The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill Monday the Republican sponsor says would create a Montana law Hyde Amendment that would prohibit public funds from being used to pay for abortions unless they were the result of rape or incest, or if the mother’s life is at risk.
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BISMARCK – Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota and the North Dakota Department of Human Services are recognizing the importance of community-based support for all children and families during Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. The agencies encourage North Dakotans to join them in wearing blue on Thursday, April 1, to show support for children and families and to demonstrate their commitment to “Growing a Better Tomorrow for All Children, Together.”
“Too often, our society thinks of raising healthy children as solely a parent’s or caregiver’s responsibility alone,” said PCAND Executive Director Sandy Tibke. “We can build healthier, safer, and thriving communities if groups of people work together to collectively support children and families, so children can grow up to become successful, contributing adults.”
Legislation that would deny food assistance to parents who have not been cooperating with the stateâs efforts to collect child support is getting another airing-out after being vetoed in 2019.
The bill, brought by Billings Republican Rep. Frank Fleming, was sharply criticized Thursday by a succession of single mothers, advocacy group lobbyists and other opponents as endangering already vulnerable women in poverty while yielding minimal cooperation with child support in other states that have enacted similar laws.
âI think it is especially cruel that a bill such as this would be introduced during a pandemic, when instead of finding ways to kick people off of assistance, we should be finding ways to help them,â Danielle Vazquez, with Indigenous Organizers Collective of Montana, told the House Human Services Committee.
Now, she’s trying to keep people from getting the disease.
Lomasney, chief of allergy and immunology at Fort Bragg’s Womack Army Medical Center, spent eight weeks in Texas working in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital that was overrun by patients with the disease.
“Most were very sick,” she said.
Lomasney said she would not wish COVID-19 on anyone.
“I’ve seen the destruction this disease can do on individuals, communities, families,” she said. “For every single person who gets infected and has a bad outcome, that’s a family that’s devastated.”
This week, Lomasney has been helping with efforts to give the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers and soldiers at Fort Bragg. Womack officials received a shipment of the Pfizer vaccine from the Department of Defense on Tuesday and started vaccinating healthcare workers at about 1 p.m. that day. On Thursday, dozens of soldiers were getting the vaccine at the hospital.