Wednesday, January 22, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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Arguments for abortion ignore justice
ROGERS from Page 4
Also, Protestants such as myself
and even self-avowed secular hu
manists support laws restricting
abortion it is now more obvious
than ever that halting abortion is
not a sectarian stand.
Argument Five: Restricting
abortion forces all people to abide
by a certain morality, one with
which they might not agree.
Of course this is true, but the
concession is hardly fatal to the pro
life cause. All law expresses a moral
system that is "forced" upon those
who may not agree with it.
That the robber doesn't appre
ciate the morality of not stealing
hardly prevents us from rightly
"forcing our morality upon him"
and restricting his activities to only
non-theft activities. The robber
deserves such a restriction, as do
those who seek abortions.
Argument Six: Anti-abortion
laws simply will be ignored.
Almost every law is broken today,
but that is hardly a compelling
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warrant that all laws should be
repealed. Rather, it warrants
stronger enforcement of the law.
Also, the oft-cited statistic that
millions of illegal abortions occurred
before the Roe decision is wildly
overestimated.
Argument Seven: Women will
be forced to get illegal abortions
from back-alley butchers.
First, we must remove as many
socio-economic blocks to carrying a
pregnancy to term as we can, thus
decreasing the incentive for
abortions.
Second, in the pre-Roe era,
"back-alley butchers" were a rela
tive rarity. Studies indicate that
most abortions were performed at
the hands of licensed doctors who
decided to act illegally.
Finally, crime doesn't pay.
Abortion should be made criminal
because life is being threatened.
Unlike the mortality rate of back
alley abortions, in an abortion, the
baby always dies. Society owes little
to a mother who attempts to kill the
infant within. However, most pro-
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lifers agree that safe and legal
abortions should be provided when
the life of the mother is clearly
threatened - but that is simply an
instance of self-defense. Practically
all abortions are performed for non
medical reasons.
Since 1973, more than 17 million
children have died through abortion.
The overwhelming magnitude of the
injustice is causing the U.S. con
science to respond. .
A January 1985 Newsweek Gallup
poll reported that 58 percent of
Americans support a ban on all
abortions except in the case of rape,
incest and danger to the mother's
life. This is up 8 percent from 1984.
Also, the poll reported that 40
percent of Americans question
whether their own position on
abortion is correct.
Regardless of numbers, the ideals
of justice and of humane society
demand that the slaughter must
come to an end.
Rogers is a UNL graduate econ
omics and law student and Daily
Nebraskan editorial associate.
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Student calls black coverage stilted
As a black student at UNL, I would
like to one day read thought-provoking
articles in the Daily Nebraskan that
deal with the sleazy conlitions African
Americans and other minority groups
must endure at the university.
The only prominent place where
African-Americans play a significant
part is in the sports section. 1 find this
insidious and arrogant on the part of
the DN.
I am serious about seeing some
changes in your lily-white student
newspaper. It comes as a surprise to
people in my community to see young
black students attend UNL and return
home with their brains washed of all
semblance of black culture. I cannot
say that the DN is solely responsible,
Schultz wants to
Terrorism is rampant in the world,
hurting innocent people every day. Pol
iticians use this issue to manipulate
the public and the media for their own
political gains.
The Jan. 16 DN had the following
news item: "In a speech at a confer
ence on low-intensity warfare, Secre
tary of State George Schultz said the
United States must have "the stom
ach" to strike back at terrorists and to
take covert military action to further
U.S. interests."
It will not be too far off to say that
behind every major act of terrorism in
the world exists at least one govern
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although it plays a role in this cruel
parody.
I graduated from UNL 12 years ago.
In spite of the Utah appearance of Lin
coln, there were at least some features
in the newspaper to illustrate that not
all blacks at UNL were indecisive
gladiators.
Local newspapers are a personifica
tion of the community. Therefore, when
I read racist interviews with nonentities,
I know what UNL thinks of African
Americans. Although many of your token
African-Americans on campus often are
into other activities, it always has been
people with resilience who expose the
disparities in this "anemic democracy."
A'Jamal-Rashad Byndon
graduate
play same game
ment carrying out a covert military
action to further its interests.
Thus, since terrorism is primarily a
government-sponsored activity, Schultz
wants to reserve it for himself and the
United States' friends and deny it to
others; the same old game that the
most powerful play.
As long as politicians around the
world are busy conniving covert opera
tions, i.e. sponsoring acts of terrorism,
innocent people will continue to suffer
the consequences.
S. S. Jaswal
professor
physics and astronomy
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