Prop. 129 will help animals

As a retired Colorado veterinarian, I am a strong proponent of Proposition 129.

The purpose of Proposition 129 is to establish a new, regulated professional associate as a provider of veterinary care. This new veterinary care provider will be a midlevel practitioner known as a Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA). They would be very similar to the PAs we have all become accustomed to in human medicine.

In her article, Rachel Gabel stated that, “The measure itself is vague. It creates this mystical profession, for which there is no academic programs for in the state, so no timeline for when someone could be eligible to actually work in the profession” (sic). Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has carefully constructed a curriculum for this midlevel practitioner position. Students with bachelor’s degrees, as well as certified technicians with experience, will be able to apply to this program, and, upon completion, receive a Master’s Degree in Animal Care. As a result, there will be many more tasks that, under veterinary supervision, VPAs will be trained and able to do.

There is a true shortage of veterinarians in Colorado, and animals are not getting the care they need.

Change can frighten individuals or excite them. I am one of the many veterinarians who are excited that CSU has carefully designed this VPA career path to help the veterinary community expand the services available to animals. More care will be delivered to animals at veterinary hospitals, shelters and low-cost clinics because they will have additional personnel to provide the needed services.

Dr. Paige Garnett

Golden

Who benef

its from this?

Colorado is already a destination state for those seeking late term abortions. We already have some of the most unrestrictive laws in the nation regarding abortion. Amendment 79 would only take the same laws we already have and enshrine them in the state Constitution. So why the endless barrage of ads, with paid actresses portraying distressed women who claim they are being denied their “right” to abortion? Who would be benefited by making this part of the Constitution?

Certainly not the people involved. Those who want to protect the pregnant mother, often in panic mode, with commonsense protections, are shut down. Parents who would like to be consulted and informed about their underage daughter receiving an abortion would have to change the Constitution to get that right. The baby, of course, is not considered, and suffers excruciating pain as his/her limbs are ripped off, with no anesthetic, the head crushed, and brains spilled out. (See how abortions are performed at different stages in short videos by OBGYN’s who have performed abortions at Whatisabortion.com).

Who benefits from Amendment 79? The multi-million dollar abortion industry, the pimps and sex traffickers have a great windfall for their businesses. Now the taxpayers (even those who feel different levels of abortion are wrong) are forced to line all of their pockets.

What could be more unfair? Vote NO on Amendment 79!

Sandy Anderson

Montrose

These are the ramif

ications

I was brought up in a household where politics were not discussed. I thought my parent’s silence was due to complacency. On the contrary, in their silence, they were weighing out the consequences of their votes.

Voting was a responsibility that reflected the world they wanted to offer their children and their children’s children. Voting, working, respecting the law, putting God first, and having an allegiance to America and family were non-negotiable.

Never in my wildest nightmares would I imagine that the great state of Colorado would be one of seven states where abortion is legal at ALL stages of pregnancy. Yet, while ‘choice’ is embedded in the proabortion movement, they are now seeking to eliminate the ‘choice’ of parents and taxpayers through Amendment 79.

If passed, Amendment 79 will be added to the Colorado Constitution creating a constitutional “right” to unrestricted abortion that allows for taxpayer-funded abortion. It will repeal the current ban on public funding, ban any limits on late abortions and ban parental notice laws for minors getting abortions.

Amendment 79 will allow state legislature to use taxes to pay for abortions. Taxpayers will have NO choice in the matter! Parents will be left out of their daughter’s abortion decisions, including abortions forced by boyfriends or abusers.

These are the ramifications of Amendment 79. Whether you are pro-life or pro-abortion, get informed. Weigh out the consequences of your vote. Does it reflect the world that you want? Choose wisely. You only get one choice.

Shanna Robb

Pagosa Springs