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Tesrn(n 1990 OPINION L each Support or neither The Lart contrinerv surroumiinec Planned Parenthood in i misurulerstcwd ue isn't whether or not the proponents of the The Planned Parenthood organisation have the riht to exto speak is press their point of view Their uaranhsd m the L’ S Constitution Instead the issue surrounds the fact that this basically hheral ifroup which endorses abortion arid does little to discourage promiscuity is financed in larp part by the federal irovernmenl People will say that the Planned Parenthoed issue is not a moral one Thee people are wronj Abortion is certainly a moral issue And abortion is an integral part of the Planned Paren-thsissue The proponents of Planned Parenthd say they are not "pnxabortion” They say that they are However the phrase is a euphemism for ' “ proabortion There is no real difference If you say that abortion is a viable alternative to childbirth then you en- nht d "pris-choice- " “pro-choice- '' “Golly Jed I didn 't know rabbits laid eggs " dorse abortion And rhut make if a muml issue! It makes no difference which side of this issue you support Think aboit it Would it be fair to ive funding to the national Right To Life group and withhold it from pro abortion groups? Of course not! If the federal government is going to provide federal funds for the promulgation of one side of a moral issue they darn well had better provide funds for the opposing side The answer is not simple and a brief editorial cannot pretend to fully discuss this complex issue Hut it is reasonable and just to say that government should fund both punts of view or neither Ireferably neither! Birth control is basic solution W it h all the rhetoric from both sides of the Planned Parenthood conflict issuing it is easy to lose sight of the basic motivation of birth control In alarming numbers children are birth to children Teenagers who are often unablegiving to direct their own lives are suddenly having to cope with the responsibility of parenthood The goal of Planned Parenthoid is to reduce the number cil unwelcome pregnancies It seems illogical to accuse the birth control group of promoting promiscuity because they provide contraceptives Pharmaceutical companies don’t promote illness because they sell drugs In both cases the birth control devices and the medicines are only responses to an existing need and one is just as valid as the other The thorniest issue related to Planned Parenthood is of course abortion The simple truth is that a successful of sex education and intelligent use of tives will greatly reduce the numbers of femalescontracepwho feel they need an abortion Planned Parenthood's stance on abortion is simple and straightforward They believe the individual should have the right to decide to have or not to have an abortion-- to he free to control her own body No one will dismiss abortion as an unimportant issue The decision to terminate a pregnancy should be the smoke-screenin- g ‘Dates to remember 9 misleading To I he editor To thine of v ihj who twmblrd yourwlves toother to pay tuition on Friday March 2' don t you feel Kootf You t ripped off I a lo one who made the ten dollar mistake I have found that if we do not read and anal vie the implied meaning of the “DATES TO REM KM HER' sheet we will recieve our pumahment The minor computation which threw me to miss it by one dav was the heading in large black print DATES TO REMEMHKR anti line one of the sheet ' Full fees or depend of $75 must be paid 14 liy March 14 I have always considered it to mean you could pay belore or on that date After seeing the heading of dales to I remember automatically considered the sheet to be consistent I was wrong HARDY’ HAR HAR says the man behind the desk who told me I shuold have read a-i- ' by-M- arch -- ing they were waiting for “signatures ' to be allowed to enter “Added classes " As fur “DATFS TO REMEMBER 1 find it hard to understand why March 'JH was wntten down instead of March 27 I remembered March 2M and so did 7Ae Statnmax but it was March 27 that was important As for Mr So A So I am surprised by the even negative response I c of LSU students to the proposed temporary closing of 7th North here on campus I think there are several reasons for us to support such a measure first there is a definite safety THE UTAH la- Wca a n Vs oe irte Surtcaua a Vt m a wn SnoWH " " ' record of accidents which hot been compiled for that street The hot issue of the proposed closure a whether pedestrian safety can he weighed against driver convenience and found to be less important In my view it cannot In addition the intermediate measure of “funnelling the pedestrians into the corsswilkl seems unlikely to reduce the rate While crossing in the HPER crosswalk I have on numerous occasions had the unpleasant experience of having drivers attempt to shave my kp with their front fenders There m the enough irresponsible drivers “funnellinj or educating the pro pedestrians will not solve Last the proposed closure is would temporary measure which be ended and carefully reviewed after 6 months Should it Provt be an unreasonable hardship otnee solutions would be explored For these reasons the proposed closure of 7th North destv— unreserved student support nr to S'ortSMza r hazard to those attempting In cross 7th North during school hours this is evidenced by the blem (OMOMt '"'wsmiwim l saw Rex Hoopee t lam ! sing Close Seventh North To tha editor USPS 532 640 ! wrong for not reading number 4 more closely but you will not tnci me again on this one and I hop the others who read this will hum the ropes for the future As for L'SU I'm to the point of saying “Give no favors rrcirvtao favors" I think the sign "HELLO WALK” on the sidewalk leading It Old Main has almost lost its mes- mav be STATESMAN pro-gra- result of intense deliberation That it often is not is a tragedy Still the decision belongs exclusively to the woman Her Lfe her decision her physical condition are no one else’s business Wayne Adair more closely Good trick You ripped alot of us off for ten bucks except the ones w ho recieved fair warning and recieved a reprieve by sav- ! stow a ass Ow W4 a wsoa a(M a laws Ut 44)71 Gretcbcn L RPP |