POLITICS
Measure 8 asks voters to decide abortion issue
By Joe Kidd
EmerakJ Politics Editor
The impassioned debate over abortion
will he put before Oregon voters Tues
day in the form of Measure 8. one of two
anti-abortion initiatives on the ballot.
And proponents and opponents of the
measure have been heatedly campaign
ing their causes.
"We will not stand by and see the
murder of thousands of babies." said
Rod Augee. a coordinator for the Ore
gon Human Rights Coalition, the group
that pul the initiative on the ballot.
"We're dealing with a human rights
issue." he said "\V'e are pro-choice
when it comes to the choices made lie
fore conception. After conception, there
are two individuals involved, and then
it becomes a human rights issue."
Opponents of the measure see it as a
rights issue as well.
"The issue is who will decide what
will hup|ien when there is an unwanted
pregnancy.” said leanette Turk, manag
er of the No on 8 and 10 Campaign
"Will the woman make the decision
with her physician or will the funda
mentalists or religious groups trying to
VOTE '90
SUMMARY
• Add* new provision to Oregon Con
stitution. The new provision would
prohibit abortion with three excep
tions.
• The exceptions, in which abortion
would not be prohibited, are to pre
vent the death of the pregnant woman
and In reported case* of rape or incest.
impose their morality on the public?"
If passed. Measure 8 would prohibit
all abortions exception in cases of re
ported rape, incest or to save the life of
the mother. Another initiative on the
ballot. Measure It), calls for parental no
tification Indore a minor could receive
an abortion
Proponents of Measure 8 claimed the
initiative at what they call "con
venience abortions.” believing that
most of the 13.(KM) abortions performed
in Oregon last year were done for rea
sons other than of necessity. Supporters
claim that only 1 to 3 percent of abor
tions performed are done in cases in
volving rape or incest.
Turk said she believes those figures
may not be accurate, and that that isn't
really the issue anyway.
"Any law enforcement officer will tell
you that rape and incest are the most
underreported crimes," she said. "...I
don't know if that (figure) is accurate.
The issue is not numbers. It is a wom
an's right, and whether a zealot group is
going to control that.”
Turk said she believes the measure's
proponents are "trying to impose their
morality on the public.”
However, Augee argues that many of
the current laws legislate morality to
some extent.
"Murder, child abuse and speeding
are illegal." he said. "Society has the
definite privilege to establish limits "
Opponents of the initiative also point
to the issue of whether unsafe, illegal
abortions will result if the measure is
passed
"The measure will not eliminate abor
tions.” Turk said. "Women will be
force back to back alley abortions."
While supporters of the measure con
cede that abortions will still be obtained
illegally, they say that the threat to
women's lives will not be greater than it
is now.
Dr. Gregory Thomas, a Salem-area
physician whc has spoken out in favor
of Measure B, points to figures from the
National Center for Health Statistics to
support that claim.
Thomas points out that in 1960 the
president of Planned Parenthood stated
that 90 percent of the illegal abortions
performed then were done by phy
sicians.
"If Measure B made abortion totally
illegal, which it doesn't, there is no rea
son to believe (those seeking illegal
abortions) would go to anyone other
than a doctor," he said.
According to the National Center for
Health Statistics, the number of women
who died from abortion complications
dropped to below 200 by 1960. and to
about 50 by 1973, when the LJ.S. Su
preme Court legalized abortion.
University professor takes on incumbent in District 43
By Carrie Dennett
Emetaid Repooer
To hear Democrat Lynn Kahle tell it.
he has a good chance of treating Repub
lican incumbent Larry Campbell. Dis
trict -t.t state representative since 1979
and House minority leader
Kahle, a University professor, said In*
is making headway in a district that,
while predominately Democrat, has
consistently re-elected Campbell
“1 think I’m reaching the Democrats,
and I think I'm reaching some Republi
cans, too." kahlt; said
Campbell said he was unavailable for
an interview until after the election
kahle points out that Campliell ran
unopposed in the last election, and lie
fore that ran against opponents who
were severely underfunded.
kahle said Campbell's campaign is
more about money than the issues
"His campaign is a big bucks cam
paign. I wish he was dealing more with
the his voting record and more with the
issues," he said.
kahie said Campbell has received
more campaign contributions than any
legislator in Oregon, including many
from political action committees while
he said his funds arc mostly from small
contributions.
The issues of property tax reduction
and support for schools have created a
lot of attention in the election, and
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Kahle said while property
taxes need to lie reduced,
a plan to replace those
lost taxes must bo part of
the package, lie said this
can perhaps lie liest ac
complished with a pro
gressive income tax or a
luxury tax.
The connection be
tween drugs and crime is
another issue that prom
Iises to be a continued fo
cus for legislators.
kahle has also come
out against the export of
raw logs, supporting the
production of secondary
wood products to replace
lost jobs in the timber in
dustry.
BIOGRAPHY
Lynn Kahle
Candidacy: State representative.
District 43
Party: Democrat
Age: 39
Home: Eugene
Occupation: Associate professor for
consumer behavior and communica
tions at the University
Background: Legislative aide. 1989;
B.A., Concordia Senior College; M.A.,
Pacific Lutheran University: Ph.D..
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Larry Campbell
Candidacy: State representative,
District 43
Party: Republican
Age: 59
Home: Eugene
Occupation: Director of public affairs.
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Background: State representative.
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