Abortion activists are working to gather 900,000 petition signatures to have a pro-abortion constitutional amendment placed on the statewide ballot in 2024.

Reportedly, the amendment will ban government regulation of abortion in our state constitution. I guess we will say goodbye to parental consent for minors, the 24- hour waiting period and, of course, the 15-week and 6-week restrictions recently passed.

My understanding is the amendment will allow all abortions to be obtained until viability with a broad loophole which will in effect allow abortion on demand up to birth.

I understand folks wanting to protect their local environment, especially the areas around the spring.

But when they’ve allowed a business similar to what’s proposed, on the same corner, to flourish for years and now want to clamp down on a possible competitor it reeks of monopoly to me. Let the local folks run their business, but not a new business with potentially more financial backing using more modern safety protocols.