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Could vague laws conflict with legalized abortion?
I happened to pick up the
sports page the other day, a
somewhat rare event for me,
but a small boy witjfeglasses
was reading «the LtviJC Sec-
commit murder, he was also
found guilty of using an instru
ment with intent to kill an un
born child.
This para
graph made
ing. What is classified as an
“instrument”? Could a physi
cian that provides safe, legal
abortions someday be pros
ecuted under this law?
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general. When confirmed,
Corinne Rupp
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story about a
could bend such vague laws
former NFL
like a pretzel, circumventing
player found guilty of con my blood run cold. I didn’t Roe vs. Wade without actually
spiracy to kill his pregnant girl know such a law existed, and taking it off the books. But some
friend. in the article, one tiny frankly, as a pro-choice woman, times, as Kurt Cobain sang, “Just
little paragraph caught my eye the fact that it does worries me because you’re paranoid don’t
and stopped my heart. It said more than a little bit. It seems mean they’re not after you.”
that along with conspiracy to so broad, so general, so sweep- Maintaining the hard-earned
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right to a safe abortion requires
constant vigilance.
I am happy to report that the
baby survived the attack, al
though, regrettably the mother
didn’t. I do believe that some
one who attacks a pregnant
woman should be held liable for
the baby as well as the mother.
However, this law still scares me
with its open-ended ambiguity.
Stumbling upon it serves as a re
minder that we cannot become
complacent in our fight for our
rights. For now, let us take some
comfort in first lady Laura Bush’s
statement that she does not be
lieve abortion should be out
lawed. Still, let us not get too
comfortable. The fight isn’t over
yet.
Student Poll
Will you be
watching the
superbowl?
"I have no clue. My Dad will
probably want to watch the
game."
Ashley Beliomo
Jasa Back Talk
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"I'm just sleeping."
Shin Sato
Question
Do you believe that one’s personal beliefs
should be taken into account when applying
for a job ? For example, former Senator John
Ashcroft is'awaiting confirmation for the po
sition of U.S attorney general, a position re
quiring him to maintain laws such as abor
tion rights and affirmative action he has
fought against for years in his home state of
Missouri. The senate has scrutinized his
record heavily during his confirmation hear
ings. Is this fair? Should it be legal? What
do you think?
"I’m working that morning,
so probably not"
Andre Moore
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"I’m probably going to watch
it. Where I watch it at I
dunno. It’s not a huge, huge
exciting thing that I look
forward to."
Eric Burns
"The whole family gets
together at somebody's
house to watch the
Superbowl. I definitely
watch it for the game, but
the commercials are a
bonus."
Jeremy Gibboney
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