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pago 10 daily nebraskan friday, march 9, 1979 Privacy of abortion records, waiting period preserved By Randy Essex The Legislature Thursday refused two attempts to amend a controversial abortion measure, but approved technical changes in accord with an Attorney General's Get jf slow slsS) Buy US. Savings Bonds. , r8.1 jfAw jA. -u. jlL. jIw jA. .L l. . J M. AC C ' V V V V V V ? STUDENTS ... . X Daily Nebraskan Editor in X Chief applications for the Semester are now being accepted. opinion. One of the amendments refused was, Omaha Sen. Patrick Vendltte's attempt to make all abortion records in the state public Information. Also defeated was Ralston Sen. Gerald Koch's attempt to amend the bill so the pregnant womeri could waive a 48-h6ur waiting period contained in the bill. , Under provisions how in LB316, a woman is required to wait 48 hours after receiving informed consent about the procedure before an abortion can be performed. The .. attending physician may in '"sound medical judgment," determine that an emergency exists, and waive the waiting period. Koch argued that the woman should also be allowed to waive the waiting period In order for the bill to be con stitutional. Lincoln Sen. Steve Fowler, supporting the Koch amend ment, said it requires a stretch of logic to consider the waiting period a part of informed consent. Woman's choice Fowler said the U.S. Supreme Court has clearly stated that a woman must be allowed to make her own deter rnirwtjon, and LIB 16 does not allow that now. Koch's attempt to return the bill.td select file for consideration of his amendment failed, 18-28.. A similar amendment offered by Neligh Sen. John DeCamp last week also failed. DeCamp said he offered the amendment reluctantly, and Urged his fellow senators to vote against it. DeCamp voted-in favor of returning the bill for consideration of Koch's amendment. 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Vendltte's amendment, which was not returned for consideration on a 12-22 vote, would have, made the names of doctors performing abortions public, as well as the age and medical history of the woman . DeCamp said it was possible that Vendltte's amend ment would allow a person or group "to find those doctors and get after them." Identified nicely Venditte denied that was his Intent, and called DeCamp's rhetoric "empty." DeCamp is one of the spon sorsofLB316. Omaha Sen. Peter Hoagland said that making, the record public could allow the Identification of women receiving abortions In small townj. Hoagland said U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom, in his ruling that enjoined the present abortion statutes, said such information could allQW the woman to be Identified very nicely." DeCamp was the only senator successful in returning the bill for consideration of amendments. An attorney general's opinion issued Tuesday said certain terms in the bill were unclear. The term "uneman cipated pregnant woman" was used in the bill, but never defined. The term was replaced with "minor woman under the age of 18." Also changed by DeCamp was the phrase in the best medical judgment of the attending physician, to "in the sound medical judgment. . DeCamp also won Unanimous consent to have the bill read in its final stage before Wednesday when Urbom will make a ruling on the enjoined statutes. The bill will receive its final reading Monday ot Tues day, according to Speaker Richard Marvel. AUF sponsors March plant sale By Deb Shanahan AUF is back in the plant business. The All University Fund, the only agency allowed to solicit on campus, will be sponsoring a plant sale March 12-14 in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union, according to Mark Dunbar, the group's president for 1979. Dunbar said the sale will be similar to last fall's Planta sia, but on a smaller scale. "We don't expect to raise a lot of money because people are more concerned with moving now than with fixing up their places," Dunbar said . : , . . He added that this is more of atrial run to learn What is needed to make the sale next fall more successful. Fall drive Dunbar said the fall drive netted about $19,400 for the six groups selected to receive money; In addition to three off -campus charities-the Lincoln' chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, United Cere bral Palsy of Nebraska and the Christian Record Braille Foundation -this year three campus organizations will r -$Q00 I I I I I r i 2C0 CUPM Redeemable with complete dinner for two! "The Captain's Table" A new experience in dining 411 So. 13th benefit from the money raised. The campus organizations are the Political and Ideolo gical Speakers, Student Research Grants and the Uni versity Child Care Project. Dunbar noted that $16,600 of the total was raised through the Greek drive. 'This year special recognition should go to the Greek houses because they were responsible for an outstanding proportion of the money ?raised," Dunbar said. "You only read about the snowball fights and .the hazing, but here is something they (the Greeks) do really great." r v - j - Togetherness j k .- Dunbar said the reason the Greeks continually contri bute the bulk of the fund is that there is more continuity in the houses than in the residence halls. The dorms have a high turnover and a targe percen tage of freshmen each year, so no one remembers AUF from year to year," he said. "But we have a strong inde pendent committee this year and they're looking for in dividuals in each dorm who will still be around next year to get involved. The independent chairwoman this year is Mary O'Con nor. Other 1979 AUF officers include: Rocky Yapp, first vice president; John Kilty, second vice president; John Auers, treasurer; Jpdi Fuerst, secretary; arid committee chairwomen Julia Wilson, Mary Waring and Kathy Lutz. Dunbar said the thrust of the spring campaign is direc ted toward the faculty. 'The faculty drive starts in April and the ballots are going out right now, he said. They will select one of the six charities suggested by AUF as the most needy and the most applicable to the faculty. Dunbar said that although the faculty has the option of sponsoring special event! to make money, the fund-raising is mainly a contribution drive. uwny v jiu i i Tit ik I J - i v 1 j vV" ThCptatn ! sJ J fi y atmosphere to featuring a tantaTizirsg tdl-of -fare ! ot defkious seafoods, and salads as wtl as Nebraska beef. 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