New York Times Sees No Irony In Outlawing Cat Declawing, But Allowing Brutal Abortion

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New York Times Sees No Irony In Outlawing Cat Declawing, But Allowing Brutal Abortion
By Tim Graham | June 9, 2019 9:54 AM EDT

The New York state legislature passed a bill that would be the first in the nation to outlaw the declawing of cats. But what makes that really interesting is that in January, the same legislature made it legal to abort human babies up to birth. Townhall columnist Michael Brown underlined the contrast in his headline:

    New York: Dismember The Late-Term Babies But Do Not Declaw The Cats

The New York Times seemed impervious to this eye-popping divergence in moral standards in a news story by Jesse McKinley.

    ALBANY — New York lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on cat declawing, putting the state on the cusp of being the first to outlaw the procedure.

    The bill, which had been fought for several years by some veterinary groups, would outlaw several types of declawing surgeries except in cases of medical necessity, and forbid any such surgeries for “cosmetic or aesthetic reasons.”

    The Assembly sponsor, Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat, said those reasons include pet owners who “think their furniture is more important than their cat.”


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