Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Anti abortion View outlined slides showing human embryos dismembered by abortion and. A dispassionate plea for morality in abortion practices were the essentials of a presentation by Toronto gynaecologist Heather Morris thursday at the University of Manitoba. Or. Morris is president of Al Liance for life a National organization dedicated to promoting respect for All human life especially the unborn. There is no question or. Morris said that from the time of Conception there exists with in the Mother a growing human life. Six and one half weeks after Conception brain Waves from the embryo can be recorded she said. The embryo at this time is sensitive to pain she added. At eight weeks the embryo has fingerprints the most Basic element of identification in our society or. Morris said. The two sides of the abortion question concern the rights of the Mother As opposed to the rights of the baby. When a Mother chooses Abor Tion she is not asking for the right of control Over her own body she is asking for the right to have her child dismembered and destroyed or. Morris said. Neither can abortion be considered a right for the Mother who wishes to maintain her Pri Vacy by terminating a preg Nancy she said. By obtaining an abortion a is asking someone Els to enter her womb and de stroy her the right to life must super cede the right of or Morris said. Considering the possible com plications of abortion or Morris asked Are we doing the Mother a service by allow ing her to have an she explained that to perform an abortion the doctor must stretch the cervix. This operation is difficult since the tissue is firm until birth approaches. There is a possibility that Haemorrhage tearing of the cer vix or perforation or eventually loss of the uterus could re sult. Or. Morris said. She illustrated the effects of abortion on the human embryo with slides showing an embryo decapitated after a suction abortion another dismembered after an abortion by dilation and Curettage d and after the foetus is 12 weeks old abortion is usually per formed by injecting a Saline or other irritating solution into the womb or. Morris said. The foetus swallows the Solu Tion convulsed and Dies she explained. Sometime after this the Mother experiences contractions and aborts she said. Women occasionally die after this procedure or. Morris said. She noted the complication rate for the Saline injection abortion was about 30 per cent. This method also carries the risk of Haemorrhage or infection she added. A pregnancy May also be terminated by an operation called Hyster Tomy which is similar to a caesarean Section and is considered major when the foetus is removed in this Way it is almost always born alive or. Morris said. The Lon term effects of Abor Tion Are significant or. Morris said referring to an official re port from the prime minister of Japan a country where Abor Tion is available on demand. Statistics in the report showed there was a higher in stance of spontaneous miscarriage in women who had had abortions. The instance of tubal pregnancies increased four fold in women having had abortions the report said. Whereas five per cent of wanted births Are premature 15 per cent of the births from mothers who had had previous abortions were premature. One of the most common causes of motor and mental de acts. Is premature or. Morris said. Sterility is also much More Ommon after an abortion she said. Or. Morris said she was personally opposed to abortion except when the life of the Mother was in jeopardy. My argument is with people who consider that the life of a developing child is not Worth the interference in our lifestyle or. Morris said. My quarrel lies with Abor Tion for or. Morris two Day visit a sponsored by the league of Lif of Winnipeg. Or. Morris spoke at the Uris varsity of Winnipeg thursday night and her schedule also in eluded appearances on Loca radio and television shows Anc a speaking engagement at rec River Community College. Temperance Meef Florence Crossley of the Transcona area women s Chris Ian Temperance Union will Peak on reminiscing at a meeting of Somerset Union 2 . Monday1 in Young United Church Broadway and Furby Street. Fort Garry Sale is Paul s anglican Church women will hold a Sale of used clothing and household wares 1 to 4 . Monday in the Church basement North drive and Point Road fort Garry. Recital monday the Junior musical club of Winnipeg will hold a recital . Monday in the Assem Bly Hall of Eaton s downtown store. Friday february 18, 1972 Omen s news 18 High schooners learn to Lead tche Mike models a polyester Gingham dress manufactured by Junior scene just one of the garments featured in focus on fashion at Polo Park shopping Centre this week. The fashion show presents a variety of Spring items from 21 stores. Show times Are noon 2 and 7 . Fri Day 11 . And 1 . Saturday. Owca reports on Active year attendance zoomed to last year for physical and health education programs of the Young women s Christian association of Winnipeg. The figure which totals the numbers of times children and adults attended gym swim and other activities was Given at the 74th annual meeting of the association monday evening in the Owca building on Webb place. Individuals attending totalled in 289 classes. Association executive director Phyllis r. Trotter said the programs brought in 10 per cent of the association s income and incurred 8.5 per cent of expenditures. Greatest participation in the physical and health programs was by eight to 11 year Olds w h o attended times. Adult participation during the year came to times. During the year girls and women lived in the Resi Dence area of the building. As i Well transients were j Given accommodation. The Resi Dence department earned 35 per cent of the association s income while incurring 44 per cent of its expenditures. The Owca continued activity programs for girls teen agers married and unmarried Moth ers and their children. Adult mrs. Frank Bues programs involved 533 women and 275 children in 25 activities. Drop in meetings for senior Citi Zens were held weekly in july and August. During the year 8-16 girls and teenagers received sen ice from the youth program department. Camp Bonaventure a Day Camp and the residential Camp Kinnaird involved 440 campers for camper Days. Camping operations almost broke even with the assistance of donations. A Federal opportunities for youth Grant of allowed the youth department to hire eight students to run an eight week summer recreation pro Gram for emotionally disturbed preschoolers. Miss Trotter reported the association raised 58 per cent of i t s income from fees and charges 39 per cent came from the United Way and three per Hartnell suits Stop at Knees Coats snowsuits parkas dresses sports Wear ail at half Price while they lost human s London a Xor Man Hartnell Royal designer with a Cool line in hot pants sprung a dazzling Spring collection wednesday. The Only Couturier to Brace hot pants last year Hart j Nell in one blow scotched a sus i Pinion that British couture had finally come apart at the seams with too Little fashion and too much sense. Smacking of Maiden aunts and attics. Suits were slender often teamed with Matching silk blouses and stopped Short at the they said Hartnell. Printed Georgette and Chiffon cent from the Winnipeg foun Dation. The association received about from bequests during the year. Mrs. M. R. Smith association president for two years predicted program participants in the future May be involved with the planning and carrying out of programs. She also suggested residences in the Distant future May All be Coop and most of our adult groups could Well mature into Independent self the association received from the United Way from the Winnipeg foundation and from the province of Manitoba last year. Receipts in the general fund to talled and expenditures in the residence opera Tion the figures were for Revenue and for expenditures. The residence Defi Cit of includes a Guaran tee from the provincial govern ment. Mrs. Frank de Bues was elected president. Vice presidents Are mrs. R. F. Frie sen mrs. Kenneth lord and mrs. W. A. R. Wheeler record i n g Secretary mrs. R. A. J c s k e and treasurer mrs. Donald Gordon. J by Rosemary Bolton blood curdling screams emerged from the gymnasium of arc Wood school in St. Boni face last week. Inquisition torture lower school revolt no. It was an Experiment in education the elements of which included 10 students from Nelson Mclntyre collegiate Anc approximately 50 Levels 1 and 2 students from arc Wood school the screams were intended to ring Down the basketball net it the exercise was used to iring something else Down defences and hang ups about traditional authoritarian Educa Ion. The 10 students from Nelson Mclntyre Are part of an innovative scheme devised in this City by Jim Mcarthur supervisor of elementary guidance and coun Selling for the Norwood school division Wayne Assis Tant director of physical Educa Tion at the St. Vital Branch of the men s Christian association and j. W. Downey superintendent of the Norwood school division. The object of the project was two fold or. Mcarthur said to offer a course to give High school students practical experience in leadership develop ment and through them pro vide a personalized program for the elementary school children on a Small group basis. The 16-week course was a contractual arrangement be tween the division and the St. Vital y and instruction was Given at the y two afternoons a week by or. Wilson and Ken Tyson y director. Or. Wilson said in an inter View this week that the co operation Between the y and the school division was Ter As far As we know this is the Only program of this kind in he said. The course was considered part of the students weekly curriculum and because of the rotating timetable used in the collegiate the students involved in the course missed the same class Only a six week period. Brian Whiteford a student at Nelson Mclntyre assisted the y staff in selecting the students for the course. There were approximately 40 applicants out of which 10 were chosen. The students were selected on the basis of their interest in children and background and qualification for working with children Brian said. Academic achievement was definitely not a Factor in the Choice of the students he said. Rather they looked for students who could project their Abili ties to relate to Little the emphasis was on the development of inter personal relationships using physical education As a Helen mormon 91 on saturday Helen Morrison will celebrate her 91st birthday saturday. Born feb. 19, 1881, in Inch Scotland mrs. Morrison took her first Job in Canada As a housemaid for sir Hugh John Macdonald Manitoba Premier in 1900. Mrs. Morrison lives with her son in Law and Daugh Ter or. And mrs. Louis Pul Lano 262 Strath Millan Road. Wildlife Stahr Don Muir of the wildlife foundation of Manitoba will speak on pollution and show slides 8 . Monday at a meeting of the Winnipeg Branch of the Streamliner club of Manitoba in the Assiniboine hotel Portage Avenue and Albany Street s t. James Assiniboia. One hour of supervised exercise win follow. The gymnasium provided a Good teaching ground because of its Freedom one of the Stu dents said the 10 students Hie Desautels Ted Baillie Patty Smyth Brian Goodman Craig Whiteford Hie Krupinski Josie Brambilla Sheila Grierson Cathy Lane and Jean Anderson gathered during the week at the office of the Norwood school division to discuss their first afternoon in the elementary school and their experience in the leadership course. One student recalled the first Day of the course was the y leaders gathered us together in the gym and started blowing a whistle and making us follow orders. Then he changed his style and showed us leadership As it should be discussion groups and video tape sessions that followed demonstrated How to put Lea i de ship and movement Edu cation into use the students explained. One student said the course taught him How to understand children s ways and moods and to regard each child As an individual. You Don t give an order to a child to make him one of the girls said. Instead you offer him a competitive spirit or Demon stration in t stressed the Stu dents said. They said they preferred to let the child respond on his own level. If a child in t shown the right Way to do an exercise or play a game he will be More creative and make some thing up for himself they said. The students agreed that the course was worthwhile and said it did t seem much like work because of their interest and enthusiasm. The students also teach swim Ming and physical training to students of Queen Elizabeth school one afternoon a week at the St. Vital y. Another group of students is taking the leadership training course with a View to instruct ing in an elementary school. The students interviewed were not restricting the pupils to a set curriculum although they expected in the future to Divide up into groups of 10 Chil Dren to one instructor. They agreed there was no limitation on the activities pos. Sible under this project. Out Ings games Field trips the kids Are learning yet they Don t know it. We Don t Tell them it s Good for one said. The students were impressed by the co operation they had received from the administration of both schools and hoped the situation would continue at least until they succeed in screaming Down the basketball net at arc Wood school. The meeting decided to drop Day dresses were worn under i a bylaw requirement of three fitted flared Coats and con j membership meetings a year. Trailing jewel colors. The dress j about 120 people attended the j and jacket slipped from favor i annual meeting. Said the serving of wine at a reception before the dinner meeting was a first for the Winnipeg Yew. I his evening Wear inc Orpo a Harwell s hats ranged from a Long time Board member rates the Best of trendy fashion the sugary to the Shady with i batwing sleeves crazy colors j Small Pill boxes smothered in i and pleats loss i fake Flowers and outsize Straw of elegance. Boaters with ribbons. Favorite was a soft Grey Chiffon dress batwing sleeves and skirt knife pleated to the floor below a richly beaded bodice. Color combinations were Par i rot Bright Rich in Scarlet and j Sparling party the Christian education department of Sparling United Church win hold a Coffee party 11 . To 2 . Monday in the Assembly ban of Eaton s Down town store. Home baking will be for Sale. Wok a Kwh whet Orange splashed on clinging chiffons or poured into slim Slinky numbers. J the designer s Day clothes were More sober but without j Erms Witt speak Ernest j. Bess a candidate for the progressive conserva Tive in will slides awl artefacts of acis trip to is Sosa Ai a Tom mrs. 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