I took my opportunity to finish the last assignment early and not make Professor Seago wait any longer than he has to. So, I ended up reading Daniel Rivera's blog post about Gun Control.
When I first began reading it, I noticed a few grammar mistakes but I continued on. He states that there are, "several bills that will allow gun possession to expand in Texas." However, in the entirety of the blog, Mr. Rivera only gave one bill to talk about. I was kind of surprised that he did not at least mention a second gun-possession bill.
When he did begin discussing the one example he gave, he expressed his disagreements with it. "I personally don’t see a need to have a gun at work inside your car." I do agree with his statements, but he could have elaborated further than just giving a few situational examples.
One point he did state was if people were angry or had limited shooting experience. From my knowledge, though I'm not 100 % sure, to legally possess a gun and permit you must have taken a training course with the type of gun you carry. Although, I do agree with him on the anger subject.
Finally, the last thing I noticed is that he did not link to an article about the one example bill he gave. Which is part of the criteria for the post.
- Blake
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
More Sonogram News
Lately, a lot of talk has been fueled by the upcoming House Bill 15. This bill would basically make a women have a required sonogram test before an abortion. Tomorrow, the bill will be sent back to the House so they can sign off on a few small changes to this bill.
Whether the sonogram should be administered in a twenty-four hour period or a two hour period advance has been a major argument between Democrats and Republicans. Some senators feel the twenty-four hour period is too long, and creates hardships on the women trying to receive an abortion. These hardships were mainly centered around the difficulty in finding transportation. Senator Carlos Uresti of San Antonio offered to uphold the twenty-four waiting period if some exceptions were made for women who live over 100 miles away or in a smaller populated county. Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth proposed that a lot of women who lived in urban counties had transportation problems as well. She continued to say that this bill was only meant to traumatize women.
Regardless of what Republicans or Democrats say the bill is for. It is a given that this bill is going to be passed soon. This bill will include specific terms that have recently been updated and approved today. These include: A physician (or trained assistant) must perform a sonogram at least twenty-four hours before a women is allowed to receive an abortion (special cases have been made), a small description of the development in the fetus must be given at the sonogram (special cases are made for sexual assault victims), women can refuse to listen to the heartbeat or view images, medical emergencies are the only exception, abortion provides will be periodically checked to ensure compliance, physicians are required to give a list of information to the woman, and finally if a woman chooses not to have the abortion, the provider must give them information assistance on how to obtain child support.
Quite the bill, it includes a lot. All information was gathered from an article in The Texas Tribune.
- Blake
Whether the sonogram should be administered in a twenty-four hour period or a two hour period advance has been a major argument between Democrats and Republicans. Some senators feel the twenty-four hour period is too long, and creates hardships on the women trying to receive an abortion. These hardships were mainly centered around the difficulty in finding transportation. Senator Carlos Uresti of San Antonio offered to uphold the twenty-four waiting period if some exceptions were made for women who live over 100 miles away or in a smaller populated county. Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth proposed that a lot of women who lived in urban counties had transportation problems as well. She continued to say that this bill was only meant to traumatize women.
Regardless of what Republicans or Democrats say the bill is for. It is a given that this bill is going to be passed soon. This bill will include specific terms that have recently been updated and approved today. These include: A physician (or trained assistant) must perform a sonogram at least twenty-four hours before a women is allowed to receive an abortion (special cases have been made), a small description of the development in the fetus must be given at the sonogram (special cases are made for sexual assault victims), women can refuse to listen to the heartbeat or view images, medical emergencies are the only exception, abortion provides will be periodically checked to ensure compliance, physicians are required to give a list of information to the woman, and finally if a woman chooses not to have the abortion, the provider must give them information assistance on how to obtain child support.
Quite the bill, it includes a lot. All information was gathered from an article in The Texas Tribune.
- Blake
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