EBOLA. WHAT ARE WE (UNITED STATES) GOING TO DO?

In a post dated October 14 by Mitchell Rico, he talked about a article that was posted in The Texas Daily titled "Real Ebola crisis' in Africa, not in United States. I have to agree with Mitchell's statement as well as the article, that we need to help contain Ebola in Western Africa.  The few outbreaks that have occurred in the United States are far fewer than the millions of Africans who have been affected. Like I mentioned in my post Living in fear...Ebola, as long as the citizens of the United States can receive the health care needed in treating this virus, then why worry about those who are dying everyday in Western Africa? SMH. It upsets me to know how insensitive and selfish the people of the United States are. But wait! This should not come as a shock to me, let alone upset me, because I see the behavior in every day life from the way people are less fortunate are being treated here.

To elevate the frantic behavior, and put the citizens at ease, we need to provide as much aid as we can to those in Liberia, and we need to find a way of providing it fast. Mr. Rico is correct in saying " Maybe if we didn't ignore the fatal virus in the first place and gave a better helping hand we would not be experiencing cases in the U.S." Very well said Mr. Rico! I couldn't have said better myself. 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD...WHOA! WHY ARE WE BEING PUNISHED?

I'm sorry, but I do not support the decision that was made by the Supreme Court allowing the Texas Legislature to close nearly 50 of its Planned Parenthood clinics. How do you agree with this decision when it obviously is taking the rights of women? If I'm not mistaken, this is 2014, we do have rights when it comes to what we want to do with our bodies! How did we go from having a freedom of speech to NO voice at all?

For those who had fought so hard to getting these clinics closed, I wonder if they really know the detriment this decision is going to cause? In an article published in  Mother Jones titled "This Is What Happens When You Defund Planned Parenthood." It is said, "In the past two years, Texas legislators slashed funds for family planning and passed up $30 million a year in federal Medicaid money, largely to squeeze Planned Parenthood out of the state's women's health programs." And, "Researchers say nearly 200,000 Texas women have lost or could lose access to contraception, cancer screenings, and basic preventive care, especially in low-income, rural parts of the state."

Now knowing this has occurred, not only will health risks for women increase, the rate for unplanned pregnancies will also increase, which will result in taxes being raised to cover the expenses. How in the world can someone allow for funding to be cut, clinics to be closed and for the freedom of each woman to be taken away from her. A new resident of Texas, and living here for a little over 3 years, I am appalled by how Texans' have allowed the legislators of this state to run it the way they "think" it should be ran, like it is the 1960's.

We as Texas residents, hell, not just Texas, US citizens need to stand up and stop allowing these legislatures to dictate how we should live our lives by expressing our constitutional rights...VOTING! With that being said, I truly believe that Texas needs to rethink the way they the health care of its women.