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Ralliers raise awareness of abortion limitations MAH* STtN» > -r*r»rf During her speech at the rally, State Representative Kitty Piercy encouraged students to vote. ■ ACTIVISM: The event took place m memory of Rosie Jimenez's death By Mara Stine Sp<>flkt?rs for Notional Young Women’s Day of Action Informed students about the diminishing access to abortions and encouraged them to vote at a rally in the KMU courtyard Wednesday. Approximately 30 students attended the rails, which was sponsored by Students for Choice National Young Women’s Day of Action commemorates the 1978 death of Rosie Jimenez She was the first woman to die of an illegal abortion after the Hyde Amendment passed in 1977. The amendment < rented a vtr tunl ban on all Medicaid-covered abortions for lowincome women. said Marcia t.attn. field nryamatr for Oregon's chapter of National Abortion and Repro ductive Rights Action laagur "It's l»ad for women, it's puni live to poor women and is putting abortions out of n>a< h for women who iiinhI them but can't afford them.” she said The rally's goal was to raise campus awareness about the lack of availability and access to atmr lions, said Grace Smut*, co director of Students for Ghoit c I ighty three percent of U S counties don't have abortion providers." Smut/, said A lot of women feel that since Roe \ Wade passed, abortions everywhere are safe, legal and available, but this is realty not the case Sally Sheklow, development diret tor of All Women s Health Services. said the number of plates to get a safe abortion is declining "There used to lie 24 women* controlled, non-profit health t link s in this country." Sheklow said "Today there are 11 " She encouraged women to support health t enters that pro vide abortion servit es “It doesn't cut it to Ihi pro choice: you’ve got to be pro-clin ic too." she said, explaining that legal abortions are useless if there is no at < ess to them Those at the rally were told of current attempts to limit abortion availability I he Oregon t ati/ens Alliant e is t urnmtly collet ting signatures to put a measure mi the next bal lot that would ban all abortions Women from World Conference discuss memories By Ashley Bach Student Activities Reporter Four participants in Ins month's United Nations Work Conference in Chinn gntherei to speak about their expert em.es in the I Ml We.dnesdn night .is part of the weeklon Women's Health Svmposiun sponsored by the ASUC women's center. About 30 people came to lis ten to the presenters, win addressed issues ranging fron the globalization of the e< ono my to the availability of contra captives in Third World coun tries Kadi woman, all resident of the Kugene area. described her reflections of the event .inti t its international of fix t |Mlll a Bruner, n l !n:: . • , graduate student in internation al studies, learned of the con ' ference from her friends in Vietnam where she v\.is work * ing on a project in i rosscultur id communication "1 went to witness 25.000 , advocates for so< ml change," , Bruner said. She saiil that although she went to the conference alone, she didn’t feel isolated Because > all the women were working toward that same goal 1 wo conferem es look plat e 111 ( ililltl lit about till' same time. both dealing with womon’s issues The fourth annual l! N conference took plate in Beijing Sept 5 15, ami the Nun (iov eriunental Organization (N(-O) Forum took place Aug Ul Sept H. to miles away in the neighboring town of liuairou. Margaret Theisen. a hoard member of Mobility International, an organization committed to the rights of dis abled women, attended both events Hut women who attended both conferences built a pint fortn ol issues to present to the l Nations 111 the N(i() talks with the I N we developed a platform for action that really will strive the platform and policin'* for the years ahead, " she said. Women from all five conti nmtts, however different in their appront hes, cmne together lo participate in a dialogue for change "I tame away with a tremen dous sense of accomplish ment,” Theissm said Boston professor to give free public lecture by Barbara bundy t r\*tfianc& RopertQf Boston University Professor Roger Shattuck will give a free pui>li< lecture on "The Banquet of Abstemiousness: Madame do Ldavette's Ln pnnt csst' df‘ Clt-ves and Emily Dickenson.M in the EMU Kir Room at 4 p in. today Dr Shaft lick, a professor of mod ern foreign languages, is the recipient of the 1995 Lewis Lec tureship in the Humanities Dr Shattuck was chosen to rel ieve the lectureship based on tne interdisciplinary si ope and gum*ral excellence of his schol arship. He is a regular contribu lor to The New York Review of Hooks and The New Republic, and he won the 1975 National Hook Award for his authoritative book. Marcel Proust His other academic works include The Innocent Hyv. Half lame and sev era! translations. The former Air Force pilot has taught at several universities, including Harvard and The Uni versity of Dakar, Senegal, where ho was a rulbrighl Professor of American Literature Pren Iwu m ipienta of t Lewis Lectureship. founded in 1942 by Robert and Beverly Lewis. include J I' Pniser (Spring, 199,1), Mark Johnson (Fall. 199 1) and Ru'nhold Grimm (Fall. l‘>94) Dr Shuttuck will hold <t fm ul ly seminar Friday on “Intellec tual Craftsmanship How to Read a Book " Interested fat uity mem bers ian contact Holly Campbell at 14B-J934 WUNKRLANC 5 video _GAMES 51* STREET PUBLIC MARKET 683-8464 © / C r.. mo APVtlffURtt < VAIL!V KlVtR PLA/A after the first trimoitler. atul Con gress is working to enact abor tion restrictions, said Nancy Doans from tin* Oregon chapter of tint National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action laiegue. 'Our biggest threat is our own complacent v." she said kitty Piert y. 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