friday, december 12, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 3
Abortion ruling gets reaction
from religious organizations
By Steve Miller
The recent court affirmation that some
state abortion laws are unconstitutional has
only been partially reviewed, said Assistant
Attorney General Jerry Fennell.
Portions of the abortion laws were ruled
unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge
Warren Urbom.
The requirements that minors must con
sult their parents, that women seeking
abortions must wait 48 hours after making
a request, and that physicians must inform
patients of consequences of the abortion
were ruled unconstitutional.
Urbom rejected the challenges issued
by religious groups asking reconsideration
of the abortion laws, and this was upheld
by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Some religious groups see this as an inhib
ition of their religious rights.
Fennell said he could not yet comment
on the review of the decision. An appeal
may be made to the U.S. Supreme Court
after a review is completed, he said.
He also said a Lincoln hearing tomorrow
on the abortion statutes would deal with a
challenge made to the viability sections of
the acts.
Viability is defined in the law as the
ability for a fetus to live outside the
mother. The challenge pertains to the regu
lation of abortion after viability and what
acts a doctor must take if a live fetus re
sults from an abortion.
The coordinator for the Nebraska
chapter of the Religious Coalition for
Abortion Rights said she could not help
but agree with the ruling.
Kappie Weber said the Nebraska Legisla
ture had attempted to block women from
getting abortions by installing obstacles in
the law.
"It is a far-fetched requirement that the
doctor has to present facts, figures and pic
tures about the consequences of abortion,"
Weber said. "There is no similar law about
live births or appendectomies:"
Weber said that her understanding of
Urbom's ruling on inhibiting religious free
dom was that he did not really understand
the issues, that perhaps there wasn't
enough information.
She explained that the coalition repre
sented some 13 denominations in the
United States that take a pro-choice stand.
Doug Novak, president of the UNL Stu
dents for Life, said that abortion is not a
religious issue but a civil rights issue,
"When the Supreme Court ruled that
the unborn fetus is not a person it was
similar to a ruling once that blacks are not
people," Novak said.
Novak said he thought it strange that a
minor does not have to have permission
for an abortion but does have to have per
mission to have an operation because of
complications from an abortion.
He said consequences should be ex
plained to women and that alternatives to
abortion should be stressed.
"If I were a doctor I'd certainly want
to inform a patient of consequences
whether it be an abortion or an appendec
tomy," Novak said.
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