Congratulations to Israel, Germany and Denmark for their compassionate, feline-friendly laws! Puts the USA to shame.

These two points were made earlier by mrspunkysmom and are food for thought:

I think if the difference is some cat will be homeless or euthanized then the the lesser evil is to find a vet that will do a good job of declawing.

I think a ban on declawing is a good idea. But let's reduce the pet population to manageable levels, and perhaps then a ban on declawing would be able to take force.