Feminist upset by Idaho veto
of restrictive abortion bill
By Cindy Wostrel
Staff Reporter
The president of the California chapter of
Feminists for Life responded to Idaho governor
Cecil Andrus’ veto of a restrictive abortion bill.
“I’m feeling as low as I’ve ever felt,” Susan
Carpenter-McMillan told about 120 people
Saturday at the Lincoln Ramada Inn.
Anti-abortionists must become better mobi
lized in reaction, she said.
“When are we going to get serious?” she
asked. “We can’t just meet anymore in hotel
lobbies.”
Carpenter-McMillan said she disagreed with
reasons pro-choice supporters give for having
legal abortions.
Some support abortion, saying fetuses are
not viable, she said.
But biologists, fetologists and reputable
scientists agree that what is living in the womb
is human, she said.
“Men and women do not reproduce toma
toes,” she said, “and I can assure you, at the
end of nine months women do not give birth to
hamsters.”
As early as 12 weeks into pregnancy, fetuses
suck their thumbs, she said.
After five months, fetuses may be viable,
she said.
“If there was a window on the womb, would
the abortion go on?” she asked.
Although pro-choice supporters claim abor
tion is used when contraception fails, Carpen
ter-McMillan said, abortion has become a means
of birth control in itself. She cited Planned
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“This is the only way we can protect our
point of view,” Schimek said.
Sen. Howard Lamb of Ansclmo said the
majority should be allowed to rule.
“Sometimes the majority is wrong, Sen.
Lamb,” Chambers responded. Any minorities
that think their rights would be compromised
“have every right to use all means” to stop a
wrong action, he said.
“The battle will continue to rage every time
the issue is raised,” Chambers said. He contin
ued to make a scries of motions delaying the
vote.
Lindsay said preventing the vote will sue
Parenthood statistics that show more than 50
percent of women who have had abortions
were not using birth control when they became
pregnant
Carpenter-McMillan said pro-choice sup
porters argue that a pregnant 12-year-old is a
woman, old enough to decide to have an abor
tion ~ yet pregnant students are too young to
have children, and should have abortions to be
able to Finish their education.
Even if parents aren’t notified when their
daughters have abortions, they are held respon
sible for any further treatment if problems
arise, she said.
Some employers “don’t look well on women
who come in pregnant,” she said, causing
some women to think they should have an
abortion.
Instead of relying on abortion, she said, the
workplace should be changed to support preg
nant women.
“I really believe that we as feminists ...
need to stop apologizing for pregnancy,” she
said.
Employers also should provide child care so
women do not have to drive 20 miles for it, she
said.
Although what she called the “National
Organization for Some Women ’ ’ is pro-choice,
she said, “as a true feminist, I can tell you true
feminists do not kill babies.”
Carpcnter-McMillan said more than 2 mil
lion abortions are performed each year.
“The womb is the most dangerous place to
live in America today,” she said.
ceed, but is “no great victory.”
Senators defeated several motions to ad
journ.
“If I have to stand here all night, I’ll do it,”
Labcdz said.
Chambers moved at 8:05 p.m. to delay
consideration on the bill until Jan. 1, 1991,
after which Sen. Tim Hall of Omaha accused
him of “throwing in the towel.”
“As long as there is breath in my body, I will
be here — guaranteed,” Chambers said. “We’re
strategizing. No chess, just checkers.”
“It’s Friday Night Live at the Legislature
and Sen. Chambers is hosting ...,” Hall said.
At 11:20 p.m., senators conceded defeat in
the attempt to resolve the parental notification
issue and adjourned.
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