Ebola Craze Going Too Far?

Ever since Ebola got to America back in the middle of September, people have been going crazy. However, this past week, it reached an all new high. A Texas school, Navarro College, denied Kamorudeen Abidogun (a Nigerian man who lives in Texas) admission because of Ebola. The rejection letter bluntly states, "Unfortunately, Navarro College is not accepting international students from countries with confirmed Ebola cases."

Rejection letter Abidogun received. Tweeted by Idris Bello.

I cannot even begin to understand why staff from this school would think this is acceptable. It is blatant discrimination. Firstly, there have been no new Ebola cases in Nigeria since September 8th. Meanwhile, America has had two new cases within the past week and the school is within an hour of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan died at the beginning of the month. The college is simply perpetuating racism based on Ebola.  

Furthermore, the school has only come out with one poorly written statement that did not correct the situation since the incident.

To Read The Statement, Click Here.  

Does Amendment 67 Go Too Far?

With elections coming up, there has been a lot of controversy over Amendment 67 in Colorado. The official ballot question will read: "Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution protecting pregnant women and unborn children by defining "person" and "child" in the Colorado criminal code and the Colorado wrongful death act to include unborn human beings?" The original initiative for this amendment began when a women who was eight months pregnant was hit by a drunk driver, ultimately killing her unborn child. Due to the fact that the term "person" does not include an unborn fetus, the person was not charged with murder.

When I heard this tragic story, of course I would immediately think to vote yes on this amendment. After doing some further research, however, I realize how much this amendment undermines women's rights. Firstly, it will make all abortion illegal in the state of Colorado, even in the case of incest and rape. It will also ban certain forms of birth control and restrict in vitro fertilization options.  Furthermore, and miscarriages or still births will be deemed suspicious and could be put under investigation.

In my opinion, all of these things go entirely against the privacy standard that was set in supreme court case Roe v. Wade. If this amendment gets passed, we are not moving forward in anyway whatsoever.

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