Measure 6 debate
raises temperature
By Mary Courtis
Of Sm tamU
The moral and economic im
pacts of Ballot Measure 6 on the
state of Oregon were questioned
and debated Wednesday night
at a Measure 6 debate forum
sponsored by the ASUO
Women's Task Force.
Ballot Measure 6 is the con
troversial ammendment to the
state's constitution that would
prohibit state-funded abortions.
The issue is one that arouses
strong feelings among its sup
porters and opponents and at
tracted a large audience to the
debate.
Speaking in favor of Measure
6. Kit Greerty of Taxpayers for
Responsible Government ques
tioned the legitimacy of paying
for abortions with government
funds.
"Why should taxpayers foot
the bill for private choices?”
she said.
Greerty also argued that abor
tions were too readily available
to women, that access to state
funded abortions discourages
birth control use. and that these
considerations had especially
disturbing consequences for
teenagers.
"Everyone is deeply concern
ed over teenage pregnancies,"
she said. "But if abortions are
too readily available, then we
are putting our stamp of ap
proval on sex and abortion. We
can't provide abortions as a
quick fix.”
Passage of Ballot Measure b
would help to correct these pro
blems. she said.
"When we restrict funding to
abortion, then women will
choose to use traditional forms
of birth control.’’ Greerty said.
Opponents of Ballot Measure
6 can also be faulted for making
claims that are "callous,
discriminatory and just plain
untrue,” Greerty said.
“They have spent $100,000
sensationalizing the plight of
rape and incest victims.” she
said. “And these women make
up only one percent of the
women who seek abortions.”
"We have to ask ourselves if
we are using our tax dollars in
the most responsible way to
help poor women.” Greerty
said. "Is it legitimate to say
‘better dead than fed’ when we
are talking about human lives?”
Kuth Leibik. a Planned Paren
thood representative working to
defeat Ballot Measure 6. took a
different stand on the issue.
"Ballot Measure H will have
no effect on women who are
capable of paying for their abor
tion." she said "Instead. Ballot
Measure B is a direct attack on
poor women who are complete
Iv dependent on the state for
their medical care. The state is
not in the business of providing
abortions for everyone. Only
women who have been found
categorically and medically
needy are eligible for state
funded abortions.”
The state should continue to
maintain its neutrality by fun
ding a woman's three options
(adoption, abortion and
delivery) equally. Leibik said.
”lf Ballot Measure 6 passes,
poor women will no longer
have the same constitutional
rights as women who are able to
pay for their abortion.” Leibik
said.
Leibik also looked at the issue
of teenage pregnancy
differently.
“For teenagers who choose
abortion as an option. 90 per
cent receive abortions through
private rather than public fun
ding,” she said. “The passage
of Ballot Measure 6 will not in
fluence the number of unplann
ed pregnancies, increase birth
control use or deter sexual ac
tivities. Rather, people will be
more tempted to resort to back
alley abortions or other
dangerous alternatives.”
Before abortion became legal,
abortion was the number one
cause of death among women in
America. Leibik said.
Instead of attempting to
legislate morality or deny
women access to contraceptives
and abortion, more education,
greater openness and support of
organizations like Planned
Parenthood are more productive
ways to reduce the number of
unplanned pregnancies. leibik
said.
Leibik answered that,
"studies indicate that 97 per
cent of single mothers keep
their babies and do not put them
up for adoption.”
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