control, abortion has to be the most racist part of our society.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
It's like a personal invitation - a recruiting drive...
Do they not realize that every person of color who can scrape up the funds for a bus ticket will find a way to relocate...
Don't go to jail over most drug offenses - free abortions - enhanced public assistance programs - welfare - snap - wic - food stamps - housing assistance...
Instead of helping to assist existing residents whom are struggling or marginal they will overload the system with outsiders who relocate in order to game the system and suck on the tit...
Instead of improving their neighborhoods and make life better for those who live there now they will end up with a mass migration and demographic shift - it's like bringing buses to this countries ghettos and moving them all to Oregon.
And they all vote - they will get a foot in the door and balkanize the state and continue to vote themselves more entitlements.
Watch for the overload of and decline and destruction of the school systems and medical care systems and public transit systems and jails / courts...
How do they not see the train bearing down on them...
And they are doing it to themselves - it's self inflicted.
Their utopia - their Eden - their campfire will burn bright and appear lush and bountiful briefly...
And then things will go horribly wrong decidedly fast.
Even under ideal conditions - even if things went well this is doomed to fail and will cause generational institutional damage that will scar and disfigure good people for a long time.
How do they not see it.
Mike
You bring up an interesting point, but I have to wonder if they actually are looking at the end game. So these people relocate there? If they do, what are they coming for? Why, to discontinue their lineage, that's why. And so while the system may be overburdened for a time, in the end, the numbers will be down to a much more manageable level. Then they can work the other end via euthanasia. Win-win for the state. Yes?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I sincerely hope so.