The inescapable fallacy that hangs like an albatross around the neck of the antiabortion movement is the misguided assumption that women will stop terminating their pregnancies if the procedure becomes illegal. America has been there, done that.
Few issues within America’s dysfunctional health care system are more pressing than the astronomical price of insulin — access to which is, for millions of Americans, literally a matter of life or death.
Billy Joe “Bill” Evans, 83, Grain Valley, Mo., June 24, 2022, Speaks Suburban Chapel. .
Ellen Ott, 90, Independence, Mo, passed 06/24/2022. .
Evelyn Louise Fifield, 83, Blue Springs, Mo., June 24, 2022, Speaks Suburban Chapel. .
Fern Louise Cary, 68, of Independence, Mo. passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022 at St. Luke’s East hospital in Lee’s Summit, Mo. A celebration gathering and viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday evening, June 29, 2022 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Cremation will follow the visitation. Fern was born October 24, 1953 in Kansas City, Mo. to Olaf Frank and Alberta Fern (Hibbs) Reilley and has been a lifelong area resident graduating from Van Horn High School in 1971. She had worked for a number of years from St. Luke’s Health Systems as a medical transcriptionist before she retired in September of 2020. She enjoyed sewing and embroidery and spending time with her family. She devoted these last several years to helping take care of her grandchildren who she loved dearly. She found her true love, Rickey Ray Cary, in 2007 and enjoyed their time together until his passing in 2012. She is survived by; her daughter, Jennifer Talato and husband John of Independence; four grandchildren, Noah, Mahlea, Aryana and Israel all of the home and many extended family and friends. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.speakschapel.com. (Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel (816) 373-3600)
Lloyd Brent Pate, 61, of Grain Valley, Mo., formerly of Odessa, Mo., passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas surrounded by family. Visitation will be held from 12 to 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the Ralph O.
Mathew Adam Herman, 34, of Independence, MO passed away June 17, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be 11:00 AM, Friday, July 1, 2022 at New Hope Baptist Church, 18000 E. Lexington Road, Independence, MO 64058. Memorial contributions may be made to Hope Class at New Hope Baptist Church.
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MAGA was always supposed to be about “taking our country back.” But do Donald Trump’s most ardent soldiers even want to be part of the United States of America? Texas Republicans not only want to secede but also imagine that after backing out of our country, they would live in an Eden of their own creation where there are no state or federal income taxes. How this penniless republic would then fund even basic services, much less build infrastructure and raise an army, not even God knows.