bettina fine art
witty and provocative folk art paintings
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The Idaho Air Lift
This is my latest painting. It is my response to the after affect of the overturning of Roe and the abortion bans that followed. In Idaho instead of treating patients with pregnancy complications due to vague language in the ban, doctors in hospitals chose to airlift them out of state. This is how you treat cattle. A few months after reading about this I saw a nature program on relocating Big Horn Sheep in the west from one state to another. The sheep were placed in harnesses and a helicopter airlifted them to their new location. The idea for the painting sprang from that. Since the idea for this painting came about a number of women have died due to pregnancy complications - deaths that could have been prevented with an abortion. The exact number is not known since many of these states are blocking the ability to have a medical review and cause of death. By not having this data recorded, public health is not being served.
This painting was accepted in an online art show called Art and Politics by Las Laguna Art Galley in Laguna Beach, California
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