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Monday, November 14, 1C33
Abortion law ezpert says it's hard
to define what's 'human what's not
roost expert on abortion laws, told a UNL audience
Friday niht that There is no kind ofhuman fcthav
icr that, because of its nature, should not belaade
into a Ical duty by responding to a leal rfcht'j
John Noonan, a University of California at
Berkeley professor, spoke at the College of Law to a
crowd of about 2S0 people on abortion issues and
laws related to them. !
Noonan said he thinks the most transcending
point of the abortion issue is taken by the US.
Supreme Court j
"The state court is the source of our rights " he said.
"V don't have the rights unless they are appointed
by some agency of government" j
Noonan said the reason for flving such a "sleep
ing statement" is that the state now appears to be
the only authorized agency that determines who fa a
person with rights and who Is a person with rights
that can be protected. I
"To put it succinctly he said, that's the whole
ball game."
Noonan frequently cited the words of Hans Kel
son and the purist theory, and supported the view
that "a person is simply a construct of law."
Noonan said it is hard to differentiate between
what is considered human and what Is considered
inhuman.
"I cant s :2 where ycu draw the lLie once ycu have
that unia? genetic material," he said. "Erven weeks
is very yrar. but the r rr.e tclr h there t3 ttcs
before the came brains are there, the same arms
'and H.crejust bnt any dear point to e:ywc2,
this fa not human. That's ray position."
Noonan said he believes it fa the fpeciZc physical
characteristics that mark a human as a new indi
vidual. These physical characteristics make up the
personalty" in the womb.
"The unique individuality fa decided by the genetic
differences" he said.
Noonan said DNA fa like a tape recorder.
"It just needs to be played in order for the reality
to be heard," he said. "1'ou dont think of the tape
recorder as pure potential It's not waiting to be a
tape recorder. It fa a tape recorder."
"If you had the only tape recorder with all of
Mozart's wcrkj and somebody came into your room
and trampled on them, they would say 'I didn't des
troy Mozart, only his pctcntiaL'These unique chromo
somes may be Mozart's, or they may be murderer's.
You just dont know. But they are more than just
potential They are going to develop."
Noonan, a graduate of Harvard Law College, fa the
author of two books, "Morality and Abortion" and
"Private Choice." His talk was sponsored by the
Christian Legal Society.
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Reagan ends visit,
pledges U.S. support
SEOUL, South Korea President Resnn
left for Washington tcdsy at the end of a three
day visit to South Korea. A joint statement
issued by Reagan end South Korean President
Chun Doo Ilwan tt the close of Realm's visit
contained a pledge from Reagan to strengthen
the capabilities of the 40,000 UJS. gervkemen
in Korea. In the statement, Reagan described
the security of South Korea 3 a key to peace in
Northeast Asia and in the United States.
The statement followed Reagan's visit Sun
day to the demilitarized zone between North
and South Korea. Reagan was the first US.
president to visit the 2.6-raiIe-wide DllZ.
Gemayel visit postponed
BEIRUT a visit by Lebanese President
Axnin Gemayel to Damascus, scheduled for
today, was postponed Sunday because of the
sudden illness of Syrian President Hafez El
Assad, Lebanese ofScials said. They said Syrian
Foreign Minister Abdel-Halim Khaddam would
visit Beirut Thursday to prepare for Gemayel
visit to Damascus at an unspecified dste when
the Syrian president recovers.
Gemayel visit to Damascus, the major backer
of his opponents, would have been his first
since his election in September 1C32. The visit
was seen as signaling a thaw in frosty relations
between the two governments. State-run Bei
rut radio did not identify Assad illness.
Streets cold for python
TOULOUSE, France Firemen Sunday res
cued a four-foot python, evidently dying of
cold and hunger, from a busy street and took it
to a aoo where it was given a bath and warm
milk. The reptile, brought from Lebanon, escaped
from its owner's house in this Southern French
city after the owner returned to Beirut several
days &o. Police said the python is recovering
in the zoo. :
British plan protest
LONDON A spokesman for Britain's anti-,
nuclear war movement said Sunday that the
movement will mount nationwide protests
when the first American cruise rainllss are
flown in Tuesday. James Ilinton said President
Reagan and British Prime ilinbter tlastpret
Thatcher wO be deluded with pretest tele-.
- grams from 250,000 active supporters cf the '
Campaign for Nuclear Dbamament. Ilinton
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