Show Monday April 22 1974 Page 3 One man's view by phil frank FRANKLY SPEAKING Society oppresses women by Dayne Goodwin Women are oppressed in our class patriarchal society Women are so oppressed that it is revolutionary for women to demand the right to control their own bodies Last year the US Supreme Court made a progressive decision With some restrictions the Supreme Court legalized abortion This decision was a historic victory for the women’s liberation movement Reactionaries advocates of the systematic oppression of women are upset Here in Utah Bruce Bangerter of the American Independent Party and President Spencer W Kimball of the Mormon Church have indicated that abortion is the number one crime of our time the most serious challenge to the good morals they represent Senator James Buckley is leading a national effort to amend the constitution making abortion illegal Defenders of superstition and patriarchy like Bangerter Kimball and Buckley fear the liberation of women they are fighting a rearguard pretty heavy Do opponents of life of women The woman is a abortion push for social in- person The woman is the final vestment in safe effective easily and the most judge it available contraceptives? is her right tocompetent choose whether to Generally they don’t abort a fetus In our society the Leaving aside the debate over birth of a child generally means whether a fetus is a person we decades of responsibility for the face questions mother especially When abortions were still every day Should Americans use heir soda’ wealth to prevent illegal women went to great starvation in Asia Africa and lengths to abort an unwanted Latin America? Should we fetus The wealthy and privileged produce and distribute more paid for safe abortions inside or weaponry? Should GM build cars outside the country The poor got designed to maximize safety or quack abortionists in back alleys and died they and their fetuses profit? Should we allow this inIs this into the digent person by the thousands hospital? to unShould workers go into this legal medically preferable safe mine? Should we turn off the safe abortions? life-and-dea- th power to this old couple’s home? Should we have a death penalty? It WBEN ONCE AGAIM 'CHJ ID TUE Site OF 'COOR SPIRITUAL MASTER COULD YOU BRING A PEPPERONI PI2ZA ? journey ©COLLEGE MEDIA SERVICES'BOX 9411 BERKELEY CA94709 -- the right of women to whether or not to go through with a pregnancy whether to take the responsibility of a dependent child No one no is Should police shoot fleeing suspects? Should we send the National Guard to stop this strike or demonstration? decide Those who defend the life of the fetus on principle would be more convincing if they defended life on principle in other situations if they showed the same passionate concern for the life and quality of man no protector of morals no church no state can deny women the right to control their own bodies and live their own lives as they choose Abortion is a woman’s right STUDENT LIFE i the official student publication of Utah State University and is written and edited by students EDITORIAL POLICY is solely the responsibility of the editorial staff The editor can reserve the right to refuse any publication at his discretion EDITORIAL OPINIONS are solely those of the editorial board and those writers with signed articles LETTER POLICY The editor reserves the right to edit refuse or print any letter All line and signed with name and student number letters must be typed on a Editor however at the student's request the withheld be Names may by AsPublished during the school year except during finals week by the sociated Students of USU Editorial offices University Center 315 business office UniEntered versity C alter 317 Printed by the Box Elder News and Journal Brigham City as second class postage at University Station Logan Utah 84321 Subscription rates Box 1249 $6 per year $2 per quarter Correspondence should be addressed to PO 60-spa- battle against the extension of basic democratic rights to women Opponents of abortion and defenders of patriarchy happen to be the same people You see the reason women can’t be leaders decision-maker- priesthood holders JW s church presidents or otherwise enjoy equal rights and opportunities is because they are biologically different By different of course we mean inferior Women have to bear children Then they have to raise them Their natural (and or god-ordaine- role is in the home the patriarchal family motherhood No doubt about it We know that sexual relations are sinful — except for marriage partners We know that sex has one purpose: procreation Take your pick virginity or motherhood Opponents of abortion favor a social system that denies suppresses distorts and restricts pleasurable sexual experience Opponents of abortion favor & social system of forced motherhood and forced dependency Then they use motherhood as the intellectual justification for female social inferiority and for limiting female social roles Women now have the ability and the right to decide for themselves whether and when to have children The right to have an abortion is the right for a woman to control hef owmbody The right to have an abortion is the right to an important step in ending male church and state domination In some situations women are forced to not have children Editor Student Life: To all bicycle riders of USU You that have paid good money out of your own pockets to help ease the parking situation here at stand a good chance of having your chain cut and taken to the USU traffic office The not supposed reason is that it was parked to the regulation parking rider poles or stands Every bike in no is there here at USU knows way enough places to chain up your bike on a school day who I would like all bike owners USU Pat Morgan USU Apts 5-- G Logan Utah 84321 FOR A FULLER LIFE SIMS presents a lecture on the technique of TRANSCENDTAL MEDITATION through punishment or even sterilization Welfare mothers most the from women social economically deprived strata are denied the right to decide for themselves It must be woman’s choice a woman s right to have or not have a (or another) child Richard Nixon mass murderer women of Vietnamese men he is said fetuses and children he is because opposed to abortion concerned with the sanctity of life The Mormon Church created Marine Battalion an to help preserve the high morals of Mormon participants in the killing of Vietnamese men women children and fetuses Abortion is murder This is have had their chains cut or bikes taken away by USU to please give their name and address to me I have asked a Logan attorney to help all of us in this matter This will in no way involve anyone or anybody in a legal proceeding it will just give me some leverage that I am not alone in what I feel is a malicious destruction of private property Once again please write or give me your name and address on this inexcusable action Bike gripe tY is taught Spontaneously develops creative intelligence v Provides deep rest for full MAHARISHI increased energy in MAHESH daily life tY YOGI Unfolds life to a natural state of freedom all-Morm- MONDAY APRIL 22 - 4 UC 1 324 pm or 7 pm 0 ’ I miSOTOTV 0 a a 0m 2M3 GAE1W am 0 0 0m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IT 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EI ' U 0 0 0 0 0 0 m 10:30 am FAC I0 SUNBURST LOUNGE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1:30 pm 0 0 |