Comment on the Austin MetroRail

Referring to the Austin MetroRail System, my classmate talks about there being an inconvenience. They bring up the fact that there are only nine stations which is not enough to cater to the growing population along with growing tourists.

I agree with this because I have personally seen the trouble it can cause some people. I actually rode the Metrorail this past Sunday. It doesn't usually run on Sundays but there being a special event makes this an exception. I see the popularity it has but once we got off the stop downtown, several people still had to get on there bikes ,as I overheard one of them say that they still have about a 30 minute ride to get to their destination. With this special event and only one stop downtown, biking can get dangerous. Also to mention that some people still need a cab to get where they are going which adds to the traffic. If the MetroRail expanded, then people can get to their destination quicker along with reducing traffic.

Another post about the abortion law

The new Texas law about abortions has become stricter than ever and could arguably have made Texas the strictest on the subject of matter. Once a woman reaches 20 weeks in her pregnancy she can no longer get an abortion unless, her own health is in immediate danger, something that is difficult to prove and therefore makes it almost impossible to implement. The latest Texas law concerning abortion states, that if you go to a clinic to get the abortion, that clinic must be within 30 miles of a hospital that will allow them to perform the abortion there. Beginning September 2014, ALL abortions will be required to be performed at a hospital that meets the safety requirements issued by the state of Texas, and therefore excludes many facilities that are allowed to do so currently.

 As a woman who currently resides in the state of Texas, this is a concern of mine not only for myself but for the rest of the women who will be obligated and stripped of their own dominion over their body.
 I believe that Texas needs to stop interfering because this is a personal choice that should only be dealt with between a woman and her doctor, behind closed doors and NOT in the public sphere. What gives Texas State Legislators the right to assume that the woman would be comfortable or safe having the procedure done at a hospital instead of an abortion clinic? The experience of getting an abortion is traumatizing enough already, without the added limitations that are now trying to be imposed upon Texas women.

Did you know that there are dozens of activists groups that harass women at health clinics on a daily basis? That they accuse these women of being "murderers" as soon as they step out of their vehicles without even asking why they are there in the first place!
This needs to stop. As I mentioned before, the process of getting an abortion is arduous enough already without the personal attacks questioning the woman's character.

It is my body, I should be able to do with it as I please. It is not a political matter it is my choice, and no one else should be able to make it but me.

 This could already have a psychological effect on them that we do not need to be making it worse.