Abortion gag repeal
respects intelligence
Uniks like women might just be allowed to grow
up in this country after all. That's right, with rights to
information and everything.
The House recently overturned the Hush adminis
tration's gag rule preventing family planning clinics
from offering women abortion counseling It now
moves to the Senate
Under the rule, doctors and clinic staffers got in
Hig Trouble if they even alluded to abortion as an op
lion for pregnant women.
Previously protected against'making what the ad
ministration labeled a "wrong <1<h ision." what over
will women do should they actually become privy to
this long-denied informationWill they even be able to
handle the decision process necessary to sort through
the evtru option without the medical profession's si
h*m ** to guid<* them.
Whether one Mil)
scribes to the anti-abortion
or abortion rights side of
the spot drum. denial of in
formation regarding alnir
lion is wrong, as would lie
the denial of any informa
tion about the variety of
options available to preg
nant women It's not the
administration's plate to
decide how a woman will
handle her pregnancy. In
stead. its [dace is to pro
let t information access!
bilitv rights while leaving
It's not the
administration's
place to decide
how a woman
will handle her
pregnancy.
Instead, its place
is to protect
information
accessibility.
the ultimate* (In ismn to the purty(ics) involved
The gag rule has been a total insult to women, and
has affected doctors and their st.iff. In short, it slams
supporters' version of the "right decision” down worn
cm's throats by locking up what medii al professionals
can and cannot say.
Women are able, and deserve the ri^*ht. to make
their own decisions regarding their pregnancy. Avail
able information is necessary for that to take place —
including abortion information
Doctors and staffers deserve the freedom to counsel
as they see fit Cwigging them insults their intelligence.
The administration, however, still has a way to go.
Though new guidelines issued last month would allow
doctors at government clinics to talk to patients about
the abortion option, clinic staffers, including nurses,
would be forbidden to do the same The most they
could do is refer women elsew here
Once again. America's hypocritical system ot hu
man rights has been exposed tor what it is Restrictions
on receiving information is not the ke\ to life, liberts
and the pursuit of happiness It is the ke\ to ignorance
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ASUO Executive’s car won’t run
THE FINE
PRINT
BY JAKE BERG
Bobby Lit .mti Karmen
Inti's i .1 in pa i).;1' for the
ASt () Ffxei ulivi' is ,is a Sol
like a gtuwl- looking sports car
The i ar had mi e body lines,
the |mint vv.is spotless, the
s|HT(lonieter went tn 1 ho mph,
and the name is as top of the
line
l lie i ar is as Uuu'iiul, almost
per feet t'aifortunately for Boh
by and hat men. you can’t run a
snorts ( ar with a lawnmnwer's
engine
Bohhv and harmen. though,
now have the unenviable task
of driving this John Deere RX7
after students (nr at least the
U 1 perient who voted 111 tile
primary) gave them the kt-\s
I.ui k\ for them tills ear ean
run for a few miles on rhetorli
V\ i e heard It all tx-iore
more diversity, fight tuition in
creases. Iilah. filah, blah l'heir
i ampaign stance ssas as much
of a i liche as tile same old
sung and dam e As a matter ol
far t. it was just that
(liven, Bubhv vs ill pruhabls
do more than out invisible
president Jennifer Bills Me s
got tfie experience and lias
been m the system long enough
so that in might actually do
something 1 r mu all md n a
lions Bobby lias tin- hunger to
make some change
It am t that easy kid
Talking about it is one tiling,
but treating change is some
thing else entirely You need
help to make < iionge, and given
the far Ir.im flattering voting
turnout (last year s 1 '> perient
was laughingly better), students
at I in l' n i versily just don’t
care
\\ e all Inti li and mo.in about
(loss empty our pix Sets are al
ter paying the tuition lull, but
hoys many students are a< tually
willing to do something about
it’
Mayte almut ' perient the
miiiiiIkt of students out ot the
total l Diversity population
w ho voted iur Lee Fore I’ii.it s
not very encouraging Fee may
be the driver of the AS! I) team
now, but lie's behind the wheel
of a ar with no gas In the tank
to fuel the engine
Mori diversity ’ Agreed, the
number of minorities at the
Dntverstty is d; si mi raging, but
i'•! s I,ii r it .is .1 whole, the
-i.i!. of Oregon is w hiter than .1
: ..1! ot \\ aider Sir. i.t It s s 11!! 1
1 ull to take from something that
is not there
! wouldn't disagree with
someone claiming that 1 am
pessim 1stic Hut ! am also real
istii The !x>\ I marked on the
ballot (yep. 1 voted) for the
AMO l.xeiutive fielonged to
the dhns Pharis Donald Mor
gan to ket
Alter all, would it have really
been anv different if I’haris and
Morgan had been ehs ted ' 'i es.
m one sense 1 was Impressed
enough with their campaign
which included everything
from roller coasters to intis
lai hes. not tuition and diversity
because of the simple fai t
that it was different
Where Phans Morgan and
Lee I on would not have been
any different is in the impac t
that neither ticket would have
made
A note to two guvs who
would have made the ASl O
look like tfie joke it Is
Dear ( tins and Donald.
I reallv wanted to go to an
underwater university, but the
2 J'i. students who voted were
just too damn serious They
realiv believe that Hobby and
Karmen are going to make a dif
lereni e in this world
Silly students
A our biggest Ian
Jake Herg
Probably the only reason that
Phans and Morgan lost was
that the majority of the students
who ev ui would ( are to sole in
the first pi.11 e would tie wooed
In the same recycled t rap that
Bobby borrowed lrom List
spring's Hills Watson show
I know what I'm t a I k 1 ng
about I fell lur it and voted for
Hills and )o.Sonja Watson last
year, and I almost lell again in
the executive elect ion t wo
weeks ago A visit alter seeing
Hills .md Watsons victorious
fa 1 es grai e the front page of
tins newspaper. I haven't seen a
tut of v hange
Hills knew what she vs.is talk
Lee may be the
driver of the ASUO
team, but he’s
behind the wheel
of a car with no
gas in the tank to
fuel the engine.
iri^4 about Iasi year. too She
talked her way right into Smlr
1 She told the students what
they wanted to tiear. and unless
she pulls some uingii out ol her
hag in these tinal weeks of her
int umbency . that talk has most
( ertamlv tailed to walk
VVhic h really firings in the
question of just how relevant
the ASliO is anyway Our stu
dent government is good for
taking iiire ol the little things
that we never see, I'm sure, hut
I'm not as confident about the
Lee I ore i ampaigns promises
They're (list big dreams lor an
organization with no power or
authority
Remember your high school
student body offir crs? The only
thing they ever did was put on
dances anil organize pop ral
lies The ANIO Is no different,
except that It represents a great
er number of students who are
even more apathetic than most
high school student bodies In
high school, students actually
voted
Hobby's plans may reach a
higher lev el than Hills i! he i an
appeal to the students as well
as he plays basketball (thanks
to (dirts and Donald for that
lighthearted moment in the
election), and then maybe I
won't have to worry as much
about the other fulls next year
But I'm not holding out my
hopes
So to President Lee and Vice
President pore. I may sound
like I'm dooming your newest
jobs, but I really hope you can
get that sports car to go
/eke lierg is sports editor of
the Kmerald
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