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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1995)
■ LETTERS Choice? Although Arnold Schwarzenegger has to do some noting in Itmior. his pithy remarks are still his strong point. "My body, my choice." elicits sympathy from men who vicar iously identify w ith his ( harm ter though perhaps lac king his physique Similarly we do not wont our honu»s invaded A mart's home is his castle, removed from control by an outside agency. Suppose I rent my house to someone That is my free choice. Then I dec ide to stop renting Also my choice But we accept a law requiring the landlord to give SO days notice — except in extreme cases where the tenant is trashing the house1 What about the unborn? They have a term too, of nine months, before they can be viable outside their little homes. l>id the woman not already exercise her choice by getting married or agreeing to sex? The homeless and the womb I#»* art* being dehumanized when called transients or Mus es. It is not the same for a self ish mother-to-be to disregard the life of her unborn as it t* to con vinca the morally sensitive to fol low suit, and in a nation that bears amis to protect its»>lf against tyrannical government, we find that the unborn have a few chain pions. prompting those women and their helpers to turn to the government for protection, the same government they do not want protecting their unbom. Earl Qoanell Eugene Number one Having returned bleary-eyed and happy from Pasadena, I'd like to commend the Oregon football team for its deportment both on and off the field Thev made all Duck fens extremely proud Not so commendable were those fens at the recent UCLA basketball game who taunted the Bruins with the chants of “O-vwr 1 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY DAILY SPECIALS POOL TABLES FREE DARTS A FOOSBALL ASSORTED EATS smoking prrlcrrcd rnt-ed as the [Kicks secured their marvelous wm Demeaning the quality of the tJCl.A team only diminishes the at hievemont of our players, if UCLA is Indeed an overrated team, the Oregon’s upset win isn’t nearly as unpres si VP Nest time, how atwiut a chant of "We re No 1' ’ instead? Tom Jordan Eugene Narrow It is dear that Brian Wonut k suf fers from selective amnesia He forgot to relay a critii at pus e of information about the newborn i hild that was thrown out of a window into the freezing cold He did not tell you the mother's reasoning behind the act itself Religion. She felt her unwed pregnancy would not be accept ed by her devoutly religious par ents Brian Woitiw k's narrow world view i onvementlv side steps the results of on anti < hoice lifestyle combined with reality. The mis takes in his util hi am too numer ous to mention. One thins ls 1 <*r tain, it was a tragedy that was compounded hv strn t religious Ix'liefs like those of Brian Worn m.k Phllberl Paluch Post-baccalaureate biology Unfair Kirsten I’anmiter somehow con eluded I was asking "n religious institution to violate it's own doctrine” [ODE, |an. 9| though my earlier letter [ODE, (an ft) ai tually urged citizens to ask Sacred Heart not toforlml physi cians providing abortion/adlfi rial insemination/assisted sui cide "away from the main hospital premises " This reason able alternative, one that should not con flu t with Sat red Heart's "moral" lieliefs. was first offered by Women's ('.are (dime when physic ians there were negotiat ing integrating with Sai red Heart Women's (are Clinic sug gested retaining private owner ship of n small area so that legal abortion services could continue being offered in relative, hope fully untargeted safety Ibis was not "clean enough" in the w ords of Sacred Heart Dins tor Monti a Hearings, who t hose instead to roadblock health care needs and potentially plate patients and doctors directly in the line of fire. There is something intrinsi cally unfair that all property tax payers pay a higher rate due to Sacred Heart's free ride ns a tax exempt, "non-profit" institution But it is a law of the land that many of us an ept It is a hard thing to swallow , however when Sat .red Heart shat.kies physician and roadblot ks reasonable, work able alternatives fheir stance is um ons< ionable and irresponsi ble Iliose who agree should con tact their physicians and Sat red Heart Make your objections known Carol Berg Eugene ' FREE SNOWBOARD RENTAL* with any $100 00 purchase of snowboard clothing or products Wt?h Coupon Fxpirei 2/78/95 * Deposrt required V W tvoodwoy Downtown Moll mmgm Of>f N 7 DAYS -*■ 687-0139 957 WHIomette Downtown Moll Ow/> $1,823• about $33 a monfib ' Pwfanru 6 {6 ST150 a i£t CD-ROM. Mif Color Pius /S* /fcpiiy Ipfitlkngn' Knbomtl jhJ mem* (Mfy S2370. 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