I just got a moment, in my busy week, to read [âToys, dirt, glass, comic books, or grievances â What makes a collection a collection?â]. I have two things that I collect. I love horses and have statues, busts, prints, and figurines all over my house. Some were gifts, some self-purchased and a bunch were acquired at antique stores.
The other thing I collect is shot glasses. Whenever we went on family vacations or trips, Iâd buy a shot glass (i.e. Disney, Mammoth Caves, Sears Tower, etc).
Enjoy your summer and the best of luck to you!
Cindy Rizzo
Huntley resident
I have friends who have different views on abortion, but because weâre friends and respect each other, they do not accuse me of being a âbaby murderer,â nor do I accuse them of wanting to force 12-year-old rape victims to carry a pregnancy to term, nor denying a woman with life-threatening ectopic pregnancy a life-saving abortion (very real scenarios under extremistsâ should Roe be overturned.) Friends that we are, we respect each otherâs ability to make different choices based on our individual morals and beliefs, even if they disagree as long as they recognize the sanctity of life of both the woman and the unborn.
To Americansâ great disappointment and fear, weâre learning that Supreme Court justices on the far right donât have such respect. In fact, they are demonstrating utter disrespect for both women and for judicial precedent, despite testifying under oath, not to let their personal beliefs, conflict with their oath to uphold the Constitution. This in light of the fact that a clear majority of Americans want abortion to be safe and legal.
Few, if any, women make the decision to terminate a pregnancy casually. As a former public health nurse, Iâm familiar with the heartbreak that ending a pregnancy causes. There are morally-based reasons why families faced with difficult choices may decide that termination of a pregnancy is the most responsible reproductive decision they can make for the health of the woman or the family struggling with providing for other children. Radical judges on the Supreme Court, rigidly relying on their own religious views (or perhaps political agendas?) would turn over this most private and intimate decision to state legislators who have increasingly shown in this day of Politics of Outrage that they can be swayed by fear and hate-baiting political views.
We already know that having states regulate abortion does not work. Fifty years ago, it was obvious that approach only created obstacles for women in restrictive states often leading to dangerous illegal abortions. Turning the clock back will only result the same results. Itâs not pro-life – certainly not the life of the involved woman or her family nor the potential life of an unwanted child; Itâs pro-birth, often leading to death and tragedy.
Extremists have made it clear that forced birth in every state is the Republican goal, and unless Americans express their views, we can only look for more government intrusion in our private lives. Whatâs next? Birth control? Marriage equality? Interracial marriage?
As former President Obama so eloquently said in urging us to act to preserve our freedom: âActâŚProtestâŚVote. Because in the end, if we if we want judges who will protect all, and not just some of our rights, then weâve got to elect officials committed to doing the same.â
Joan Davis
Sun City resident
