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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018
Publicly-funded
abortion ban
heads to ballot
Practice banned
in 32 states
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
A constitutional amend-
ment to ban publicly-funded
abortion in Oregon has quali-
fied for the November election.
The Stop Taxpayer Fund-
ing for Abortion Act —
which will likely be called
Measure 106 — had just
enough valid signatures to
secure a place on the ballot.
“We are really excited
because we have been work-
ing at this since 2012,” said
Marilyn Shannon, of Brooks,
one of the initiative’s three
chief sponsors. “We had a lot
of roadblocks.”
The measure would pro-
hibit the use of public funds
to pay for abortions, unless
medically necessary or
required by federal law.
“This does not outlaw
abortions,” Shannon said.
“It just does not allow public
money to pay for it.”
The state spent about $1.9
million in 2017-18 for abor-
tions paid for by the Oregon
Health Plan, the state’s ver-
sion of Medicaid, accord-
ing to the Oregon Health
Authority.
Abortion rights activists
and others have formed a
coalition — the No Cuts to
Care campaign — to oppose
the measure.
“This measure targets vul-
nerable Oregonians and indi-
viduals who are already
stretched in terms of their
means,” said Emily McLain,
executive director of Planned
Parenthood Advocates of Ore-
gon. “This really could harm
their access to health care.”
Oregonians have consis-
tently supported increasing
access to reproductive health
care, she said.
“I am confident they will
vote no on Measure 106,” she
said.
Oregon is one of 17 states
that use public funds for med-
ically-necessary abortions;
32 states and the District of
Columbia prohibit spend-
ing public funds on abortion,
according to the Washing-
ton, D.C.-based Guttmacher
Institute, a research and pol-
icy organization that advo-
cates for sexual and repro-
ductive health rights.
‘This does
not outlaw
abortions.
It just does
not allow
public
money to
pay for it.’
Marilyn Shannon
one of the initiative’s
chief sponsors
As
a
constitutional
change, the measure needed
at least 117,578 valid signa-
tures to appear on the ballot.
The Oregon Secretary of
State’s Office determined
that 117,799 were valid.
The office has dismissed
an elections complaint by
Planned Parenthood alleg-
ing that the petitioners failed
to disclose that they were
using paid signature gath-
erers. An investigation into
another complaint accusing
petitioners of improper cam-
paign finance reporting is
still ongoing, McLain said.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
Big squid washes ashore near Cannon Beach
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH — A
10-foot robust clubhook squid
washed ashore near Silver
Point south of Cannon Beach.
The Seaside Aquarium
examined and dissected the
90-pound squid, which had a
mantle length of 4 feet. Found
in the eastern Pacific, the spe-
cies ranges from Alaska to Cal-
ifornia. They are also found off
the coast of Japan.
Aquarium staff reported
on Saturday that the squid had
been dead for “a little while”
and some scavenging had
occurred. “But all in all, it was
in pretty good shape,” Tiffany
Boothe, the aquarium’s head
curator, said. “Most likely this
animal died after spawning
and ocean currents brought it
Photos by Allysa Casteel/Seaside Aquarium
A robust clubhook squid washed ashore south of
Cannon Beach.
ashore.”
The robust clubhook squid,
Onykia robusta, is the third
Head curator Tiffany Boothe ex-
amines and dissects the squid
with aquarium staff.
largest squid species in the
world, and can reach a length
of 12 feet. Two larger spe-
cies are the colossal squid and
the giant squid, both of which
exceed lengths of 30 feet.
New report projects for rising seas in Washington state
Rise tied to
global warming
By PHUONG LE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — A new report
provides the most detailed pro-
jections for how fast sea lev-
els are expected to rise along
Washington state shorelines
over the next decades.
The projections released
today show what to expect at
171 sites in Puget Sound and
along the state’s outer coast
as sea levels rise due to global
warming. The information is
more local and specific than
previous assessments.
Scientists with Washington
Sea Grant and the University
of Washington Climate Impacts
Group calculated the likelihood
that sea levels will reach or
exceed a certain level for each
location and under different
greenhouse gas scenarios.
Harriet Morgan, a research
consultant at UW Climate
Impacts Group and report
co-author, said previous pro-
jections for the state have been
“too zoomed out to be use-
ful.” Now, local planners and
others can click on a map and
download estimates for their
locations.
“Because we zoomed in,
we captured local variations
and land movement along the
coast,” she said. “This is some-
thing that we heard from local
decision makers. We need num-
bers that are specific for our
communities and local areas.”
Sea level rise is caused by
warming of the ocean and
melting from glaciers and ice
sheets.
Washington state has more
than 3,000 miles of coastline.
Rising sea level is a concern
because it can itncrease the
risk of flooding, storm surges,
coastal bluff and shoreline ero-
sion and loss of wetlands or
other habitat. It can also dam-
age roads and buildings and
impact fisheries.
The estimates give a full
range of possible future sea
level changes, allowing plan-
ners to weigh the risks of dif-
ferent scenarios as they locate
hospitals, roads or septic tanks.
The report incorporates the
latest science and takes into
account variations in the esti-
‘This finer
level of detail
allows us
to do better
planning.’
Jim Parvey
chief sustainability officer
mated land movement, whether
land is sinking or uplifting, in
each location.
“There are places in Wash-
ington state and elsewhere the
land is uplifting and that will
counteract absolute sea level
change. And there are places
that are subsiding,” said Ian
Miller, a coastal hazards spe-
cialist at Washington Sea Grant
who co-authored the report.
Areas such as Neah Bay
on the northwest Washington
coast are estimated to be uplift-
ing, or rising, and have lower
projected changes in sea level
compared to areas of central
Puget Sound, including Seat-
tle, that are sinking.
In general, most com-
munities are expected to see
between 2 feet and 3 feet by
2100 under a scenario where
greenhouse gas emissions con-
tinue to rise, Miller said.
By 2100 in Seattle, sea level
is projected to rise between 1.7
feet and 3.1 feet under a sce-
nario where greenhouse gas
emissions continue to rise over
time. Meanwhile, by 2100,
sea level is estimated to rise
between 1 feet and 2.6 feet in
Taholah and 1.3 feet to 2.7 feet
in Bellingham.
“This finer level of detail
allows us to do better plan-
ning,” said Jim Parvey, the
chief sustainability officer in
Tacoma, who is working with
the authors to incorporate the
projections into city planning.
“We’re trying to get our
minds around the problem and
figure out how to build infra-
structure that’s going to last.
We need to do our best to guess
what the conditions are going
to be like in the future that we
have to cope with,” he said.
The report is part of the
three-year Washington Coastal
Resilience Project to help com-
munities prepare for natural
events that threaten the coast
due to rising sea levels.
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