Pro-choice advocates form coalition for ‘stronger voice’
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associate Editor
As part of the continuing bat
tIt! over u woman's right to an
abortion, pro-choice groups
have formed a western coali
tion to "Hex a little regional
muscle," ac c ording to a spokes
woman
Kitty 1’iercy. stole president
for Oregon's National Abortion
Rights Action League, said the
coalition called l’ro-Choice
West is an attempt to loosen
some of the recent legislative
and judicial abortion restric
tions
T rotskyists
hit streets
By Mike Sears
Emerald Contributor
Despite the rerent politic .rl
changers in the Soviet Union
that have undermined commu
nist ideology, a small group of
die-hard communists made a
stand in front of the University
Bookstore Monday and Tues
day to share their beliefs
Urn king the tide of democrat
ic and market reforms sweeping
tin; world, three representatives
from the San Francisco-based
Spartnc ist League tried to at
trac t passing students long
enough to get their point across
and perhaps sell a few sub
si riptions to their publication.
"Defeat the Yellsin-Ifush
Lou n terre vo I u t i on D ’ 1 ii e v
called, in a local effort to re
verse the ( ollapse of c oinmu
nism
The group, affiliated with the
In ter n a t io n a I Co m m u n I s t
League, makes the trip north to
the- I hiiversiK every year Its
goal is to raise money for the
organization through subscrip
tions to its pub!ii ation, the
Workers Van guard, said
spokesman Steve Hamilton
Ac cording to Hamilton, another
goal is to influence younu col
lege minds
"It's a hopeless cause," said
Judy C.iscon, a Beaverton resi
dent who stopped long enough
to glanc e at their publication "I
only looked because) I was curi
ous."
Another student was more re
t epll ve
"Thus provide an alternative
point of view.” said Jennifer
I-aw (i'll, a double major in
Spanish and International
Studies "They can help people
understand many of the issues
today
1-awcett was among the few
students who invested the Sill
for a subscription.
While admitting that their
ideology has fallen on hard
times. Hamilton still believes
th.it Marxist !.enimst style com
munism will succeed.
"The current problems with
communism stems from Sta
lin’s influence.” Hamilton said
''We are Trotskyists
Leon Trotsky was a Russian
revolutionary who disagreed
with Stalin's policies and was
assassinated by Stalin's agents
"Counterrevolutionaries in
the Soviet Union have used du
Stolini/.ation to destroy com
munism,'' Hamilton said.
Croup members oppose the
breakup of the Soviet Union
and the democratic and market
reforms taking place there
They want the ideology of the
1917 Bolshevik Revolution pre
served, but would like an end
to the massive Soviet bureauc
racy.
The group includes organiza
lions from night stales includ
ing Oregon, California. Idaho.
Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Wash
ington and Wyoming.
Pierey said that with the pos
sibility of Roe \s Wade (the
Supreme Court case that pro
tooted a woman's right to an
abortion) being overturned,
women need to he well-organ
ized'and linked to help prevent
a court decision reversal
Accord i ng to 'I’rerc v, the
merger will give abortion rights
advocates more leverage in
their dealings with legislators
"To say that you art’ part of n
coalition from eight Matos is
powerful," she saui "It seems
like a stronger voir e "
The group has already organ
ized a boycott against l tail's
tourist resorts in response to
what Fieri v desi rihes as l 'labs
mast punitive legislation
against choice than anywhere
in the country "
Moreover, the group plans to
increase at cess to abortion ser
v ii es and hring the French
abortion pill. K! -IHf> into the
t luted St.ites for researt h with
the eventual goal of legalizing
it
loining tho coalition in the
fight is tin' University abortion
right-' group, Students for
Choice. which will make sum
th.it state iimi national ahortion
rights groups do not forget the
importance of the student vote,
said i o-dire< tor Debi Webster
Webster, who will be attend
ing a conference tills upcoming
weekend in Atlanta, (la to help
the east organize their own alii
iini.e, said the western coalition
is a way to link different people
together in i way that extends
iievond their immediate region
"It s not enough to have a
NAKAL to have a (Witinnal Or
ganizatlrm fur Women) You
have to have a diverse group."
Webster said "II abortion is
outlawed it is going to bo the
( ommunity that suffers, not just
women's groups
"It's not a woman's issue. It's
a freedom issue
Students for Choir e will hold
their first meeting of the year
Oct 1 at 5 p in in Century
Room A Several pro-choice
groups including NAKAI. and
the ACl.l) of Oregon are spon
soring a rally today at noon in
the KMC Courtyard to oppose
Clarence Thomas' nomination
to the l; S Supreme Court
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