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Veto urged on anti-abortion bill

Amy Jacobson, Executive Director, Prairie Action, Fargo Anti-abortion politicians in North Dakota are trying to control our bodies and our lives, take away our freedom, and force their will on the rest of us. These extremist politicians, led by Senator Janne Myrdal, are intent on banning abortion with little regard for our values or what’s best for our communities. The state legislature passed SB 2150 — a strident near total abortion ban with very narrow exceptions when the woman’s life is at risk. It also contains a limited exception for victims of rape and incest that ...

Sexual assault victims deserve options

Madison Griffin, Fellow with Prairie Action North Dakota, Fargo-Moorhead Recently Governor Burgum issued a proclamation naming April 2023 as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month. Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an educational campaign that aims to increase awareness about the causes and risk factors for sexual assault and empower individuals to take steps to prevent it in their communities. It calls attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and impacts every person in the community, though some more disproportionately than others. Governor Burgum’s ...

Save park’s wild horses

Sherri Christian, Independence, Mo. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, announced in December 2022 their intention to ELIMINATE THE ENTIRE HERD OF WILD HORSES. They are formulating their process of how to eliminate this herd NOW in their Environmental Analysis, due this summer. TRNP’s stated reason to remove the wild horses: To make room to add more bison to the current 600+ herd. Therefore, their stated claim that they are protecting forage for “long-term sustainability” is an outright lie. They are choosing to trade one grazing animal for another. Governor Burgum, Senator ...

We couldn’t do it without you

Melanie Gaebe, Bismarck During National Volunteer Week (April 16-22), the Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND is proud to honor local volunteers making a difference in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. An estimated 6.7 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s. Here in North Dakota,15,000 of our family members, friends and neighbors are living with Alzheimer’s and 19,000 people are their caregivers. We know that as the population of those 65 and older continues to grow, so will the number of North Dakotans with Alzheimer’s or other ...

Trump sounds like Democrat hustler

Ron Schmidt, Tolna Most of us have heard the phrase, “What goes around comes around.” Well, guess what? Donald Trump sounds just like an old Democrat hustler. He has taken one right out of the Democrat playbook. Trump is running ads about how mean old Ron DeSantis will cut Social Security and Medicare. Has voted three times to do so. Really! Since when was that possible? And horror of horrors, he wants to raise the retirement age to 70. Well, it’s about time. This Ponzi scheme can’t go on forever. Then again, if it is raised, less time to drink beer and go fishing. ...

ND is state of exclusion

Norton Lovold, Bismarck North Dakota’s one-party system is a system of exclusion. The 2023 session of North Dakota legislature has been so disheartening for us, the senior citizens who have prided ourselves for living in a “nice” and fair state. If you are poor, non-white, transgender or a woman who relies on appropriate health care to have a decent life, this legislature has decided that you do not deserve equal rights to theirs. Poor people do not deserve a quality education. Our legislature has decided to provide funding for private and for-profit schools rather than ...