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Show MyWeberMedia.com | August 29, 2019 | 5 Mitt Romney addresses concerns constituents have at various town halls across Utah. according to Romney. Red flags laws, created at a state level, allow a person to petition the state court in order to temporarily remove firearms from someone who may be a danger to themselves or others. Currently, there are 17 states that have red flag laws, Utah not being one of them. “Washington is best to deal with the databases of gun control laws,” Romney said in his closing statement on gun control laws, “but laws related to the safety of our schools and regulations of guns are best managed at a state by state basis.” In 2019, nine states have passed new abortion laws that would restrict a mother from having an abortion after a certain number of weeks into the mother’s pregnancy, Utah being one of them. In Utah, a mother cannot have an abortion after 18 weeks into their pregnancy unless an incident such as rape or incest has been validated and reported to law enforcement or if the mother’s life is in danger. In Alabama, however, a mother cannot have an abortion if she finds that she is pregnant, regardless of rape or incest. Romney is pro-life and is not familiar with any new Utah abortion laws being proposed by the state’s legislature and said, “I don’t know of any law that has reached the senate or has passed at the federal level related to abortion.“ NURSING EDUCATION at its best and most affordable. PN to RN, AD-RN, BSN, MSN, and newly implemented Doctor of Nursing Practice. weber.edu/nursing With the possibility of new abortion laws in Utah, Romney “would prefer that we didn’t have abortion in our country at all, but we do,” he said, “but that’s a decision made by the Supreme Court, and I support the authority of the Supreme Court whether we agree with them or not.” Romney is currently focused on removing and keeping the federal government off of Utah land, which is 70 percent public land. More control of it would allow the state to expand its disaster prevention efforts and reduce the risk of the spread of wildfires by better managing the forests. The national debt crisis is also an issue that Romney is attempting to resolve. The LANDIN GRIFFITH | The Signpost U.S. spent roughly $4 trillion in federal spending in 2018 and taxed $3 trillion. “Where did we get that extra trillion dollars?” Romney said, “We borrowed it from China and from others.” Future generations will have to pay the interest on the national debt if it continues to go up. Romney will serve Utah in the Senate until the 2025 midterm elections and continue to make efforts to improve the current issues. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com |