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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
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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.
Venditte, arguing that all surgical records should be
public, was accused of wanting to pick on doctors who
perform abortions.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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