Ohio Bill That Bans All Abortions

Recently Ohio passed a bill that would ban all abortions. Not only that, but the state of Ohio will go as far as pressing criminal charges against both abortion providers and the women that are seeking the procedure. One of the state representatives Ron Hood stated, “it would be up to prosecutors to decide whether to charge a woman or a doctor and what those charges would be. But they could be severe. Under the bill, an “unborn human” would be considered a person under state criminal homicide statutes.” This means that it is up to the prosecutor to decide whether or not to charge a woman with murder for ending her pregnancy; and in Ohio, being convicted of murder results in life in prison or even the death penalty.

In my personal opinion, I believe that Ohio’s call to action is absurd. Not only for the fact that I am pro-choice for many reasons, but simply the resulting punishment of this procedure is unconstitutional. Anti-abortion rallies have taken place for a period of time now with a goal similar to Ohio’s bill, but many citizens cannot seem to put their opinions aside to acknowledge a serious problem that will potentially take place if abortions were banned in all; that is that banning abortions will not stop women from getting them, which results in illegal and or dangerous circumstances to get the procedure done. It simply seems more rational for women to make their own choices with a safe form of health care rather than an unconstitutional action to take place.

On February 27, 2018, SmirkingChimp published an article titled, “I Am a Teacher, Not an Instrument of Violence.” This article illustrated by Camillo Mac Bica is written about gun violence in schools through the eyes of a teacher. Gun control is a hugely controversial topic since the Florida school shooting; many individuals have expressed their stance on if teachers should be allowed to carry on school property. Social media has focused its attention on this topic causing many online arguments between people and their opinions.

            Bica is a professor of philosophy at the school of Visual Arts in New York. His past of being a Marine Corps Officer, Vietnam Veteran, and coordinator for a Veterans Peace organization, makes him a strong candidate for speaking out about the “teachers having guns to protect!” dispute. Bica wrote, “I am a teacher. I will not carry a weapon in the classroom. I will sacrifice my life, if need be, as other teachers have done, on behalf of my students, but I will not kill.” In my personal opinion, I agree with Proffesor. Bica solely for the purpose of this line. I believe his intended audience is to those who are capable of getting out of social media arguments, that will receive some insight on an individual who has been through violence and still chooses not to act on it given any circumstances. His logic stems from his experience as well as his particular belief for a course of action if need be. With a harsh argument like this one, I believe Bica’s response to it was highly respectable. Simple yet meaningful, this article should be recognized by more people.