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Page 4A • The Monitor - Thursday, November 28, 2013
Operation Christmas Child underway
U.S. Supreme Court
upholds HB 2
restrictions on abortion
Monitor Photos/Martha Macomber
Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantreii
Courtney Tijerina and her son, Hagen, (left) stand with about 100 shoe-size gift boxes filled with goodies
from donations collected during Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church in Mabank. She delivered
them to the Operation Christmas Child collection center at Legendary Baptist Church Nov. 21, where church
volunteers ready the boxes and pack them into shipping crates to send out all over the world. More than
15,000 such boxes are collected from local churches and organizations and sent overseas with the message
of goodwill and God's care to children and their families. It is part of the Samaritan’s Purse project.
Monitor Staff Reports
WASHINGTON-The
Supreme Court on a split
vote upheld Texas HB 2
strict new abortion regula-
tions.
Nov. 19 Supreme
Court Justices Stephen G.
Breyer, Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, Sonia
Sotomayor and Elena
Kagan dissented, splitting
the vote 5-4.
Some women’s groups
fear will high court’s ruling
will prevent a third of the
state’s clinics from per-
forming the procedure.
The court split along
ideological lines in turning
down an appeal to block
the law that abortion rights
advocates challenged as
unconstitutional.
Texas lawmakers
adopted the measure in
July that requires abortion
providers have a doctor
on their staff who has ad-
mitting privileges at a hos-
pital within 30 miles of the
clinic.
By rejecting the re-
quest, the justices signaled
they do not think the
Texas law puts an uncon-
stitutional barrier against
women seeking abortions.
The Planned Parenthood
Federation said the law
would force 12 of the 36
licensed abortion provid-
ers to stop.
Planned Parenthood
Federation of America
president Cecile Richards
released this statement:
“While we are deeply dis-
appointed, this isn’t over.
We will take every step
we can to protect the
health of Texas women....
This is outrageous and un-
acceptable - and also
demonstrates why we
need stronger federal pro-
tections for women’s
health. Your rights and
your ability to make your
own medical decisions
should not depend on
your ZIP Code.”
Texas Attorney
General’s Office spokes-
woman Lauren Bean, also
released a statement:
“These are common
sense - and perfectly con-
stitutional - regulations
that further the State’s in-
terest in protecting the
health and safety of Texas
women, and we are
pleased that the U. S. Su-
preme Court has ruled
that HB 2 will remain in
effect.”
Gov. Rick Perry stated,
“This is good news both
for the unborn and for the
women of Texas, who are
now better protected from
shoddy abortion provid-
ers operating in dangerous
conditions. As always,
Texas will continue doing
everything we can to pro-
tect the culture of life in
our state.”
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Fire guts Trinidad home
Kemp ISD recognizes excellence
Monitor Photo/David Webb
ABOVE: Kemp ISD
recognizes November
Employees of the Month
(from left) professional
Kim Tucker,
paraprofessional Lib
Flach and auxiliary staff
member Kathy Irby. AT
RIGHT: School District
Superintendent Sam
Swierc (right) recognizes
pharmacist Robert
Emfinger as November
Community Member of
the Month on behalf of
the Kiwanis Club and the
Kemp Fire Department.
■ Remains
^Continued from Page 1A
know if this is him until the
anthropologist confirms the
identity,” he said.
Nutt believes it may be
the man in question be-
cause ofthe information his
office has received that he
once lived on the property.
Nutt said his office has re-
ceived other information
that makes him suspect
foul play is involved.
■ Fire
BContinued from Page 1A
’60s and early ’70s, with
its bright yellow facade,
handpainted murals and
annual talent contest
hosted on its own outdoor
stage.
Two days earlier, a fa-
vorite Mexican restaurant
in Athens was gutted by fire
on Pinkerton Street. The
El San Luis fire was re-
ported around 4 a.m. Nov.
20.
No injuries were re-
ported in either fire.
Fatality
Continued from Page 1A
Joal was to pick up her
husband, Bruce, in Dallas
that evening. Joal had told
her friend that she was ex-
cited that her husband was
about to retire from being
a truck driver.
The couple had been at-
tending Legendary Baptist
Church in Gun Barrel City.
Monitor Photo/David Webb
Kemp school board trustees recognize November Students ofthe Month (from
left) high school student Toribio Vega, intermediate student Nathan Martinez
and primary student Kylah Dunn.
Firefighters from Trinidad and Tool battle an 8 p.m. blaze Nov. 21 that gutted
this Meeks Deep Water Subdivision home on Rosemary Street. No one was
injured in the fire, but three dogs became trapped in the home. TOP: police
tape mark off the home the next day while officials further their investigation.
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