Friday, January 18, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 5
Letters
" USA
Student says abortion
hurts several people
In response to an earlier letter by Steve
Campbell (Daily Nebraskan, Jan. 16), I would
like to say that Campbell does not have a "lack of
respect for life In general," only a lack of respect
for life In particular." Campbell insisted that he
was ultimately concerned about the "quality of
life,' but it is obvious from his comments that
some lives are considered to be qualitatively
different from others, and therefore these lives
are a "burden" and worth terminating. It is not
"humane" for one person or a segment of society
(regardless of the conditions) to take it upon
himself to allocate the innocent and dismem
bered bodies of "unwanted" or severely handi
capped children to an incinerator or refuse hesp
as is currently the practice in the United States.
There are many facts about abortion that
Campbell has failed to recognize (or i3 unwilling
to recognize). First, abortion is violence. It is the
shedding of innocent blood. If there 13 any dis
agreement on this point, I suggest a conversa
tion with an abortionist whose job it is to tear
asunder, to disembowel, to crush the skull, and
then to reassemble the lifeless shards of limbs of
a child (suction abortion). If the child is born
alive (saline abortion or hysterotomy), it is an
abortionist's job to either cut off a child's air
supply via strangulation or to place the child in a
pan in the corner of a room to gasp his last.
Second, as a psychology student, Campbell
should be aware that resorting to violence is not
a solution, but a precursor of greater violence in
the home and in the world at large (view the
situation in the Middle East or Northern Ire-
land). All violence, abortion included, must be
decried.
Third, a pitiable reference to a study indicat
ing that unwanted children have problems in
later life is not a sufficient defense of abortion .
If it were, then sufficient reason also would exist
to terminate the lives of those found in high-risk
categories as determined by demographics or
assessment techniques.
Finally, empirical evidence does not indicate
that abortion results in lives that are happy for
all concerned. On the contrary, abortion weak
ens rather than stengthens relationships and
produces irreversible scars of guilt, deep sorrow
and regret for men, women and children. WEBA
(Women Exploited Ey Abortion), a national self
help organization, is a testimony to the severe
problems encountered by women and families
that have been traumatized by an abortion.
Moreover, a psychiatrist, Dr. Philip Ney (1983),
has been studying and reporting psychological
syndromes in children ("abortion survivors")
who are well aware of their mother's abortion
and who perceive abortion as a disaster. Evi
dence aUo was provided that child abuse is more
frequent among mothers who have previously
had an abortion.
I hope that simplistic answers to the world's
problems such as abortion will be rejected in
favor of these that truly take into consideration
the "quality of life."
Christopher Milne
graduate student
counseling psychology
Parents say university
needs child-care center
I am writing to urge the Union Board to permit
the University Child Care Project to stay at
Commonplace through May 1988.
As faculty members, my husband and I rely
heavily on the center, where our daughter goes
each day. Before she attended the child-care
center, we took her to a neighbor's house which
was full of candy and the television was on all the
time. She didn't get much attention either. Qual
ity child care, with teachers and staff who care
about the children, is not easy to find in Lincoln;
the only places we considered suitable were
Trinity Methodist and the University Child Care
Project. Both had long waiting lists, but we were
able to enroll our daughter in the university
center by starting her in the summer.
My husband and I teach mathematics to a
total of 150 students each. In order to do a good
job, we need to know that our child is well-cared
for, and we need to depend on the child-care
center to stay open each day. We have been
extremely pleased with the university child-care
project. They are always open even in blizzards
and during exams. It is convenient for us to come
for visits, such as for lunch. The teachers are
terrific and are assisted by many warm and lov
ing student helpers. Both men and women stu
dents work at the center, and they appear to be
enjoying their work with the children as much as
the children enjoy having them there.
I recently completed a four-year term on the
Chancellor's Commission for the Status of Women.
We surveyed faculty, staff and students to ascer
tain major concerns. Needless to say, child care
was one of them. As a result, we formed a task
force to study child care; I was a co-chairwonr .
with Barbara Kerr. At that time, we had no idea
that the University Child Care Project was in
danger of being terminated; we were concerned
then about the inadequacy of available and
affordable care even with the university center.
As I mentioned before, the university center has
a long waiting list. Also some students can't
afford it; several years ago the university pro
vided some subsidy for students, but that has
been discontinued. Now, with the rise of non
traditional women students, child care is needed
more than ever. I know several such students
who had to drop out because of their child-care
problems.
Thank you for your consideration of the child-
care extension request.
Sylvia Wlegand
associate professor
mathe rustics and statistics
Student defends rights,
choices of fetus 'motlier
I would like to question Jim Rogers' editorial
(DN, Jan. 5), "Unborn fetus deserves human
status." How do you label the status of the
mother of the fetus? You said in your article that
abortion was brought upon U3 by the "denial of
the legal status of a group of Homo sapiens as
full persons." But did you ever take into account
the rights and feelings of the mother? Should not
she also be considered a full person and have the
right to make decisions about her own body?
I am not saying that I agree with abortion as a
form of contraception, after the fact. But I do
think a woman, as well as anyone else, has the
right to choose what happens to her. I also do not
think that you realize the implications of making
abortion illegal. Whether a woman can get one
legally or not is unimportant. If she wants to end
her pregnancy, she will. Either on her own or
with the help of someone else. It has been going
on for centuries and will continue whether abor
tion is legal or not.
I think "civilness," as you call it, will have a
better chance of surviving if a woman can make
her own decision about her body, without the
intervention of government. No one has the right
to dictate the morality of anyone else. A woman
cannot be forced to have an abortion, and
neither can she be forced to have a baby. This
issue challenges democracy in all our lives.
Therefore, should not we be allowed the freedom
of choices.
S.L. Tesarek
junior
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