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Show Church Takes Stand On Abortion in Film Continued from page of 6 land How much land would be needed for all the worlds people in this example? Ail of the continents? No. One hemis phoro Too hig North .America? Still too large. Theoretically, two-acr- e homesteads for each five persons in the entire world would fit in an area the size of the United States, leaving the rest of the world completely uninhabited, the filmstrip says. To the question of no food, the answer would be to teach the people around the world about growing and using a variety of nutritions foods. One of the most heart-rendin- g episodes in the filmstrips is the voice of a young girl who went through the actual traumatic experience of an abortion The girl, heung of the proposed filmstrip, wanted to give her testimony of what this had done to her life. nonmember of the Church, the girl A said "Four years ago its something And target something had an abortion am never going to have to live with. Attractive teen, above, grownup young lady of baby, right, whose mother chose life during I I I Everybody was having it done. The friends that had that I talked to said ihat it wasn't going to be a big deal Yeah!, it was a big deal!, she said, her voice breaking into tears. She continued: Its a living with it nightmares, guilty feelings. You think back on what happened, how old the baby would be and what kind of person it would be. Ill never get over is 1 this--nev- er." From his files, Dr. Glen C. Griffin of Bountiful, who assisted in the production of filmstrips, found a picture of a mother and baby girl to put in a sequence about rubella, or German measles There are pictures of the girl who has grown into a lovely teen-ag- e young woman with no ill effects from the disease The filmstrip says that many say a pregnancy with rubella mother should have an abortion if she contracts rubella in the first three months of pregnancy This particular mother had the disease in the second month. As in most cases of rubella in pregnancy, she has had no problem at all. Abortion because of rubella?" the strip asks. Then the picture of the girl comes on and her voice says: Good night, Mom. And Mom, thanks for everything." A series of photos of adopted children, given good homes and loving parents are shown, the result of mothers w ho had their babies, rather than abort The strip then says: When it comes right down to it, the real reasons for most abortions are immorality, embarrassment, inconvenience, or selfishness. Wouldnt a better answer be adoption?" Two pictures have quite an impact disappointed couple who are told there is no child to adopt, and the fetus in a doctors other is a seven-wee- k hand. The statements with these two pictures come through loud and clear: One is a But because abortions are occurring, loving couples who want to adopt babies wait and wait for babies who never seem to come. "And a'l this little person needed to become one of those special babies would have been sufficient nutrition, oxygen and time." A short statement by President Kimball is included, some pictures of children of all races, a pregnant girl and then a little boy on his knees by his bed, who says: Heavenly Father, thanks for our home and all our good food. And spec ially, thank thee for Mommy, cause she let me he bom ' Church Appoints New Coordinator of Hosting I. uk Stohl, Salt f.ake City xnuUve vice president of the Ltah 'lusiun. Amici lean Cancer Society, has mIi llaliied e laduialal hu.stillg for Mu Clmnh. tiie First Presidency an ' , I IIMIIH ( (I this Weak Puathii sii'vccds W Stanton! died eal ilei this month Mold vvhti W.igslafl assist her aid in the ("huiih's Public Com i H s hosting loiiuu'aliiiiis partment ooi dm.itoi Brother Stohl will oversee team it volunteers who entertain dis nita! ies isitnig lit Salt Lake City Simii Bel tv B Stohl will liii-l- 1 i , i i a -- I lit- In (I m hosting program also is cMali 1) C area the first with the C S Civil Service Commission and later with the Fedeial A iation Administration At the time of his retirement Irom tedcra! service, hi was ehicl of person m Salt ml and training lor the F Lake Ciiv He is a native "1 lire liain City Clah He studied at Georue Washington and American univei sities m Washington 1) C l eeeiv mg a dc grt e in l'CT , Sister Stohl is a native o! Salt Lake After graduating om the I mver ol Utah, she earned a masters degree m retailing irom New York City sity She inter served as dueetoi advertising at a Salt Lake (ifpariment slot r I becoming executive vice ;th the Cancer Society in Puts, the new hosting coordinator had cneil many years with the C. S government, including 21 years in Utah. Prior president to v -- r-- nr M vVfnr mversily ol pc i sonnet and The S'oliN gr.ipdi hdflii'i, SiP'NG MARCH 27, 19 76 tv. i six itu'dron and 17 |