{"id":243399,"date":"2021-04-14T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=243399"},"modified":"2021-04-14T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:31:44","slug":"blue-hill-nebraska-25th-sanctuary-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/blue-hill-nebraska-25th-sanctuary-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Blue Hill in Nebraska becomes 25th in nation to outlaw abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this guest post are solely those of the author and are not necessarily reflective of Live Action or Live Action News.<\/i><\/p>\n

The City of Blue Hill, Nebraska (pop. 941), has become the 25th city in the nation and the second city in Nebraska to pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within its city limits. The vote of the Blue Hill City Council was a unanimous 3-0 vote. Although one council member was absent for part of the meeting and missed the actual vote, he was supportive of the decision of his City Council and proud to stand with the council’s three “Yes” votes.<\/p>\n

The ordinance, which immediately outlaws abortion, also declares the abortion pill contraband in Blue Hill, Nebraska. The vote lives up to the phrase on the official seal of the City of Blue Hill, which reads, “Preserving Our Heritage for Future Generations.”<\/p>\n

It all started when a community member had heard about the Village of Hayes Center<\/a> becoming the first city in Nebraska to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion. Upon hearing the news, that community member reached out to Mayor Schunk to let her know that this was something that she wanted to see in Blue Hill. Schunk reached out to a director with Right to Life of East Texas on Friday morning. It was placed on the city council agenda that morning, and a vote took place on Tuesday \u2014 just four days later.<\/p>\n

Mayor Keri Schunk said of the ordinance, “When someone brought this issue to my attention, and I was urged to ‘Add us to the list,’ I wasn’t sure it was necessary for small-town Blue Hill. Would anyone ever open an abortion clinic here? Probably not, but I’ve learned being proactive is much easier than being reactive. Today, more than ever, we must strive for a better tomorrow, or society will suppress and surpass us. I think the future of Blue Hill is in good hands with a council that unanimously votes to prohibit abortion within their city limits.”<\/p>\n

The vote to outlaw abortion came one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s acting commissioner, Janet Woodcock, sent a letter to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology indicating that the FDA intends to \u201cexercise enforcement discretion\u201d in the dispensing of the abortion pill by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The pro-abortion American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology praised the FDA, announcing in a press release<\/a>, \u201cACOG applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for acknowledging the strong safety and efficacy profile of mifepristone for termination of early pregnancy. By halting enforcement of the in-person dispensing requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA is recognizing and responding to the available evidence \u2014 which has clearly and definitively demonstrated that the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone is unnecessary and restrictive.\u201d The press release goes on to say that \u201cACOG has for years advocated for the FDA to remove the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Editor’s Note: Read more here<\/a> on why the ACOG’s statement should be viewed with scrutiny, especially regarding the abortion pill’s alleged safety.<\/em>]<\/p>\n