Show Standard-txa'rme- r 1£B Monday Oct 2$ 1991 UTAH Pro-choi- ce activists form group il Goa Elect legislators to repeal abortion law SALT LAKE CITY (P) — activists have formed a Pro-choic- w e law anti-aborti- u O u ( 7 group whose goal is to elect lawmakers willing to repeal the state’s new w V ' “Uiahns for Choice" is a bipartisan group whose members believe the decision to have an rbortion is a private one and shouldn’t be regulated it corpoThey formed a ration comprised of 75 Utahns and started a grass roots campaign to educate and motivate candivoters and elect dates The ultimate goal is to elect legislators who will repeal Utah's abortion law before it has a chance to reach the US Supreme Court “Our current legislators don't bestate We lieve Utah is a disagree and need to prove it” said ir of Annette Cumming Uiahns for Choice's executive board Cumming who also serves as president of the board of trustees of Planned Parenthood Association of advocates Utah admits were taken off guard by the 990 Legislature’s passage of the bill Many of those who have become advisory board members felt be- i li non-prof- VJ pro-choi- pro-choi- tf ym iiw eta y ! pro-choi- “ co-cha- eight-memb- W y jk Lx er ’ ta U i-- :s ±r I swe tflWMrNW 4c —cr test toA tfcCf ©QiO i tJTlLXrtST’O lists IIsSl 4— t lk V pWlTI' ' ' J t 'LZl - - '’I t—1 t 4 5 ? t fk ESKSIMEtE pro-choi- 1 trayed by MOT moderate Republicans and GOP leaders who indicated there wasn't enough support to pass an abortion bill she said “We were told not to worry by those nice men on Capitol Hill" Cumming said of the 1990 Utah Legislature which passed the measure on the session’s 12th day The law would prohibit abortion except to save a woman’s life prevent grave damage to her health or in cases of grave fetal defects Victims of rape and incest would have a grace period in which to obtain an abortion providing the crime has been reported to police Abortion foes hope to use the law as a vehicle to overturn Roe vs Wade the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion Cumming said the group learned a lesson: “We need to get political" Utahns for Choice recently sent pledge cards and organization information to 5000 Utahns who signed petitions m the past year Organizers also are conducting telephone canvasses to voters identify The group claims diverse support Its members include Republican Salt Lake County Recorder inKatie Dixon artificial-kidne- y ventor Willem Kolff former state Democratic senator Frances Farley and Grethe Peterson wife of former University of Utah President Chase Peterson (i 3? male-dominat- Lasts longer needs fewer repairs and tests less to service 20-we- Preference Survey) a Extra large farftfly size capacity pro-choi- pro-choi- EODEL ASSOO Poll: Utahns 7Z A anti-aborti- on SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly two of every three Utahns verconsider themselves “pro-life- " sus “pro choice" a new poll indicates The Dan Jones & Associates survey for the Deseret News and KSL-Tfound that 61 ercent of all respondents claimed to be more with than 34 percent claiming the reverse 1 percent something else and 4 percent unsure Pollster Dan Jones said in 20 years of polling he’s never conducted a survey that shows Utahns favor abortion on demand Rfgwwmn V anti-aborti- "However pro-choi- i ce there are A POOD WASTE r Bwreta PORTABLE EEFEKDAELE JETCLEAN DISEWAS Nobody gets your dishes cleaner than Maytag DISPOSER m Easy to Install of foods Grinds all types circum- stances where Uiahns favor abortion" he said By posing questions in a progressive’ manner — from the strictest abortion controls to abortion on demand — Jones found that a majority of Utahns favor legal abortions when a woman's life is in danger in cases of rape or incest when a woman's health would be impaired by a pregnancy and when the baby might be born deformed But the polling numbeis witched diamatually when the decision whether to have an abortion is simply the woman's desire or when boih she and her partner faun the choice Jones tound Ninstv-thre- c percent of those surveyed favored legal abortions if the mother's life is in danger 86 pci cent favored the procedure in vases of rape or incest 78 percent it the mother’s health would be impaired by the pregnancy and 53 percent in the ease of fetal defects But asked if abortions should be legal if the mother so chooses onlv 35 percent favored them compared to 59 percent opposed Asked it the mother and father should be able to decide on an abortion only 16 percent favored abortions wuh 57 percent opposed state period " “Utah is a pro-lif- e most volathe Jones said “This is tile issue I've ever polled on and the results can change depending on how carefully the questions arc asked “ While some believe ihc abortion issue con tall out along gender lines Jones found no significant difference of opinion between men and women When you make any purchase over $299 you may draw an envelope with your “SEALED DEAL discount You will receive at least $10 and maybe as much as $500 DEPENDABLE Maytag Quality! 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