On this day, May 5, 1903, James Beard, US culinary expert, author (Delights & Prejudices), was born in Portland, Ore.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing Mrs. Elsie Mitchell, the pregnant wife of a minister, and five children after they attempted to drag it out the woods in Lakeview, Oregon. The balloon was armed, and exploded soon after they began tampering with it. They became the 1st and only known American civilians to be killed in the continental US during World War II.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, Bly minister Archie Mitchell, his pregnant wife Elsie, and five children from Mitchell's Sunday school class were on a Saturday morning picnic. Thirteen miles northeast of Bly, or about sixty miles northeast of Klamath Falls, Mitchell parked the car, and Elsie and the children headed to Leonard Creek. Mitchell later remembered: "As I got out of the car to bring the lunch, the others were not far away and called to me they had found something that looked like a balloon. I heard of Japanese balloons so I shouted a warning not to touch it. But just then there was a big explosion. I ran up there--and they were all dead." It was a Japanese balloon bomb. They were 70 feet tall with a 33-foot diameter paper canopy connected to the main device by shroud lines. Balloons inflated with hydrogen followed the jet stream at an altitude of 30,000 feet.
The frontier for the rights of the unborn
As the repeal of Roe v. Wade heats up in the U.S. Supreme Court,
Oregon’s majority party pushed through
HB 4034 to make the Reproductive Healthcare Equity Act permanent.
Buried within HB 4034, which adds to what a pharmacy intern can do,
allowing a pharmacy to swipe person's driver license for purchasing
pseudoephedrine without a prescription to a person who is at least 18
years of age with a valid government-issued photo identification, is the
implementation of the Reproductive Health Equity Act of 2017 (RHEA).
Usually, laws that compel health insurance providers to cover particular
treatments are automatically repealed after six years. HB 4034 didn’t
need to add RHEA because it already made abortions a free medical
benefit. Not only did HB 4034 make abortion benefits permanent, but
the slap in the face came by adding an “emergency clause†preventing a
citizen’s petition from challenging the law by a vote.
HB 4034 also allotted distribution of $2,555,000 General Fund to give
Oregon Health Authority more latitude in who receives grants to push
their pro-abortion agenda, including schools.
The bill authorizes ten
school districts to receive grants for health care centers, and awards up
to four grants to school districts or education service districts for
mobile school-linked health centers.
Putting health care centers in schools is another way to separate
children from parents allowing state to provide treatments without
parents' knowledge.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Abortion first showed up in Oregon law In 2017,
HB 3391, in a full court
press by Democrats to pass the Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA).
The Act expanded health coverage to access free reproductive health
services, including abortion, contraceptive options, and experimental or
investigational treatments or treatment that do not conform to
acceptable and customary standards of medical practices.
Why the urgency to make the RHEA law permanent?
If the Supreme
Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the decision goes back to individual
states.
There are 26 states likely to ban abortions. However, 15 states
are taking action to make abortion a legal right by passing laws.
Republicans put forth a motion to withdraw pro-life bills from
committees in 2021 in both Houses with
HB 2699 and
SB 586 that would
require an aborted baby born alive to be treated as a viable person.
Democrats voted down both attempts.
HB 4034 is currently awaiting the governor’s signature.
--Donna Bleiler| Post Date: 2022-03-20 12:41:46 | Last Update: 2022-03-20 15:56:53 |
