Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free May 1983 k1 y Isa debate Over clinic draws harsh lines triggers Strong beliefs Jim free press by Andy Blicq the unborn right to life has a special meaning for Frank i believe you cannot take away a said the jobless labourer whose suffering from died minutes after he was i feel very fortunate i was allowed to Ive lived a Good like Many Buckley sanctions abortion Only if a woman life is in his Story reflects the Strong feel Ings that run on both sides of the abortion he supports the prolife group be cause i think its wrong to people who kill other people Are sent to he in not a religious but moral i believe its said the 40yearold divorced father of a respect for has not been extended to the Morgentaler clinic front Lawn which has been trampled and littered with cigarette Butts during a week of although As few As four prolife pickets paced the sidewalk in front of the Corydon Avenue abortion clinic yesterday no Relief for the embattled grass is in pro lifers have vowed not to give up their fight until the clinic is closed or those operating it Are irrational during the afternoon More pickets joined the unopposed by pro Choice Morgen Taler supporters signs remained propped on the Steps of the clinic and unofficial allies were close at from the Hood of his Frank Farkas perused the picketing with he said prolife demonstrators were irrational people fighting the clinic from an emotional this one woman called me a male he Farkas and three teenage friends who drove Over from their High school during the noon hour say the prolife stance does not reflect the reality fac ing those who need the clinic medical necessity Law cited by Morgentaler continued from Page 1 Viding names necessary in the laying of criminal he Section 251 of the criminal code says abortions must be performed in an accredited Hospital with the major Ity consent of the hospitals therapeutic abortion defence of necessity people performing the operations Are guilty of an indictable offence and liable to life imprison while women who permit them Are liable to two years in but Morgentaler has said that if prosecuted in hell use the defence of medical Section 45 of the code protects surgeons from criminal responsibility if the operation is performed with reasonable care and skill and if it is reasonable to perform the having regard to the state of health of the person at the time the operation is performed and to All the Circum stances of the the lawyer who defended Morgen Taler during Montreal jury trials in 1975 and 1976 each of which acquitted the polish born doctor of performing illegal abortions in que Bec said he has been watching the abortion issues Manitoba chapter with i wonder whether authorities in Manitoba will succeed in avoiding the errors made in Quebec a decade said Claude Armand who practises Law in Sheppard said in an interview Manitoba officials could avoid the losing Battle fought in Quebec by keeping their Cool and not succumbing to pressure to prosecute the Quebec authorities reacted with much vigor and and it shocked the general three juries of Catholic Quebe cers acquitted the doctor and Manitoba jurists would do it As he shortly before police raided the Montreal clinic and arrested Morgentaler provoked Quebec authorities by announcing at a press conference he was performing How he did them and we he did said they say abortion should be a matter of i know a couple of people who have gone to the states for an Abor said Klaudia adding if Young people cant get abortions Here go the students pointed to rape As a particular Case where abortion should be they Are aware of Tough circumstances in which some Young women bring up their Melanie said she knows of one person who had a child and whose Mother has been left to raise the students contended there Are no Young people among the prolife sup porters who might reflect these but pickets interviewed yesterday were of All Ages and came from All walks of bound together by a conviction that abortion is Gayleen is five months but that didst Stop her from joining a handful of others who braved a Breezy and unseasonably Chilly morning to a clinic to me is a its like like fast she adding there is a great demand for adoptive passing motorists honked their horns in support and a few shouted obscenities at the pickets while the sight of the demonstration turned the Heads of most a Small group of prolife pickets also kept a Vigil in the Back Joe Borowski Speaks for those who have no voice no death Camps clinic for Winnipeg were among the signs they some brought their own including one bearing Only a painting of Jesus and another a photo graph of Mother 4god makes babies Gert lives in the apart ment Block across the Street from the she has never picketed for or against anything living close to the clinic gives her the privilege of praying for the poor souls who dont know what there said the senior citizen whose beliefs Are based on a deep seated religious god makes he makes them in his Hes the Only one that can take their lives there Are who make exceptions in their reverence for human two of the pickets interviewed said they support capital punishment in some Bill Luce marches in front of Morgentaler clinic flexibility on nuclear arms wins Reagan finds for my heating Bills up 25 continued front Page 1 since j the aver age Consumers annual heating Bill has risen by about 2t per cent from to the current Only about per cent of the increase went to the com Salo the balance passed through to the consumer to make up for in creases in the of Gas and transportation approved by the Federal government or the National Energy pub counsel Gardner said in his opening remarks to the Gardner criticized the Public and the news Media for suggesting the Board simply rubber Stamps the Gas Compa nys requests for Rale increases with out critical the boards function is to regulate in the Public he but when faced with a government order from the Federal the Board has no discretion or manoeuvring uncontrollable costs Rathke told the hearing the com pants largest single expense and Lar Gest increase has been the Cost of Gas and the associated excise for each Revenue Dollar the company took in last 78 cents were spent on Gas compared to 49 cents in tacking on municipal and income the company uncontrollable costs excluding interest were 85 cents per Revenue Dollar in com pared to 59 cents ten years the company profit per Revenue Dollar last year was three com pared to 10 cents in he intervenor George Finkle urged the Board to deny the request for a return on its rate base and impose a lower Finkle said the lower return would enable the company to reduce its he said the company can get by on a lower Given its financial picture and signs the Economy is grow ing in a Brief to be submitted Winnipeg City Council says the Federal government should Roll Back the whole Sale Price of natural the Washington Post Washington president Reagan gave written Assurance to Congress yesterday of his flexibility on nuclear arms control and was rewarded with an important House subcommittee vote allowing inflight testing of the controversial my intercontinental Jack Edwards rank Republican on the House appropriations subcommittee on offered the motion to release million in research and development funds for the which Congress had denied Reagan in after it passed by a decisive 93 margin Edwards said Rea Gans new written declaration of Readi Ness to modify his position on nuclear arms negotiations had been largely responsible for the margin of in a letter to subcommittee member Norman Dicks Reagan spelled out his willingness to change the arms control proposals in the strategic arms reduction talks at Geneva to conform with the recommendations of the presidents com Mission on strategic Reagan also told Dicks and eight other House in answering a letter they sent last that he saw Merit in a panel with bipartisan com position and with staggered terms of membership to provide advice and continuity in developing arms control and weapons systems build Down concept the letter from the House demo urging Reagan to commit him self As strongly to arms control As he has to deployment of the called for creation of such a the presidents written response made no mention of the build Down concept under which both the and soviet Union would destroy two Long Range nuclear weapons for Tach new one administration officials said this Issue would be addressed today in letters to members of the Senate appropriations committee before it votes on my senator Warren Rudman a member of the committee who met privately with Reagan said lebanese begin attempt to get syrian withdrawal continued from Page 1 for overseeing Border Damascus says this would infringe upon lebanese sovereignty and syrian Security and would deny its stated condition for withdrawal that All israeli soldiers should pull out but Shultz told reporters after frosty talks with Assad last saturday that syrian objections did not mean the Way was closed to further he said the next step was for Leba non to open talks on withdrawal with Syria and the Palestine liberation or which has Between and fighters in Salem visited Damascus last week just before Israel announced it had agreed to the pullout plan in Princi since attacks on the agree ment in the official syrian Media and delays in the troop withdrawal talks have raised concern in Lebanon that it could become the site of an Israel syr Ian his vote would depend in part on Rea Gans commitment to Rud Man said he had been assured he would receive a letter from Reagan respond ing to his concerns before the vote the build Down Issue was prominently raised april 29 in a letter to the president from senators William and Sam Nunn who also met with Reagan at the White House administration officials told the Washington Post tuesday that Rea Gan was strongly leaning toward the build Down concept despite some reservations about How it could be incorporated into revised strategic arms reduction proposals that will be offered to the soviets after talks recon Vene in Geneva june asked about the build Down idea Dur ing a photo session at the White House Reagan said he supports the but that it was not As simple As it but yes that something we very definitely will look he in his letter to Reagan promised to review the administrations proposals for Geneva with the intention of developing such modifications As Are necessary to reflect the com missions this would mean substituting the counting of warheads for counting mis Sile launchers As a measurement of the two superpowers nuclear i agree wholeheartedly with the essential theme of the scowcroft com missions approach to arms control the attainment of Security at the lowest possible level of the Reagan letter Reagan also promised to undertake a major Effort to develop a single warhead missile that would be a less tempting target than the 10war head my and also less threatening to the soviet strikers defy backs work order Montreal up the cites 000 harried commuters faced a second consecutive Day today without bus and subway service while transit commis Sion maintenance workers defiantly stayed off the risking Contemp of court citations and at a Stormy Union meeting closed to reporters last 57 per cent of the 642 maintenance men voted to ignore the backs work injunction obtained by the transit commission earlier in the Day to end the illegal Defiance of the Quebec Superior court order could bring maximum daily fines of for the Ber for its leaders and for Union we made this decision democratic Union president Jacques Moris Sette we didst Start this Hanigan he referring to Tran sit commission chairman Lawrence he has been harassing us while we want to do our jobs in weve been trying to reach the com Mission since but theyve1 been hiding in their offices preparing Quebec labor minister Raynald fre Chette told reporters yesterday that the government could pass special legislation As it has done in the past to Force an end to the strike if the injunction is not mediation would be tried he subpoenas have so far been issued to 22 workers who faced charges in court today for ignoring the the unexpected Wildcat strike forced commuters to grit their Teeth and find another Way to get to work for the 34th labor shutdown of the transit system since the strike was sparked by the two Day suspension tuesday of Mechanic Philippe Dompierre for insubordination Over a punch card j k i i m Wellworth water seat not we carry Kohler entire line of Quality bathroom and Kitchen fixtures in a Range of glorious High end merchandise at Doit yourself prices faucet extra i faucet and x task skin i cutting Board cast Iron i Kitchen x Slatting Lakefield enamelled cast Iron Kitchen 33 starting enamelled cast Iron Kitchen 25 is he sign cast Iron enamelled 22h v Rialto on piece water Home discount Centre 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