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Vote "Yes" on "A!" End Tax-Funded Abortions News from The Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions September 1988

Welcome to the second edition of Campaign Comments. Once again, we say "Thanks" for all of your help and we welcome your comments.

50,000 "LIFESAVERS ROLLING YOUR WAY! The 6th annual Lifesaver drive is scheduled for September Lifesavers" from Ri ht to Life affiliates and 2 000 local to participate. Our goal is to distribute 150,000 rolls of Lifesavers and raise 250,000 for the campaign. To get involved, contact your local RTL affiliate or call Peggy Campbell at the Grand Rapids Office (616) 451-0601.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE? In 1985, one abortionist performed 3,448 Medicaid abortions! Assuming that this person worked five days a week and never took a vacation, this abortionist must have averaged 13.25 abortions per day! By comparison, the hospital that perform·ed the most abortions in 1985 only performed 2,656!

BIG DIPPERS The same abortionist mentioned above received 453 440.80 in state tax dollars for these abortions. Together, seven other abortionists billed the taxpayer 1.73 million for abortions that they per­ formed just in 1985.

DOUBLE DIPPERS The National News reports that approximately 83% of the nations abortions are performed in cllinics, and it has been estimated that 30 - 50% of these clinics are tax exempt. That is, they\ ar/ not required to pay federal income taxes because they are considered to be in the same .gt!eg6ry as traditional churches and charities. ·

PRO-CHOICE? Perhaps it was figures such as the ones above which prompted nationally syndicated columnist, Joseph Sobran to say, "This fall Michigan will hold a referendum on whether to continue the state funding of abortion. The anti-abortion forces are conducting an excellent campaign so far. My only advice to them is to keep using the word "abortionist" as often as possible. This personalizes the issue in just the right way: "Should the taxpayer be forced to pay the abortionist?" How can anyone say yes to that and still pretend to be "pro-choice"?

CALLING ALL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINA TORS The Media Relations Guidelines are now complete and are. being distributed to all of the Local Communications Coordinators. The Guidelines contain tips on how to work with the local press, fill-in-the-blank press releases, guidelines for writing letters to the editor and other helpful information. If you are a Local Communications Coordinator and have not received your guidelines yet, or if you want to learn more about becoming a Local Communications Coordinator, contact your local affiliate or the state-level Communications Coor_dinator for your area:

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Paid tor by.- The Committee To End Tax- Funded Abortions 920 Cherry S.E. • Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 TIM BEALS SPREADS THE WORD Tim Beals, the state-level Communications Coordinator for West Michigan and the Upper Penin­ sula, is writing the campaign's other newsletter entitled "Spread the Word". This newsletter is for religious leaders. Its purpose is to let them know what other religious leaders are doing on the campaign and give them ideas on how they can get involved. The first edition is already out and subsequent editions are due out soon. Tim has about 4,000 churches on his mailing list already, but if you know of someone who should be receiving this newsletter, give Tim a call at the Grand Rapids Office.

FIELD WORK ALMOST DONE- BUMPER CROP REPORTED The summer canvass is now over 95% complete and the_ results have been very positive. For instance, among those contacted, 50% want yard signs, almost half want postcards that they can send to friends encouraging them to vote "YES", about 20% are willing to do additional canvassing and literature drops and 8 - 10% want absentee ballots. Our thanks and congratulations to the 22,000 faithful supporters who made this possible. Now that the summer canvass is completed our field people will be moving into Phase II which includes precinct organization, GO-Day, putting up yard signs, sending out absentee ballots, and Get-Out-The Vote efforts.

IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY, WE'VE GOT THE TIME Do you know of potential major donors - someone who could contribute $500 or more to the campaign? If you _do, please· contact the Finance Coordinator in your area.

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THERE ARE ONLY 60 MORE DAYS UNTll.. THE ELECTION!!!!! respon~e to proponef1ts of & 1ncest exceptions

1. Assertion: Abortion should be available to victims of rape. Response: a. Rape victims need support and compassion from , friends and the community in general. (1) "It would be impossible to overstate the importance of psychological support from a woman's family and friends. There is a great need to assure that, no matter what the circumstances of conception, there should never be any embarrassment about bringing a child into the world. There is also a great need to assure the woman (and her family and friends) that crime is not hereditary and that, in fact, rape is one of the rare instances in which good can come from evil." (Mary Meehan, "Facing the Hard Cases," Human Ufe Review (Summer, '83), p. 21.) (2) Abortion does not mitigate the trauma of rape; it only compounds it with the trauma of abortion. A study done at the University of British Columbia's Department of Psychiatry, as reported in the March 3, 1978 issue of Psychiatric News, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association, demonstrated ttiat abortion often exacerbates a woman's psychological stress. That study conclud­ ed in part: "Whatever may be the case at the conscious level, at a much deeper level, abortion is regarded by many women as ." b. Abortion is not an act of compassion, but of violence. (1) "Honesty requires us to say that it is unjust that a ·woman carry to term a child conceived through rape, but that it is a far greater injustice to kill the child. This is a rare situation in which injustice cannot be avoided; the best that can be done is to reduce it. The first injustice lasts for nine months of a life that can be relieved, both psychologically and financially. The second injustice ends a life, and there is no remedy for that." (Meehan, "Facing the Hard Cases," p. 21). (2) "The child is innocent, and should not be punished for the father's crime. Rapists are no longer executed in our country, their children, the totally innocent result of the crime, should not be ex­ ecuted in their place." (Meehan, "Facing the Hard Cases," p. 21.) (3) "Rape is an act of aggression or violence, not of sex or lust. Is not the harm of the unborn child the intent of the abortion procedure, one which is also an act of violence? Do not the acts of rape and abortion both hold views of human beings which make objects of them? When a woman exercises her right to control her own body in total disregard of the body of another human being, it is called abortion. When a man acts on the same philosophy, it is called rape. We say that the rapist is sick for working out his problem by doing violence to an innocent human being. What then are we as a society when we say to the woman pregnant as a result of rape, 'Now, you in turn solve your problem by doing violence to yet another innocent body.'n {Jean Staker Garton, Who Broke the Baby?,p.n) c. "Much of the support for abortion in rape cases is due to racial bigotry ... Abortion proponents who appeal to bigotry when speaking of rape undoubtedly pick up support this way, but they should not be proud of it. As Dr. Carolyn Gerster suggests, aborting a child because its father is black amounts to 'intrauterine lynching.' It might be added that most apparently involve two persons of the same race." (Meehan, "Facing the Hard Cases," p. 22). · d. rarely results from rape. (1) "Perhaps more of a gross exaggeration than a myth is the mistaken and unfortunate belief that pregnancy is a frequent complication of . This is emphatically not the case, and there are several medically sound reasons for it.'' (Vicki Seltzer, "Medical Management of the Rape Vic­ tim," Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, Vol. 32, (19n), pp. 141-44.) (2) A 1967 study reported in the Illinois Medical Journal found that there were no resulting from rape in a nine-year period in Chicago. (E. F. Diamond, "ISMS Symposium on Medical Implica­ tions of the Current in Illinois," Illinois Medical Journal, May, 1967, p. 677.)

(3) A Buffalo, report similarly showed that there were no pregnancies resul~ing frc::Jm rape in over thirty years in that city. (B. M. Sirqs, ''A District Attorney Looks at Abortion," Child and Family, Vol. 8, Spring, 1969, pp. 176-180.) (4) There were no pregnancies resulting from rape in over ten years in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. (Dennis Horan, ed., Abortion and Social Justice, (New York: Shead and Ward, 1972), p. 48.)

(5) A study which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that more than one-third of rapists are either impotent or have premature or retarded ejaculation. The same report also showed that in less than half the cases of forcible rape (46%) was there clinical evidence that sperm had been injected. (A. Nicholas Groth and Ann Wolbert Burgess, " During Rape," The New England Journal of Medicine, October 6, 19n, pp. 764-66.) e. Laws permitting abortion for pregnancy resulting from rape illustrate well the legal dictum "hard cases make bad law." It is bad policy to legislate around difficult or extenuating circumstances because in stretching or setting aside a principle of justice for that hard case, a precedent is established for other cases. Having accepted the killing of innocent humans in one circumstance, this may be practiced in other circumstances as well. The right to life is no longer absolute. f. Laws permitting abortion for pregnancies resulting from rape are unenforceable. During the summer of 1982, President Reagan was asked during a press conference about the rape/incest exception for abortion. In a very candid reply he pointed out that this exception had led to abortion on demand in California while he was governor (1967), and he was not prepared to see the past mistake repeated. The exception sounded narrow and restrictive, but in practice it was interpreted broadly. The explanation for this is fairly simple. If abortion is permissible for pregnancies resulting froni sexual assault, presumably assault must be proved. But this requires legal action. Going through the courts takes months. By the time a verdict could be handed down and permission granted for abortion, the baby could already be born. This is completely unworkable. As a result the mere claim of sexual assault was considered sufficient to justify abortion. 2. Assertion: Abortion should be readily available to victims of incest.

Response: a. Abortion does not treat the problem of incest, but merely hides it. (1) Abortion is often advocated by males involved in incestuous relationships. "Reading the literature on incest is like treading through a sewer. It is full of cases in which the male offender starts using the girl when she is as young as seven or eight and continues the relationship until she runs away, marries, complains to legal authorities, or becomes pregnant. In this, as in many other cases, abor­ tion is a great convenience for the male; here, it destroys evidence. In a German study of thirteen cases in which incest resulted in pregnancy, three of the male partners suggested abortion and three others actually tried to abort their own daughters or stepdaughters; (Meehan, "Facing the Hard Cases," p. 25.) The German cases are from Herbert Maisch, Incest, trans. by Colin Bearne (London: Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1973), pp. 210-11). (2) Incest represents a family situation where help is needed. Obtaining an abortion for the girl and returning her to the same environment does not address, much less solve, the primary problem. "Those who advocate abortion when pregnancy results from incest subconsciously may hope that, by taking away the most obvious result of incest, they can take away the act itself, make it as though it did _not happen," (Meehan, "Facing the Hard Cases," p. 25). b. Few pregnancies result from incestuous relationships. (1) The pregnancy rate of incestuous relationships is very low, according to Robert Carroll of the Santa Clara County Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program in San Jose, California. However, if the in­ cestuous relationship is not ended and the individuals provided adequate treatment, many victims end up being very promiscuous, resulting in higher ratios of pregnancy. (Quoted in NCHLA, "Hyde Amendment," p. G6.) (2) "One might conclude that Planned Parenthood's favoring abortion as an option would result in the abortion of most incestuous pregnancies, but this has not proven true. In the Washington state in­ cest program, where the director is also on the board of directors of Planned Parenthood, and refers all clients to Planned Parenthood facilities, there are fewer abortions than live births. A surprising finding to Director Peter Coleman is the relatively low frequency of pregnancies among incestuous daughters he knows are sexually active. Even more significant is the fact that there have been no pregnancies from incest per se. The few pregnancies that have resulted do so from liaisons with boyfriends." (Otto Pollack and Alfred S. Friedman (eds.), Family Dynamics and Female Sexual Delin­ quency, (Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior, 1969), p. 62.) Christian Action Council - DEBAlOA'S HANDBOOK Thank You President Reagan and Vice President Bush

Eight years ago, seven of the nine Supreme Court Justices were pro-abortion. Eight years ago. pro-abortion President Jimmy Carter could be counted on to thwart any and all pro-life initiatives coming out of Congress. SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PRO-LIFE ADMINISTRATION MAKES.

The Reagan/ Bush Administration has replaced three pro-abortion Supreme Court Justices with three young. vigorous advocates of judicial restraint. Sandra Day O'Connor. Antonin Scalia. and Anthony Kennedy adhere to the text and history of the Constitution . In 1980. there were only two dissenters in the Court's rigidly pro-aborti on holding. Seven years later, in Hartigan u. Zbaraz. the vote was 4-4. (This case was decided in the interim between the time Justice Powell retired and the time Justice Kennedy was nominated and confirmed .) The Administration currently is opposing the proposed Title 10 bill because it fails to prohibit operation in elementary and secondary schools of federally funded family planning programs (such as school-based cli nic s which promote. counsel. and refer for abortions). and because the act fails to prohibit use of research funds authorized by the bill for research. development and bringing to market of such as RU 486. < Senior Administration officials ordered the National Institutes of Health not to begin any new studies involvi ng ''transplantation of human tissue from induced abortions ... until NIH has set up a special advisory committee to consider ethical problems connected with such procedures. A lengthy series of legislative and regulatory attempts to ensure that federal funds are denied to any .Title 10 program that encourages. promotes. or advocates abortion in any manner. or performs counselling or referrals concerning abortion . 1988 National Sanctity of Human Life Day proclamation in which the President proclaimed the "unali enable of every American . from the moment of conception until natural death ... Supported the Danforth Amendment to the Civil Rights Restoration Act . Without this amendment. the Act would have had serious pro-abortion implications. Directed the Surgeon General to issue a comprehensive medical report on the health effects . physical and emotional. of abortion on women . The President's major role in the battle against infanticide . Without question. it was Mr . Reagan's direct interest in th e famous "Infant Doe" case in 1982 w.hich was the catalyst for federal action to curb infanticide . This culminated when the President signed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1984. That Act contained the "Baby Doe" amendments intended to guarantee non-discriminatory medical treatment of disabled newborns. The President has met repeatedly with pro-life leaders on Jan . 22 to discuss ways to restore legal protection to unborn children . The President led the way in cutting off American funds from overseas organizations which support or promote abortion . such as the IPPF. The entire topic of fetal pain was introduced into public debate with a 1983 presidential speech . Mr. Reagan wrote the book. ''Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation. " which outlined the case against abortion and infanticide and stressed the importance of overturning Roe u. Wade. Why Is This Man Smiling?

You would too if no one knew that you are one of the most pro-abortion public officials in America.

HOW PRO-ABORTION IS MICHAEL DUKAKIS?

As a state legislator in 1970 he introduced legislation to repeal the state's strongly pro-life laws three years before the Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade decision unleashed the Abortion Holocaust. And at whose request? Abortion entrepreneur, , probably the most fanatic defender of abortion in America.

During his first term as governor, he held up the entire state budget for thirteen months rather than allow it to pass with restrictions which would not have allowed medicaid money to be used to pay for abortions.

As governor, he appointed pro-abortionists to every conceivable position related to abortion -- and in many slots with no obvious relationship.

In 1986 addressed an adoring audience of Massachus'etts pro-abortionists who were "celebrating" the thirteenth anniversary of Roe. He told his audience, "I don't know when life begins."

To date Gov. Dukakis has enjoyed a "honeymoon" with the press. No one seems interested in tracing his unyielding devotion to the cause of killing unborn babies.

Help us wipe that smile off his face by telling America what his position really_is. ANTHONY J. LAIDNGER 1923 EAST 47TH STREET TULSA, OKLAHOMA 7410!5

September 13, 1988

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FROM: Anthony J. Lauinger

TO: Interested Parties

Some of you may have seen the enclosed and some of you may not have. It was suggested to me that they might be of interest to those of you who have not seen them.

Incidentally, I spoke with Bill Baird at the National Right to Life Convention in July about these bills and about their having been introduced by Michael Dukakis at Bill Baird's request. I asked him specifically whether Michael Dukakis were duty bound by virtue of custom, tradition, or some other obligation to introduce bills like these upon request. Bill Baird answered that that was not the case at all, that Dukakis told Bill Baird that he, Dukakis, favored the various pieces of legislation.

Bill Baird said that he, Baird, was popular with college students during the late '60s because of his involvement in some of these issues and that Michael Dukakis wanted to win favor with that same age group.

I asked Bill Baird whether he were a constituent of Michael Dukakis, and he said no, he did not live in Dukakis's district. He said that he did not even live in Massachusetts. He lived in New York •

. . I· hope this information might be helpful.

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Ax ACT lt£P£ALIXC TH£ L.-\WS PnOHIBITIXC ABORTION. Be it enacted by the Senate and H cnuc of Repre3entativu in General Court tU3embled, and by the authority of the aame, a.a foUow3:

1 SECTION 1. Ch~pter 11::.? of the General Laws is hereby !! amended by in~erting aitcr !;CCtion 12C the follon·ing sec­ ~~ 3 tion:- ~ 4 Section 12D. Abortion 111ay be performed by any ph~·sician iii 5 "·ho has first obuincd the consent of the female upon whom F.· 6 Mid abortion is to be pcriormcd. i I SECTION ~- Sections nineteen. tWelll)", twenty-one, tu·enty• -~,,·.. 2 L\\'0 and twcnt~·-thrcc .oi c:hupter two hundred and seventy- " 3 two of the General Law:: an· hereby repc:licd . HOUSE • • • • • . .No. 3272

By Mr. Dukakis of Brookline (by request), petition of William R. Baird for legislation to repeal the laws punishing unnatural and lascivious acta with another person. The Judiciary.

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In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy.

AN ACT REPEALING · THE LAWS PUNISHING UNNATURAL AND LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH ANOTHER PERSON. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou:1e of Repre:1entativea in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the &ams, at follows: 1 Section thirty-five of chapter two hundred and seventy-two 2 of the General Laws is hereby repealed. '· .

HOUSE • • • • • • No. 3482

By Mr. Dukakis of 11rookline (by request), petition of Willinm H. Baird for l~islation to repe:ll the law prohibiting fornication . The Judiciary.

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In theYear One TboU!ILDd Nine Hundred and Seventy .

.\N Acr REPEALING THE LAW PROHIBITING FORNICATION. Be it enacted by the .Senate and Hou:;e of Representative3 tn \ General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, a-3 follow&: Section eighteen of chapter two hundred and seventy-two 2 of the General Laws is hereby repealed. HOUSE • • • • • . No. 3483

By Mr. Dukakis of Brookline (by request}, petition of WUli&m R. Baird for legislation to repeal the law punishing blasphemy. The Judiciary.

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In theYear One ThoWI&Dd Nine Hundred and Seventy.

AN Ar:r REPEALING TRE LAW PUNISHING BLASPHEMY. Be it enacted by the Senate a?td House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, a. followa: 1 Section thirty-six of chapter two hundred and seventy-two ~f the General Laws is hereby repealed. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION AGAINST ABORTION

Over the past eight years the Reagan/Bush Administration has played a key role in the battle against abortion: • The Reagan/Bush Administration has replaced three pro-abortion Supreme Court justices with Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonio Scalia, and Anthony Kennedy, who adhere to- the text and history of the Constitution. In 1980, there were only two dissenters to the Court's rigidly pro-abortion position. Seven years later, in Hartigan v. Zbaraz, the vote was 4-4. (This case was decided in the interim between the time Justice Powell retired and the time Justice Kennedy was nominated and confirmed.) • All three United St.ates Supreme Court justices appointed by President Reagan were part of the five-member majority which recently upheld the Adolescent Family Life Act. This decision held that government support for pro-life, pro- "teen pr·egnancy" programs is not an unconstitutional establishment of religion.

• The· Reagan/Bush Administration. supported the Hyde Amendment and corollary bills to virtually end federal funding of abortion.

• The Reagan/Bush Administration supported the Danforth Amendment to the Civil Rights Restoration Act. Without this amendment, the Act would have had serious pro-abortion implications by forcing Catholic and other religious hospitals and institutions to participate in abortion. (Vice President Bush flew back from campaigning in order to be present in the Senate in case his vote for the Danforth Amendment was necessary to break a tie.)

• The President played a major role in the battle against infanticide. It was Mr. Reagan's direct interest in the famous "Infant Doe" case in 1982 which was_ the catalyst for federal action to curb infanticide. This culminated when the President signed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1984. That Act contained the "Baby Doe" amendments intended to guarantee non-discriminatory medical treatment of disabled newborns.

• The Administration currently is opposing the proposed Title 10 family planning bill because: it fails to prohibit operation in el~mentary and secondary schools of federally funded family planning programs (such as school-based clinics which promote, counsel, and refer for abortions); and because the act fails to prohibit the use of research funds authorized by the bill to research, develop and bring to market such abortifacients as RU 486.

• Senior Administration officials ordered the National Institutes of Health not to begin any new studies involving "transplantation of human tissue from induced abortions, n· until NIH has set up a special advisory committee to consider ethical problems connected with such procedures. • There have been a lengthy series of legislative and regulatory attemp~s by the Administration to ensure that federal funds are denied to any Title 10 program that encou·rages, promotes, or advocates abortion in any manner, or performs counseling or referrals concerning abortion.

• The President issued the 1988 National Sanctity of Human Life Day proclamation in which the President proclaimed the "unalienable personhood of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death."

• Mr. Reagan directed the Surgeon General to issue a comprehensive medical report on the health effects, physical and emotional, of abortion on women.

• The President led the way in cutting off American funds for overseas organizations which support or promote abortion, such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation. (The .)

• Mr. Reagan supported the Kemp/Kasten and Smith amendments which ended our funding of in .

• The President and Vice President have met repeatedly with pro-life leaders to discuss ways to restore legal protection to unborn children.

• Mr. Reagan has made pro-life appointments to key gqvernmental positions. (For example, Secretary of Education William Bennett.)

• The entire topic of fetal pain was introduced into public debate with a 1983 presidential speech.

• Mr. Reagan wrote ·the book, "Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation," which outlined the case against abortion and infanticide, and stressed the importance of overturning Roe v. Wade. GUIDELINES FOR POLITICAL PICKETING

During an election year, local pro-life people often wish to draw attention to a political candidate's position on abortion through the use of peaceful, legal picketing. The following guidelines should prove helpful to local or.ganizers in planning such demonstrations. Picketing should be used only in very important races as it loses it's effectiveness if it is used too often. SPONSORSHIP

As you know, C-3 and C-4 organizations (this includes all affiliates and local community groups) are prohibited from supporting or opposing political candidates. Pro-life PACs have been established for this purpose.

There is nothing wrong, however, with local individuals exercrsrng their first amendment rights by picketing pro-abortion ·candidates as an informal group of pro-life citizens. In fact it is often more effective if the media identifies the picketers as grassroots local people who got the idea themselves, rather than a,s part of a state or nationally organized effort. If this is an informal group the local people should pay for their own signs and literature themselves. Nothing political should be paid for by a group, unless that .group is a PAC.

TONE OF THE DEMONSTRATION By far the most important aspect of planning a political demonstration is to set the tone. Picketers should be silent, peaceful, and nonconfrontational and this should be reflected in their signs as well as their manner.

It is important that everyone who participates is made well aware of the goal of the demonstation and that all activities lead to the goal. What a political picket is not intended to do is as important as what it l! supposed to accomplish. An effective political demonstration has one and only one goal --to discourage people from voting for the candidate because he or she supports abortion. Particu­ larly when an extremely pro-abortion candidate is trying to downplay his/her posi­ tion on abortion, picketing can be a very effective tool for drawing attention to the issue, IF, that is, th~ picketing is carefully planned. One of the worst images we can portray is that of being judgemental. We are pleading for people to vote for unborn children, not accusing candidates of killing them. Thus, all references, written and spoken, should avoid inflammatory words such as ''murder" and 11 kill 11 and no candidate should ever be accused of being res­ ponsible for the killing.

Rem~mber the goal! We want to win hearts not turn people off.

GENERATING ATTENDANCE

The most effective means of generating.attendance is by personal phone calls. This also gives organizers an opportunity to set the tone by explaining that the demonstration will be silent and peaceful. It is generally best to ask partici­ pants not to bring small children, not to bring their own signs but to definitely try to bring friends and relatives who are pro-life. A smaller group of reasonable, well-disciplined people, is better than a large uncontrollable group. Also, participants should be asked to arrive at a specific meeting point, about 30 minutes before the scheduled demonstration, for last minute instructions. This preliminary meeting will give you another opportunity to set the tone and an opportunity to replace any negative, counterproductive signs with more positive, goal-oriented ones. Picketers should be reminded by picket organizers as to .what we are trying to accomplish. The press would like nothing more than to paint pro-lifers as wild-eyed fanatics and it is important that local demonstrators give them~ opportunity to do this. Disrupting an event by trying to 11 shout down 11 the candidate will play right into the media's hand and should be strongly discouraged. Again, remember the goal -- we want to win people over not drive them away.

SIGNS The messages which the picket signs carry are extremely important to the accomplishment of your goal.

Some examples of positive, goal-oriented signs would be:

1. IF WINS, UNBORN BABIES LOSE! ~----- 2. STOP ABORTION, STOP------3. SUPPORTS THE USE OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR ABORTION.

Develop two or three messages, or use the above, and make numerous signs with the same messages. This will help insure that the main ideas you want to communicate get through. If people show up with negative signs, gently ask them to exchange them for one of yours so that the main themes can come through.

With the possible exception of one very large sign to be used as a background for the demonstration to be held up in back of the crowd, avoid the use of sticks to hold up signs. Sticks can be dangerous in a crowd and we certainly don't want to be accused of intimidating or endangering the pro-candidate participants.

If the event which you decide to picket is being hosted by a group, institution, or church which should 11 by· nature11 be pro-life, do not, under any circumstances, allow signs which attack the host. Such signs will alter the tone of the demonstration and are clearly aimed at the wrong subject. A private, quiet meeting with the host at a later date would be far more effective than making them a target of the picketing. Once again, remember the goal. It is not to embarrass the host, it is to draw atten­ tJon to the candidate's position.

Likewise, if any 11 pro-life11 public officials, community leaders, legislators, etc. are planning to be present to support the pro-abortion candidate, it will be counter­ productive to have signs aimed at them. It would obviously be ideal if all pro-life politicians were loyal enough to abandon their political allies for the sake of the unborn, but such politicians are few and far between. Signs aimed at them for support­ ing the pro-abortion candidate will not only defer from the goal of the demonstration but could endanger our legi.slativ~ and educational eff6rts in the future.

Also, signs supporting the pro-life candidate should be discouraged. The press, not known for its objectivity, would like nothing better than to charge the pro-life candidate with organizing the demonstration. Save the signs supporting the pro-life candidate for when he or she visits your area.

And, last but not least, signs should be strictly limited to the abortion issue. Your demonstrators may have 11other axes to grind11 with the candidate but this is not the place to raise other issues. Our job is to get out the message that this candidate supports abortion. THE NEvv YORIC TIMES POUTICS SATURDA i~ AUGUST 20, I9SS y '"'I High-Tech Whistle Stops for Dukakis

By ANDREW ROSENTHAL At each stop ~ Belleville, Iii.: Bis­ ·ql!alifications of Lloyd Bentse·n to 6e · marck and Poplar Bluff, Mo., and \Val~ Vice President or the President,"· he Sl)Ccial lo said, using a line he has repeated in WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., Aug. 19 -:­ n'ut Ridge, Ark. - Mr. ·Dukakis re­ peated his promise of economic oppor­ some form or another in virtually Cloaking himself in the mantle of every appearance since the young Ir.~­ Harry S. Truman, Gov. Michael S. tunity and again contrasted his running mate, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, dianan was chosen by Vice President . Dukakis rode a whistle-stop train into Bush to be his running mate. small-town America today, past the with the Republican nominee for Vice President, Senator Dan Quayle of Indi­ "The test of strong Presidential lead­ heaps of rusted automobiles, the facto­ ership is the quality of the people you ries, towns, water towers and working­ ana. "Nobody has ever questioned the select to serve with you," Mr. Dukakis class backyards of the Midwest. said. Reception for Candidate Varies Asked here about Mr. Bush's criti­ cism of his positions, Mr. Dukakis said: ''I think that is a losing campaign. I . Bentsen Derides His Foes don't think you can go to the American people and win their support for your SHERMAN, Texas, Aug. 19 specifics about how those con­ candidacy if you spend 80 percent of (AP) - The Democratic Vice­ cerns are going to be met," he your time cutting up the other guy." Presidential nominee, Senator said. The candidate's reception varied Lloyd Bentsen, said today that the "Let's face some facts. What along the way, from a lukewarm crowd Republican National Convention we saw was the Republicans put­ in Belleville that included as many had been a "Mardi Gras for the ting on a convention for the far anti-abortion protesters as Dukakts Moral Majority" that ignored the right. They had a Mardi Gras for supporters, to what seemed to be about concerns of working people. the Moral Majority." half the town in Bismarck, a com­ The Texas millionaire, cam­ munity of I,600 people with freshly paigning across his home state, Reporters questioned Mr. Bent­ painted depot and a Main Street that so also said there was nothing im­ sen about his blind trust, details of epitomizes a small Midwestern town it proper when the blind trust that which were released earlier this looks almost like a movie set. manages his assets invested in a week by his office in Washington. But on a trip calculated to make nice company owned by his son. Lij{e some other public officials, pictures for the television cameras - Mr. Bentsen told reporters in Mr. Bentsen, to avoid conflicts of after all, the whistle-stop tour was not a Dallas that Vice President Bush interest or the appearance of such particularly efficient mode of cam­ had delivered "a well-crafted conflicts; had placed much of his estimated $10 million in holdings paigning even in Truman's day - the speech" accepting the Republican people cooperated · nicely, shouting Presidential .nomination Thurs­ in a trust whereby· he would not know how his money. was being from back porches, waving flags and day night. setting balloons free as local politicians Buthe said the Vice President's managed. massed along the tracks to meet the speech di.d not deal witli "how the The Senator confirmed a report candidate. Republicans are going to face .in that his some of the real problems" of :_blind trust had invested in his son High-Technology Trappings Michael S. Dukakis speaking in Bismarck, Mq., in a whistle-stop tour that also included small towns in Illi­ America, inclu~iing trade and · Lan's company, and that his wife, Mr. Dukakis invoked the Truman nois and Arkansas. He pressed his theme of economic prosperity under a Democratic administration. budget deficits, as President Rea­ Beryl Ann, served on the board of legacy at each stop. But this is the age r------­ gan prepares to leave office. a mutual fund affiliated with the of high-technology campaigning. And "The young couples married to­ trust manager, the Criterion Man­ the 239-mile trip bore as much resem­ communicated with the staff on the day, no matter how hard they along slowly at first, its twin, 3,000- to Bismarck. agement Investment Company. · : blance to Truman's campaign swings horsepower diesel locomotives slowed red, white and blue train by cellular work, how hard they- plan, are When his son asked him about The strictures of modern campaign­ as the video cameras of today's cam­ by tracks that had warped in the dank ing made that kind of spontaneity im­ telephone. finding it more difficult in order to investing in his ·company, Mr. paign journalists bear to the 4-by-5 summer heat. Squads of Secret Service agems p:l­ buy a·home," Mr. Bentsen said. Bentsen said, he told him to see possible for Mr. Dukakis. Four ad­ Speed Graphic cameras used by the Tmman was wont to stop his train vance teams had been working for trolled the train and sat in a high obser­ "If you're worried about health the trustee. "I told the trustee it Truman pt·ess corps .JO years ago. vation car. A security hclicopter pa ced care for the elderlv or for chil­ whenever a crowd gathered along the day;; to provide platforms for televi­ was their decision," Mr. Bentsen Like the Truman train, which crept tracks and would probably ha\'e made 1he engines, and a truck c:qw blc of nm­ dren, we didn't he~rany of the sion crcws and telephone lines for re­ said. along behind a steam-powered locomo­ a dozen quick stops in the two and a portC'rs nt cach stop. The advance ning on the rails sped along behind, tive, Mr. Dukakis's retinue moved half hours it took to get ft·om 13 ellcvillc : t<'; un s. posted at the stations todav. carrying a squad of armed gunrds. David Loc ke. the Republican ;t.sslslanl 1111 - noril y lt•a de r who is ro·cha i rmau tlf 1hi' With 3 kstic~~·i::"Th:i·;so~· -on i~:~~;:l Day, Bu::.h t:: lrnpaign in :\Liss; lrhusl'lls. Alice Richn10nd. a past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. says the Next Pr~sident Could Well Reshape High Court Dukakis judges can't be pigeonholed as lib· erals. "They cover the spectmm ... says 1 ercise of power. " the vice president said. Ms. Richmond. But in Massachusetts. Sen. By .Ju.t A• RA~tsoN Ages of Supreme Court But he began his speech by talking about Locke points out, the spectrum itself leans sruff llt-purr.-r .. Tot..: o.o. s.,.".,,...,. .J, ,, """'· r w.1 J t• I J D his admiration for the latt• .Jus!it't• Pn!lt•r leftward. "Dukakis is an authentic. rard­ WASHINGTON - For the pa:;t three US ICeS On naugura ay Stewart, a moderate jurist and fellow Yale carrying liberal," he says. "And his judges presidential elections, Democratic andRe· Next Jan. 20 graduate who administered the oath of of- would reflect that philosophical leaning ... publican activists have warned that the fice to Mr. Bush in 1981. "That's the prob· One of Mr. Dukakis's first acts as gov­ 82 next president would very likely determine ~ustice William Bn:nnan lem with Bush," says Mr. Viguerie "His ernor was to establish a merit selection · the shape of the Supreme Court well into JusticeThurgood Marshall 80 idea of a conservative is a John Paul Ste- system for judges. An 18-member Judicial the next century. vens (another moderate justice! or a Potter Nominating Council recommends three fi ­ 80 Jimmy Carter. however, didn-'t get to Justice Harry Blackmun Stewart." nalists to the governor, who interviews name any Supreme Court justices. Ronald Justice Byron White 71 A close adviser says Mr. Bush would them and makes his selection. Donald Reagan has named three, but they have re- Justice John Paul Stevens 68 exhibit "Jess willingness to take a chance Stern, the governor's legal counsel, says placed conservative or moderate justices on the fringes of philosophy; you won't rind Mr. Dukakis would probably "borrow and and thus President Reagan really hasn't Chief Justice William Rehnquist 64 a Siegan." Reagan nominee Bernard Sie- use some elements" of his merit selection been able to remake the court. gan was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Justice Sandra Day O'Connor 58 process in the White House. But this year the warnings may be jus- Committee for a seat on the federal ap- Gov. Dukakis recently chided the Rea­ titied. \\'hen the next president takes of- Justice Antonin Scalia 52 peals court in San Francisco recently be- gan administration for its failure to ap­ lice, three of the jus- cause of his unorthodox conservative 52 point enough women or members of minor­ tices will be octoge- Justice Anthony Kennedy views. ity groups to the bench. Mr. Dukakis ap­ ·cAMPAIGN rtarians. Any AJready there has been some behind- pointed the first woman to sit on his state's changes might dis- them would break the court's traditional the-scenes skirmishing over what the Re- highest court, and 18o/o of his state judicial '88 ~ pt the closely bal- liberal wing. publican Party's platform will say about selections were women. Minorities com­ anced current court The effect of a Dukakis election on the judges. The 1984 GOP platform called for prised 11 o/o of the totaL Nine percent of the on such issues as the Supreme Court probably would be less dra- "the appointment of judges at all levels of Reagan administration's federal judicial qeath penalty, af- malic, since he would be expected to re- the judiciary who respect traditional fam- appointees are female, and 5% are minori­ firmative action and place any of these senior justices with lly values and the sanctity of innocent hu- ties. ~bortion. In the last other generally progressive jurists. (A wild man life." A group of moderate congress- Political pressures doubtless will influ­ term many critical card would be the retirement of any of the men met with Bush campalgn aides two ence the Supreme Court selections of ei­ issues were decided conservative justices, which would give a weeks ago in hopes of toning down that ther man. Even if George Bush wanted to on 5-to-4 votes, and thus any appointments Dukakis administration the chance to tilt language. Charles Black, a Bush campaign name a right-winger, he might resist for by the next president almost surely will be the court leftward). adviser, says the vice president "is com- fear that Senate Democrats and moderate critical to this balance. The biggest controversy may be over mitted to" the old language. But Donald Republicans would gang up to defeat the " I think it's the issue'~.o~.this election, what type of judges George BusH: would Devine, who heads an ad hoc lobby, the nomination. For Mr. Dukakis, the chal­ says Sen. Orrin Hatch iR.. 'Utah.) name. Surety they would be more< ·conser-, Committee to Save the Reagan Platform, lenge will be to pick someone who does not The issue is bigger! tban just the Su- vative than tHe; liR~ Duka.Jds,· appotn~ says he is guarding against any slippage at raise a red flag With conservatives and pre me Court. Probably hundreds of judges ments. But conservattves nevertheless are the GOP convention. even some moderates. "A Larry Tribe will be named to the lower federal courts worried. Mr. Bush hasn't played a role in select- would mean World War III," says the Free over the next four years[ President Reagan Richard Viguerie frets that George lng the Reagan administration's 360 nom- Congress Patrick McG.ulgan has appointed 360 fed ~ ral judges. nearly Bush, if elected, would appoint "country- inees to the federal courts. C. Boyden Foundatio~·s . half the judiciary. and :the. next president club Republicans." Sen. Hatch worries Gray, the vice president's top legal ad- about Laurence Tribe, the Harvard Law could well determine whether the conser- that Mr. Bush's instincts are to avoid con- viser, says, "It's not an issue where he's School professor who testified against the vative tide continues on the federal district troversy and that his nominees would be indicated he wishes to chart new ground or confirmation of Robert Bork last sum­ mer. and appeals courts. I "bland." Judicial selection is an area take a different approach." But most of the focus is on the high where Mr. Bush has the right lyrics but Unlike the vice president, Democratic Attorney General Edwin Meese adds court. The age issue a~fects three of the the wrong music. conservatives say. presidential nominee Michael Dukakis that . an~ SJ>e

Text of Keynote Speech: Gov. Kean Denounces Democrats, Hails Bush

Following the text of the Republi· is willing to tell the truth to the American that pits one American against another? can National Convention's keynote ad­ people. You see, our Republican Party will not dress, as delivered by Gov. And a great deal about the Dukakis divide people, we will bring America to· Thomas H. Kean the night of Aug. 16. The campaign can be summed up by one inci­ gether. te:rt was transmitted by The Associated dent. And, we are not afraid to show our true Pre sa. You see this flag behind me, of red, Republican colors. white and blue? Our purpose was spoken more than Thank you, thank you, very, very To us, that symbolizes the land of the 100 years ago by a man who said America much. free and the home of the brave. means a government whose "leading object You know, last week, I went to the Well, you know, their media consul­ is to elevate the condition of men - to lift National Governors' Association meeting tants in Atlnntn said they didn't think artificial weights from all shoulders - trJ and there was n fellow governor there, his those colors looked too good on television. afford eve·ry person an unfettered chance, name happened to be [Michael S.) Duka­ So they changed that red, they and a fair start, in the race for life." kis. You know, Mike Dukakis gave me this changed it to pink, B?d they took that blue Now, those words were Abraham Lin· hourglass and he gave it to me because and tooy changed 1t to azure, and that coin's. An~ my fellow Republicans, his people had become bored with speeches at white, that became egg shell. creed is our creed. the Democratic convention. When we have followed it, we have Well, tonight, I'd like to use it to send succeeded. a different message, Mike. Because it uwell, we Republicans And, when we have deviated from it, proves an important point. Time has run . ' • we have failed. out n long time ago on your liberal vision of delivered. After eight The very first act, the very first act Americ~ . years of Ronald Reagan that Lincoln signed as president was the Tonight I would like to take you on a Homestead Act. journey into America's future. and George Bush, our It offered land in the west to every We begin, oddly enough, centuries ago, country is stronger,· safer American. when a ship on a mqnumental voyage It didn't matter if you were a man or a found itself beset by debate and argument. and better today - and woman, or if you were black or white, if you §ome wanted the ship to reverse its Americans are proud to were youpg or old- as long as you worked course. · the land. They cried, "Turn back, turn back." admit it!" There was no new bureaucracy. ( But the Santa Marin stayed on its -Gov. Thomas H. Kean No spending was required. course, and mankind gained n new world This Republican program limitr:d gc.ov· with unlimited ~opes and horizons. ernment while offering to all unlimited The president that we elect this year Well, I don't know about you, but I dreams. will preside over the 500th anniversary of believe Americans, Democrat and Republi- . Today Americans have the same Columbus' journey - the first voyage in can alike, have no use for pastel patriotism. dreams, but the answer to those dreams pursuit of the American dream. Those liberal Democrats, those liberal will not come through bigger government Historians today agree that Columbus Democrats, are trying to hide more than in Washington. was right to Ignore his doubters. the colors of our flag _ you see, they aro You see, that's what the Democrats But what about our· voyage? trying to hide their true colors. offer. I would not presume to predict the · They wapt higher taxes. You know, it's no wonder that the ·judgment that historians will make of Ron­ But they won't say so. . most popular movie in Atlanta during their ald Reagan, but I do know they must re- They want to weaken America. convention was "Big" - you see, they port the facts. · tii'~B~~~·~·-::-:~·~-,~-~~~.... Iillloo.:thought it was a documentary on their phi· And, they will report that today 17 .. ey want to play t e losophy of government. million more Americans have jobs than jus special interests. .... You see, liberal Democrats believe eight years ago. Last week, in 11 rare moment of candor, Washington should manage dreams for all And, they will report a "Secon n prominent Dukakis Democrat explained ericans. icnn Emancipation" - working their strategy to n reporter from the Con- And Republicans believe Americans women freed from the oppressio gressional Quarterly magazine. sho ;have the freedom to achieve our Carter's inflation. Now, what he said shocked me, and drea 'ourselves! And, they will report t I've got to share it with you. He said Demo- R ublicans believe that if is fact that the leader or the crats' advice to ,special interests was, and threate d anywhere, it is threatened ev· went on television and admit now I'm quoting: " .•. Just shut up. Gays, erywher munism haa failed. , 1 women, environmentalists. Just shut up, An we, as Republicans, will nev":r And, they wfll report that .or the very and you will get everything you .want after acks on the refusenik in the SrJ· first time in the nuclear age, · stead of the election. In th!l meantime, just shut up viet U n, on the black student in South designing new weapons of destr .tlon, we so we can· win." Africa r the brave freedom fighter in Nic· are destroying old ones. Now I ask you -should this country tolerate such cynicism? ou know, Jeane Kirkpatrick is so ;""'11111111~~~-IMM'"IIIIftii!M•ilt•••-...dght when she says that when it comes to 8 · defending America - George Bush knows But my friends, this election is not rmg best. about past accomplishments, but future re· Should this country tolerate a cam- And Dan Quayle's not so bad, either. sui~. paign of deliberate deception? All I can add is one warning. The Ou. Very simply, it is about which party is And should we tolerate n campaign kakis Democrats will try to talk tough.

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than anything else - more tha just, for the meantime, shut up so that ' sues, more than ideologies, more we can win. There's a real strong feel· food. Says Rep. Norman D. Dick ing that we don't want to start trouble. Wash., "People are coming toge Nobody wants to take the rap for and saying, 'Let's get it done, let's messing this up." this time.' People are tired of losing. With the smell of victory in their uintessential Moderate' nostrils, delegates have largely agreed ewd.~g~)!M.~h . .. - to sidestep platform fights and keep fortable with Dukakis and Bentsen. special interests in check. They are There is a strong sense that the party viewing their party differently these is in fact more centrist, more palatable days. to broad segments of the electorate. Consider the state of Washington. That is due in part to Dukakis' prJ!iti · For years a band of liberal activists cal positioning and political tactics. nipped at the heels of the party regu­ Liberals don't question the credentials lars led by the late Sen. Henry M. of this Massachusetts politician, while "Scoop" Jackson . .The activists, in­ courthouse Democrats appreciate his cluding people such as William E. overture to them in selecting Bentsen Ames, a former journalism professor as his running mate. at the University of Washington, Add to the equation Jesse Jac!~ ­ wouldn't hesitate to push a cause, son's emotional campaign on the left, even if it meant bringing down aDem­ and the ticket takes on an even greater BRAD MARKEL ocratic candidate in the process. To appearance of moderation. That has a 11It was pretty rough [in them, the highest political virtue was lot of Democrats feeling a lot more political purity. •comfortable now. 1984/. I appeared with "We were pure. I wouldn't go on "Four years ago I was staying him [Democratic nominee the stage with John Salter during the home cussing that Walter Mondale Walter F. Mondale/, but state convention. He was Jackson. I was going to get the nomination," says you know, they taunted was anti-Jackson. That was pure." Pete Rizopulos, a Dukakis delegate But after the Jackson Democrats from Akron. "I knew Mondale was a you. ... Everybody knew suffered big losses in 1980 (they lost dead duck." you were really on the de­ the governorship and a U.S. Senate Or consider the political circum· fe'nsive . ... It was just a seat), the liberal activists found them­ selves in control of the party -and a real drag." little startled to discover they liked -James B. Hunt Jr., former being in power. They got themselves North Carolina governor organized and won back the governor's mansion and the Senate seat. And they lost some of that purity. muted the kinds of differences that "Now we're the party hacks," says have split the party and marred its Ames, a Dukalds delegate here who image. senses a Democratic victory in No­ • They feel a high "comfort level" aceniks; with Dukakis that hasn't been felt about Democratic nominees of the re cent past. e Ronald Reagan is leaving stage; they get to run against George Bush. • They adopted a platform that is district, says he likely would not have intentionally vague and offers a safe, taken the podium at the 1984 San Fran­ tempered political outloo~. cisco convention and been linked to the • They have a focused strategy to national Democrats of that era. But bring suburbanites and middle-in­ without · - ~(}~a rief come professionals back into the fold. . J)out· the environment to • They have come to grips, albeit tlanta convention Thursday night. tacitly and a bit haltingly, with The goal of winning is so impor­ idea that the country's funda tant, he says, that the party now is shift away from libernlism undo willing to hold the line on interest­ idont Reagan is · not going to group concessions, lest the past repeat our Democratic itself automatically upon his itself. ill be there on the ture. · "We're not going to blow it this time," he says in an interview. "Just orm with them." Activist to Pragmati~t shut up, gays, women, environmental­ ale Simmons, Democratic The will to win burns. Conventio ists. Just shut up. You'll get every­ airman, Caldwell County, N.C. ( delegates talked about winning more 'n you want after the elect' - , d

PAGE 2020-July 23, 1988 Cepyt~ 1911 Coftvr••~ ~rt, .,., l eJWocNchM JWGNbiHd a ..-.w ~ n port ucepf by •ditoftal ,-..... WOMEN'S RIGHTS

by \

Barbara Listing

Women contributed to the human family long before white-skirted ladies joined in song, "Oh the men make all the laws which we women do fret, but you should see those laws when we at last our get." Feminine involvement in civilization began at the beginning.

According to columnist Joan Beck of the Chicago Tribune, "Several anthropologists have built a convincing case that the first tools used by human ancestors were not the sticks and stones that males turned into weapons but those that females used to gather food."

However, for the most part, men dominated society. They made the rules. Elise Boulding, Ph.D., head of the Sociology Department at Dartmouth College, describes women's roles in rural, non-industrialized societies, "Women give birth to babies, produce milk to feed them, grow food and process it, provide water and fuel, make other goods, build houses, make and repair roads, serve as the beasts of burden that walk the roads, and sit in the markets to sell what their hands have made."

As the industrial revolution and urbanization changed the western world, groups of women came together in Europe and America to address the accompanying problems. Boulding notes, "War, , economic injustice and the misery of the urban poor all appeared on their agenda. The women's rights movement developed almost incidentally out of this situation as women found civic problem-solving roles closed to them because of their sex."

The women's rights movement blossomed into full swing during the mid 1800's. They wanted to make rules and control money too. Women marched · and fought hard to obtain rights many of us take for granted. The right to pursue an education, to own property and to vote, for example.

Many other rights are still being forged. Women have yet to attain equal status in things such as the right to pursue any career and be compensated justly, the right to make personal choices regarding day care, the right to be protected from rape, the right to have fathers share in the responsibility of raising and providing for the fam ffy, the right t o adequate housing and medical care, the list goes on. Listing - Women's Rights Page 2

Yet with all these rights still undetermined, some women have gotten sidetracked from the original feminist agenda and have invested all their efforts to pursuing a legal right men never had. The legal right to kill their children.

In response to unyielding demands, a panel of nine men, our Supreme Court, ruled that abortion-on-demand throughout the nine months of pregnancy would be available everywhere in our nation. One single decision overturned laws in all fifty states. Subsequent rulings acquiesced to abortion industry demands and left women with no rights in the hands of virtually unregulated practitioners. One decision denied women the right of learning . . . even the name of the doctor who would perform the procedure.

In a frantic rush of misguided feminist zeal, women lost their right to , their right to know anything about the development of their baby, their right to know how the abortion procedure would be done and what the possible medical and psychological consequences would be. Abortion is the only medical procedure where the patient has no right to learn of the risks and alternatives. The Supreme Court reasoned if women knew the facts, the truth might cause them increased anxiety.

The abortion industry continues to fight against any effort by states to keep records of abortion-related injuries, complications and deaths. Yet many women have suffered pain, sterility, life-long disabilities, and death. In some cases, juries denied malpractice claims because these consequences of legal abortion are "inherent risks" of the procedure.

When concerns are raised about the mounting death toll of abortion in our country, the mesmerizing chant "My body, my choice" is shouted. Each of us does have a certain amount of autonomy over our own body. In all cases, our freedom to make choices is balanced by responsibilities. We may adorn our bodies as we please, but in public places certain parts of it must be covered. We make choices concerning our general health and exercise programs, but we may not misuse steroids or narcotics.

Yet even with the liberal freedom we each exercise over our own body, none of us has freedom over the body of another. In one recent court case, a judge ruled that parents do not have absolute autonomy in choosing controversial medical care for a minor child. Listing - Women's Rights Page 3

In every abortion situation, there are two bodies involved: the mother's body and the body of the unborn child. The mother may have the right to make choices for her body, but she has no right to choose death for another human being.

I would like to suggest a revised list of feminist rights: The right to life (regardless of age), liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The right to competent medical care. The right to be respected and valued, regardless of financial position. The right to expect men to share in the responsibilities surrounding the procreation and rearing of children. The right to be free from discrimination based on sex, including discrimina­ tion against pregnancy and ·motherhood.

If all women would rally around these rights, we could accomplish much together. We might even end the circumstances that cause some women to think that abortion is their only choice.

END RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN CONFERENCE September 24, 1988

SCHEDULED SHOWING OF FILMS AND VIDEOS

(Ontario Room) (Superior Room) FILMS VIDEOS

9:30 - 10:00 Everyday Miracle A Better Way

10:00 - 10:30 FREE CHOICE FREE CHOICE

10:30 - 11:00 The Committee No Alibis

11:00 - 11:30 FREE CHOICE FREE CHOICE

11:30 - 12:00 April and November Just Wait*

12: 10 - 12:40 Eclipse of Reason Eclipse of Reason

12:45 - 1:15 Eclipse of Reason Eclipse of Reason

1:30 - 2:00 One in a Million Schools, Clinics, & Contraceptives*

2:00 - 2:30 FREE CHOICE FREE CHOICE

2:30 - 3:00 The Slippery Slope Fight the Fight

3:00 - 3:30 FREE CHOICE FREE CHOICE

3:30 - 4:00 Girl on Edge The Chastity Challenge*

4:00 - 4:30 FREE CHOICE The Chastity Challenge*

On the 1/2 hour FREE CHOICE is available on the following:

Films Videos

1st Days of Life Teens and Sex Life, Gift of God's Love Who Broke the Baby If You Want to Dance A Special Kind of Love Let Me Live Matter of Choice Matter of Choice Silent Scream Who Should Survive The Answer* Somebody Waiting The Mourning After The Springtime of Your Life Aching Heart Harvest*

*New in last year

(Tv?)

("C;'jl, Vote "Yes" on "A" ~ End Tax-Funded Abortions NEWS from The Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions MEDIA CONTACT:

For Immediate Release Mashawn Blaylock (313) 344-9595 October 27, 1988

NEW PRO-TAX ABORTION TV ADS DISTORT ISSUES OF RAPE AND INCEST

Novi, Mich. -- Urging voters not to be misled by new pro-tax

abortion television commercials on rape and incest, the

Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions (CETFA) today branded

the current pro-tax abortion ad campaign "an attempt to

distort the issues of rape and incest as they relate to

tax-funded abortions and Proposal A."

According to Barbara Listing, CETFA chairperson, the ads

clearly are intended to play off fears of rape and incest,

confuse voters and misrepresent the scope of rape and

incest-related pregnancy.

"The ads distort the reality of rape and incest and are

designed to make voters think victims of these horrible crimes

will be left without recourse if Proposal A passes. The ads

have disclaimers saying they are dramatizations, but they

really should be labeled 'overdramatized,'" Listing said.

WESTERN MICHIGAN OFFICE CENTRAL MICHIGAN OFFICE S.E. MICHIGAN OFFICE 920 Cherry S.E . Suite 588 Knapp's Center 43000 W. Nine Mile Rd . Grand Rapids. Ml 49506 300 S. Washington Square Novi, Ml 48050 (616) 451-0601 Lansing, Ml 48933 (313) 344-9595 (517) 487-3376

Paid for by, The Committee To End Tax-Funded Abortions 920 Cherry S.E. • Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 "Not only do the commercials misrepresent individuals

eligible for Medicaid benefits, including tax-funded

abortions, but, more important, they give the misleading

impression that and incest is common, If

people simply look at the facts, they will see this is not the

case," she added.

Medical authorities are in complete agreement that pregnancy

from rape and incest is extremely rare. As the Journal of the

American Medical Woman's Association reports, "Perhaps more of

· a gross exaggeration than a myth is the mistaken belief that

pregnancy is a frequent complication of sexual assault. This

is emphatically not the case." In addition, a recent national

study by The Alan Guttmacher. Institute, an organization formed

by Planned Parenthood of American -- the leading abortion

promoter, found only .05 percent of women seek abortions

because they are victims of rape or incest. Also, there were

only four rape-related abortions in Wisconsin in 1985 and only

one in Iowa the same year. Both Wisconsin and Iowa provided

tax dollars for abortions only in cases of rape or incest.

"The pro-tax abortion ads also claim Proposal A goes too far .

in not having a rape or incest exception. This, too, is very

misleading. The federal law prohibiting tax-funded abortions

does not have a rape or incest exception, and the laws in 30

other states do not contain these exceptions. If this was an

extreme position, it would not be the overwhelming position,"

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"While rape- and incest-related pregnancies are extremely rare, there are a few cases. Victims in these rare cases need the support and comfort of family members and society as a whole. A tax-funded abortion should not be held out as their only recourse. If these victims do decide to have an abortion, however, a large number of private resources are ready to help. Also, over 400 Michigan doctors perform

Medicaid abortions, receiving more than $6 million annually in tax dollars, and these doctors should get involved at no charge," Listing said.

- 3 - Setting the Record Straight About Proposal A

Next week, you will have the opportunity to vote on Proposal A and decide whether state tax dollars shall continue to be used to pay for elective Medicaid abortions. A "Yes" vote will end tax funding. A "No" vote will keep Michigan in the tax-funded abortion business.

Pro-tax abortion groups have tried to mislead voters about several issues related to Proposal A. It's part of a·plan to keep you paying the bill -- $6.2 million annually that goes to abortionists and others that support the "no" vote campaign.

However, voters should have every opportunity to make an informed decision. You should know the facts, and it's time to set the record straight.

Rape/Incest/AIDS

Pro-tax abortion supporters claim a "yes" vote on Proposal A will deny rape and incest victims access to abortion. They make it sound like pregnancy from rape and incest is common, but this is not the case.

Medical experts agree that the trauma associated with a forcible rape makes pregnancy very rare. The experience in other states shows this to be true. For example, both

Wisconsin and Iowa have tax-funded abortion exceptions only for rape and incest victims. In 1985, there were only four cases in Wisconsin and only one in Iowa.

- 1 - Opponents of Proposal A also claim the proposal goes too far because it does not have a rape or incest exception. However, they neglect to mention that the law prohibiting tax-funded abortions at the federal level has no exception, and they don't tell you that the laws in 30 other states do not have exceptions. If this is an extreme position, it would not be so widely accepted.

In addition, pro-tax abortion forces claim Proposal A ignores unborn AIDS victims. However, they fail to mention that there is no positive in uetro AIDS test and that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says AIDS cannot be detected in an infant until it is at least nine months old. The fact is, of the 393 confirmed cases of AIDS in Michigan to date, less than two percent are infant victims who contracted the disease from their mothers.

Pro-tax abortion groups use distorted arguments about rape, incest and AIDS as a smokescreen for their real agenda -­ protecting the financial interests abortionists have in

Michigan's multi-million dollar tax-funded abortion business.

Welfare Costs

Pro-tax abortion forces claim Michigan welfare costs will skyrocket if Proposal A passes. They make the morally bankrupt ''cheaper to abort than support argument," basing

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The opposition's wild claims of welfare cost increases are based on a Michigan Senate fiscal agency study. That sounds credible. However, the study operates on a misguided assumption -- that 100 percent of pregnant Medicaid recipients will deliver babies onto the rolls of public assistance if tax-funded abortions end.

The fallacy of this study is clear when you look at the facts.

For example, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has found that 80 percent of Medicaid-eligible women in non-funding states still have abortions using private funds. A significant portion of the remaining percentage use to avoid pregnancy.

The pro-tax abortion groups also claim we will have to support to age 18 thousands of children that would have been aborted.

However, they ignore Michigan Department of Social Services

(DSS) figures that demonstrate nearly 75 percent Aid to

Families with Dependent Children (ADFC) recipients require assistance for less than three years. They also ignore the fact that welfare costs have not gone up in 36 states as a result of their decision to end tax-funded abortions.

Minors and Consent

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According to the DSS, more than 10 percent of tax-funded abortions in 1985 were performed on girls under 18, and 638 abortions were performed on girls under 16.

Teen pregnancy is a terrible problem, but a tax-funded abortion is not the solution. A young girl who becomes pregnant needs the support and guidance of her parents.

However, Michigan's policy of free and easy tax-funded abortions takes parents out of their traditional supportive role by allowing children to get Medicaid abortions without their parents even being aware of it. In Michigan, a young girl needs parental consent to get her ears pierced but does not need consent to get a tax-funded abortion. This is wrong and puts the government in the role of undermining traditional family values.

Abortion as Birth Control

Tax-funded abortion is a misguided public policy for many reasons, and one of the most distressing is the fact that they are used as an expensive, potentially dangerous form of birth control.

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recipients is three times higher than that of the general

population. The fact is, free abortions mean more abortions

and an irresponsible attitude toward birth control. At the

taxpayer's expense, many women come back for a second, third

and even fourth free abortion each year.

When it comes to an issue like tax-funded abortions, what you

don't know can be as important as what you do know. Pro-tax

abortion groups have made an all-out effort to provide

inaccurate, misleading information and have attempted to

conceal the facts. That's why it's so important to set the

record straight. Having done that, I urge you join me in

voting "Yes" on Proposal A.

Barbara Listing Chairperson Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions

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7:30 - 8:'+5 PRAYER BREAKFAST Rev. Donald Hartsuff, Speaker "Have You Moved Any Mountains Lately? Spiritual Resources for Victory on November 8."

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IF YOU DID NOT RETURN THIS FORM AT THE CONFERENCE, PLEASE RETURN TO: Right to Life of Michigan Attention Fran Fritz 920 Cherry S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Ex~clinic owner changes sides ·· Former abortion proponent takes 'right-to-life' group job .. By Marla Paul OF THE TIMES HERALD STAFF

For six years, Carol Everett owned and operated abortion clinics throughout Dallas County and ~ays · she was partially responsible for more than 35,000 abortions. On Tues­ . . ·" . day, ·Everett, 43, joined the state's · · Dallas Times-Herald- largest "right-to-life" organization to ' . . _, ~~, lobby against abortion. Wednesday, February 3, J 98B: Ev~rett, who will be public-affairs'· director for the 100,000-member Tex- : as Coalition for Life and Greater Dal­ las Right to Life, said she will speak 1 . I out on what she says are abuses that result in physical and emotional trau­ ma to women who have abortions . . "I need to tell the truth. I want to . be one of the ones that said, 'I told · ; Skeeter HaglerjDallas Times Herald you so,' " said Everett. Carol Everett has changed bet mind about abortio~. 1 Please ~ee ABORTION, ~-4 .

band, abused prl'scriplion drugs body else. " testified in 1985 at state hearings and began seeing a psychiatrist. After managing several Dallas on the licensing of abortion clin­ ABORTION "I was going through hell and c linics, she became a partner in ics. She then began selling com­ didn't know what. was wrong," From B-1 two area facilities, she said. By mercial real estate and in her said Everett . 1982, she was earning about free time traveled around the Although she didn't talk about $12:1.000, a figure she expected to country to speak against abor­ her own abortion, "I went around double by 1983. · tion. Bill Price, director of the Tex­ telling everyone how great abor­ But she left the clinics in the as Coalition for Life, said Ever­ tion was. If I told other women s pring of 1983. "I didn't like what "The girls that think these are ett's hiring "will deal a dcvaslat­ how great it was, I justif"lcd my I'd become," said Everett, who safe places to have an abortion i ng blow to the pro-a bortion own." said she witnessed incompetent are not getting what they are move ment in Texas." Everett became involved in the doctors botch abortions and then paying for," Everett said. "They Hut Phy lli s Dunham. direct

Michael Dukakis George Bush

Michael Dukakis George Bush As a Massachusetts state legislator: • Opposes the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which • introduced a bill to legalize abortion in Massachusetts in 1970, legalized abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. three years prior to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision • Opposes the funding of abortion with taxpayer dollars. which legalized abortion nationwide. • Favors a to overturn the Supreme As Governor of Massachusetts: Court decision. • On four occasions, vetoed legislation or a state budget because • The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) says: it contained restrictions on government funding of abortions. "George Bush has been a consistent supporter of pro-life • Appointed an abortion advocate as Secretary of Human efforts while serving as Vice President with Ronald Services. Reagan." • Keynote speaker at a 1986 abortion rights ''celebration.'' • The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) says: Stated position: "Vice President Bush is anti-choice and supports • SupportS the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. President Reagan's opposition to abortion." • Supports Medicaid funding of abortion. • The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) says: Dan Quayle "As a legislator and as Governor, Dukakis has been a • Voted in 1982 for pro-life legislation which stated that life consistent and strong supporter of for begins at conception. women.'' • Voted in 1983 for the Hatch/ Eagleton Human Life • The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) says: "This is the most pro-abortion presidential ticket in Amendment (HLA), which stated that a right to abortion is not secured by the Constitution. history." Lloyd Bentsen • Has voted consistently against federal funding of abortion. Sen. Bentsen has consistently supported legal abortiO.JI on Republican Party Platform demand and federal funding of elective abortion. • Calls for a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution. Bentsen's Senate voting record according to: • Calls for the appointment of federal judges and justices who • Planned Parenthood-- support the sanctity of innocent human life and traditional 43 "pro-choice" votes, 2 "anti-choice" votes, 5 absences. family values. • National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)-- 42 "pro-choice votes", 3 "anti-choice" votes, 9 absences. • Opposes federal funding of abortion; commends providers of "Bentsen has only once voted against funding [of alternatives to abortion. abortion] . On the whole, Sen. Bentsen's voting record on • Declares that, "The unborn child has a fundamental, our iss ue has been very good." individual right to life which cannot be infringed. " • National Right to Life Committee (NRLC)-- 39 pro-abortion votes in support of federal funding of abortions, I pro-life vote, 5 absences. [The number of votes differ because the different groups recorded slightly different time periods and issues.] Democratic Party Platform • Calls abortion "the fundamental right of reproductive choice.'' • Calls for federal funding of abortion. You have a right to know where the candidates stand on this vital issue! post-abortion syn drome: sham or emerging crisis?

Few aborted women are fortunate By Vincent Rue enough to immediately see that they have traded the dilemmas of an un­ A recent news report called Post­ wanted pregnancy for the trauma of an Abortion Syndrome (PAS) the "latest abortion and the loss of a child. I say sham" of right-to-lifers, nothing more fortunate, because facing the reality of than a "pseudo-scientific discovery." A trauma and loss is in the end far better very harsh accusation. than hiding the fact from themselves. Those who reject the idea that signifi­ Repressing grief and pain brings the cant numbers of women experience a inevitable consequences of emotional, serious psychological aftermath to their psychological and physical malfunc­ abortions say that most women, in fact, tions we now identify as Post-Abortion feel only relief after an abortion. These Syndrome. pro-abortion mental health professionals PAS Identified insist that the few who do suffer guilt and depression do so largely because of Early psychological studies on the conditioning by society: they are the aftermath of abortion reported some VINCENT RUE victims of parental or religious indoc­ dysfunction, but found it only in a sman trination. Given 'proper' re-education minority of women. This does not con­ plays the hallmark of repressed mourn­ in schools and counseling clinics, the tradict our thesis about Post-Abortion ing, guilt, pain, and impacted grief. problem should simply fade away in a Syndrome because symptoms of re­ However, once recognized and defined, few decades. · pressed grief are most likely to surface PAS can be healed; a woman's grief and It is quite true that a sense of relief . from six months to two years after the suffering can be worked through, and immediately after an abortion is com­ · trauma occurrs. Early studies were relief from her pain secured. mon. The abortion does 'remove' the based almost exclusively on observa­ Among the common symptoms of source of the immediate crisis. The tions of women shortly after their abor­ Post-Abortion Syndrome are: guilt, de­ woman goes home unpregnant. tions. pression, grief, anxiety, sadness, shame, But this is only part of the story, as a More recent research has studied helplessness, hopelessness, lowered self growing number of clinicians and well­ women who had had their abortions esteem, distrust, hostility toward self respected scholars are beginning to · months and years before and has re­ and others, regret, insomnia, recurring recognize. There is an identifiable syn­ vealed a much higher percentage of dreams, nightmares, psychophysiolog­ drome which must be addressed, and women negatively affected. Some stud­ ical symptoms, suicidal ideation and not used for partisan purposes in the ies find this to be true for the majority. attempts, alcohol and/or chemical de­ . A growing body of· This comes as no surprise to clini­ pendencies, sexual dysfunction, inse­ evidence supports the contention that cians. Abortion may not have been the curity, emotional numbness, flash-backs abortion has a painful aftennath, regard­ immediate reason many women con­ of the abortion, relationship disruption, less of the woman's religious beliefs, or fided in a therapist; it may have been communication impairment and/ or re­ how positive she may have felt before­ marital conflict, depression, chemical striction, isolation, fetal fantasies, self llan:4 ·about her decision to abort. dependency, and the like. Neverthe­ condemnation, uncontrollable weeping, There are two principal obstacles less, abortion was a common factor. eating disorders, preoccupation with standing in the way of a full recognition Therapists were beginning to suspect the abortion, confused and/or distorted of PAS. First, we in the helping profes­ that perhaps there was more to the thinking. sions all too often ignore or minimize it. 'simple termination of pregnancy' that Individual clinical studies played a Unfortunately, psychological and med­ they had believed. The women suffered major role in the reexamination of abor­ ical literature continues to suppOrt the from an unresolved trauma, profoundly tion's aftermath. The work of Dr. J. deception that abortion has 'limited or impacting their current lives. It had, in William Worden, psychologist and pro­ no ill psychological after-effects.' Some fact, been a major death experience, fessor at Harvard Medical School (Grief even maintain it is a 'positive exper­ typically denied. . Counseling and Grief Therapy: New ience.' As reports surfaced in counseling York, Springer, 1982) is an example. So Second, many of the women them­ circles and a few were printed in psycho­ are the works of Dr. Edward Sheridan, selves deny their hurt. They suffer in therapy journals, it appeared that in the psychiatrist and professor at George· ~\\ence, their pain a secret burden. wake of mass legalized abortion, we town University, and Dr. Philip Ney, When they express any negative feel­ were seeing a swelling wave of post­ psychiatrist and professor, Unive r­ ings, they are told by friends, family, abortion problems. Moreover, the post­ sity of Otago, New Zealand. and therapists alike that they have no abortion reactions of these women were At the Sir Thomas More Clinics in legitimate reason to feel tnat way. After remarkably similar. It was evident we Southern California, this writer and all, they chose to abort, didn't they? were dealing with an identifiable syn­ other staff doctors noticed diagnostic Our society does not acknowledge the drome. similarities between women who had validity of grieving an abortion. Post-Abortion Syndro'!le (PAS) dis- aborted, and traumatized veterans of Women who have undergone abortion may be grouped as I) those who are suffering post­ traumatic disorder on acute or chronic basis, and 2) those who have no identifiable symp­ toms, but are at risk at some future stress point (often a new pregnancy, inability to con· ceive or complete a pregnancy, or some other major loss or crisis). the Vietnam War. Like their counter­ gotten fathers' often suffer the trauma math of abortion. And its lasting impact parts, the 'veterans' of abortion were of abortion as intensively as their female on the women, their -- on poorly understood, neglected, and partners. society. shunned as bearers of bad news, remin­ Siblings of aborted children are at In the act and aftermath of abortion, ders of unwanted life and history. risk of secondary traumatization. This it behooves us to finally recognize the Like the veterans of war, veterans of may manifest itself in a variety of be­ profound price paid by these women, abortion attempt to cope with their hid­ havioral and emotional problems. men, and children, the other victims of den trauma' by denial and suppression, abortion. and so fail to acknowledge their grief for PAS Mast be Rec:ogaized those who did not survive. In the case of The need for increased awareness of the woman the loss, is greater -- the Post-Abortion Syndrome is paramount dead is her own unborn child- -and she among those in the helping professions. finds herself helplessly reexperiencing The longer we professionally deny the the death scene in recurring dreams psychological damage done in abortion, and intrusive memories, even years the greater harm we do to those who later. Reactions on the anniversary of seek help. ~Y naming the pain, and the abortion or the expected birthdate diagnosing the syndrome, we validate of the child are particularly intense. the anguish of those who now suffer It took more than a decade after the alone, and e~ble them to work through Vietnam War ended before the Ameri­ their grief and guilt to find healing and can Psychiatric Association identified - reconciliation. -and thus validated-- the "post-traumatic · As growing numbers of women dare . stress disorder" suffered by war veter­ to acknowledge their post-abortion pain, ans. Since the APA continues to endorse the need for support groups, sympathe­ abortion on demand as a 'stress reducing tic friends, understanding clergy and experience,' they are not likely to recog­ counselors is critical. nize abortion as a trauma and Post­ I am grateful for some signs that Abortion Syndrome as a post-traumatic members of my own profession, even stress disorder. among the pro-choice advocates, ar~ Women who have undergone abortion discovering the reality of Post Abortion may be grouped as. 1) those who are Syndrome. Psychologist Ann Kaiser suff~ring post-traumatic disorder on an Stearns, in ·her recent book, Uving acute or chronic basis, and 2) those Through Personal Crisis, (Ballantine who have no identifiable symptoms, but Books 1985) names abortion and mis­ are at risk at some future stress point carriage as major losses not given (often a new pregnancy, inability to 'enough attention. in the popular press · conceive or complete a pregnancy, or nor among professionals.' some other major loss or crisis). At the national level, two landmark The number of women at risk is stag­ conferences were held· in '1986: Coun­ gering. In the United States alone there selors from across the country met to have been 20 million legal abortions discuss recent findings, share their ex­ since 1973. World-wide the count is periences, and validate the clinical real­ becoming astronomical. ity of Post-Abortion Syndrome. In June, Not only are the mothers of aborted The Association for Interdisciplinary unborn suffering. We are seeing fathers, Research in Values .and Social Change surviving siblings, grandparents, and convened in Denver, and in August, the abortion providers experiencing nega­ University of Notre Dame held a sym­ tive psychological consequences as posium on "Post-Abortion Counseling: well. Fathers of the unborn, in parti­ A Healing Vision,'' attended by some cular, have been legally and psycho­ hundred and fifty professionals. National Right to Life News logically ignored both in the abortion We've only .begun to recognize the decision and its aftermath. These 'for- pro~ound price of pain paid in the after- JanutJty 15, 1987 . ....

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