LETTERS
Noon 10
We urge all pro-choice voters
to vote oo on Measure 10.
which requires doctors to no
tify one parent of girls aged 15
to 17 stroking abortions Moder
ate voters on the abortion may
be swayed by misinformation
from the "Yes on 10” cam
paign Here are some facts
For girls to qualify for the no
tification exceptions the rape or
incest must in; reported within
10 days of its occurrence. Since
only one in 10 rapes is report
ed. and even less frequently for
incest, most girls will not qual
ify for the exceptions.
Measure 10 does not address
the needs of pregnant girls in
less-than-ideal family situa
tions. All similar laws nation
wide allow pregnant teenagers
to request a notification excep
tion from a judge Measure 10.
however, does not. If passed, it
will Ik; the most restrictive pa
rental notification law in the
country.
Measure 10 will suspend the
license of doctors who lail to
comply with its notification re
quirements. Also, doctors will
face stiff fines which cannot L>e
insured against. Without access
to safe, confidential medical
(.are, Oregon teens will face
dangerous and deadly options
abusive adults or illegal
abortions The Oregon Medical
Association strongly opposes
Measure 10.
Communication between par
ents and teens is an important
goal Most pregnant girls vol
untarily tell their parents How
ever. Measure 10 does not fur
ther this goal for those who
cannot.
The informed pro-choice is a
no vote on Measure 10
lackie Corduv
Six co-signers
Women's l.aw Forum
Not far enough
1 like Measure 11. the one
that increases educational
choice 1 think that many of
those who oppose it are more
interested in education,il bu
reaucracy than in individual
children
There is. however, one thing
wrong with Measure 1 I It lets
parents have ta\ breaks for
sending their children to
sc hools like be c lesiastic :a, the
one in California where an H
year-old girl was beaten to
death and many other students
were regularly beaten
The Oregon legislature has
recently banned corporal pun
ishment from the public
schools. And maybe psvc holog
ical abuse will also be seriouslv
addressed soon
But what about the private
schools? Measure 11 is lacking
a clause that the non-public
schools that benefit must have
at least the same standards for
protecting children from abuse
as the public schools. The cur
rent standards for ensuring a
child's physical and psycholog
ical safety in the public sc hools
may lie Improved to further
protect children Measure 1 1
needs to require non public
schooling to be involved to
match or better any improve
ments.
Children are hurt enough as
it is Let's not vote for a imsis
ure that increases parents abil
ity to gamble with the*ir c lul
dren's lives without any safe
guards. lad s hold out for a [let
ter Measure 1 1 one that in
eludes the- provisions I men
tinned
As an adult having parents
with high degrees and an ob
session with academic superi
ority. I know from experience
that a beaten spirit is much
harder to salvage than anv
missing knowledge or skill.
Alice Berry
Eugene
Off the field
On the evening of Saturday
Oct 27. a member of the Uni
versity football team harassed
my roommate and I as we
waited at the check-out line at
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7-11 After Irvin# to bullv his
way m front of us in line he
talked itboul not having to
think twice about hitting girls,
and how he had hit plinth
As ive tried to leave he and .1
friend blocked our wav When
we went around they said.
"That's right. you need to learn
to go around."
I retorted something Ikk k
and they followed us out One
of the group said "White girls
don't understand blac k guvs
as he reached in mv room
mate's open car window and
slapped iu*r Then he told tis
everyone from Southern Ore
gon is prejudiced
1 called ‘ill from the pay
phone with the football player
standing liehind me telling me
it didn't matter who I called
When they found out I was
calling ‘11 1 they left
Some of my reac lions to their
harassment may have been in
appropriate, lull at 110 time did
mv roommate or I say or do
anything that could have been
construed as racist I was rude
because I felt they were being
sexist demeaning and because
I felt we were being unduly ha
r.issed
I also assumed (wrongly) th.it
a University football player
who is in the public eye would
try a little harder to lie a posi
live role model rather than lie
involved in and on itc inci
dents that not only make him
hut the whole football team
look had
I am not a rai ist I don't like
von and it's not bee atise ol your
c olor It's because of your sex
ist harassment and the fear. Im
initiation and hurt you c ausecl
us to feel
If this sort of incident is your
idea of a black thing, then
you're right, we wouldn't un
derstand
And a note to those who wit
nessecl the incident: thanks for
nothing.
lenniter I.. Hoyd
Kugene
r
Oregon
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