Show Congress s Toughens h Abortion Ab ort ort- orton on Law L aw ki t Z v 1 n 41 4 f k M y r cl v f 09 d yAy Y W u t v. v o k- k vV y 1 p ti X-hN X d a lam ti Ji- Ji Iy j h 40 7 y K I 44 lk F Photo Courtesy edu k kj J. J Snow j T Staff Writer The House of Representatives voted Thursday to ban a type of abortion that for years has been at the center of much controversy The bill would ban banan banan banan an abortion in the mid or late term tenn of pregnancy and subject the practicing doctor to criminal charges f. f President nt George Ge rg W W. Bush Bush B h commented action is isan isan isan an important step that will help us continue to build a culture of life in America I look forward to the Senate passing passin this legislation legislation legis legis- c lation that I thiS f so can sign very rn to See Abortion on page p ge 2 Abortion continued from page 1 The campaign to stop what opponents call partial birth abortion abortion abortion abor abor- tion will finally become lawand lawand law lawand and the performance of this barbaric barbaric barbaric bar bar- baric procedure will finally cometo come cometo to an end said House Judiciary Committee Chairman James R- R R Wisconsin With all the activity going on in Washington opinions are aflame across the nation In an interview Kathy expressed her feelings and thoughts about her abortion on Christmas Eve 1980 I was a single mother already not married marred when I told my mom that I was going to have another baby she introduced me to the idea of an abortion It was a hard decision tomake tomake to tomake make at that time I remember being really distraught about it My mom went with me to the clinic and we didn't didot tell anybody it was a big secret I dont don't remember much about the procedure procedure procedure dure except lying on the table and hearing a vacuum noise and then going home she recalled Twenty-three Twenty years after the procedure Kathy remembers the decisions she made and how it influenced th the rest of her life Ive hIve never had any Oh my God I wish I never did that regrets I just wish that every woman looks at every option said The Health and Wellness Center on the Redwood Road Campus helps students here at in their decisions about birth control and abortion There is information provided in the clinic about practicing safer sex and they can also direct you to a women's center for an abor abor- tion There are a number of women's centers here in the Wasatch Front Most notably there is the Utah Women's Center Center- Wasatch Women's Center and Mountain View Women's Center They can help you with your decision on for your unborn child More than two decades later offers this advice on making such a tough decision I II encourage women to I. I listen to their bodies get familiar with their cycles Learn about birth control use condoms she said It doesn't doesn't doesn't does does- nt take three or five or twenty times of having sex to become pregnant It only takes one time rime So if you dont don't want to have a baby there are a lot of things you youcan youcan youcan can do to prevent becoming preg preg- nant Explore those options and dont don't think that you are the exception C If If you have any allY comments on Oll this article please write to the Editor Edito at at globe f V 11 |