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Pro-Choice or Pro-Life
By:MiclieUe Lake
The world we live in today is
full of controversial subjects.
One of the major issues argued
over is abortion. Opinions on
abortion vary from the feminists
and the Pro- Choice movement,
to the churches and the more
conservative people and the
Pro-Life movement. Both sides
have legitimate arguements
when personal views are set
aside and an objective look is
taken.
According to the State
Health Data Center, there are
1,600,000 abortions every year.
Since the 1989 case Webster vs.
Reproductive Health Services,
states have been free to set
individual laws concerning’ 4 ’ a
woman’s access to abortion.
One arguement probably agreed
upon by both sides of the
abortion debate is that these
issues, including the woman’s
reproductive rights, are
restricted by the state
legislatures where women are a
minority. This also means that
the laws concerning abortion
may change radically from state
to state.
The state of Pennsylvania
bans abortion after six months,
requires spousal notification,
requires a twenty-four hour
waiting period, and mandates a
list of information that must be
shown to abortion patients
regarding risks and alternatives
to the procedure.
The Pro-Choice movement
goes along with and has been
strengthened by the feminist
movement and the fight for
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women’s equal rights. People
who are "Pro-Choice" believe
that women control their
bodies and therefore should
make all decisions concerning
them, including whether or not
to carry a pregnancy to full ,
term. One Pro-Choice slogan
says "Not the Church, Not the
State, Women Should Decide
Their Fate."
Some people who consider
themselves Pro-Choice do not
agree with the idea of
abortion—it is the freedom of
choice they agree with. Some
have never had abortions and
say they never will. They are
not Pro-Abortion, just
Pro-Chbice.
Alternatives to abortion
such as giving the child up for
adoption or trying to raise the
child do not always seem for
the best. There are so many
unwanted children who are put
up for adoption. Probably the
biggest case is of young,
unwed teenagers who have
unexpected pregnancies.
These teenagers are not ready
to settle down and raise a
child.
The Pro-Life movement is
often considered the more
conservative view. It is also
the view of almost every
church or religious
organization. These people
believe that the baby is "alive"
from the moment of
conception; therefore, abortion
is simply murder. Some
Pro-Life slogans are:
"Abortion Stops a Beating
Heart" and "The Most
Dangerous Place to Live in
America is in a Mother’s
Womb." People who are
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Winter Semi-Formal only weeks away!
By: Erin Ann Keane
Before final exams and the
end of first semester, we again
have been offered the
opportunity of attending the
winter semi-formal. Once
again, the formal will be held at
Genetti’s Best Western. Once
again, King Sound Productions
will be D.J.’ing. Among all
this familiarity, however, there
has been a change. A new
addition to the usual
semi-formal preparations has
surfaced. That new addition is,
"Where Everybody Knows
Your Name", the theme song
from Cheers which has been
adopted as the theme for this
year’s semi-formal. Instead of
using the proverbial love song
as a theme, the semi-formal
committee has chosen to
emphasize friendships with this
song choice. The committee is
encouraging stag people to
attend with friends, thereby
taking the emphasis off of
finding a date. I think we
should thank the semi- formal
committee for making such a
decision. It is about time that
people realized that dances do
not always necessitate a date. A
good time can be had by a
group of friends who choose to
attend without an escort.
Even with this positive
reenforcement, however, I have
overheard several conversations
in which a person has stated that
they wish to attend the
semi-formal but will not if they
do not find a date. To these
people I can say only this, do
not compromise a. night of fun
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just because you can not find
anyone to go with. Get a
group of friends together, kick
up your heels, and have a ball!
If you don’t, you may end up
regretting your decision when'
friends that went return with
stories of mayhem, madness,
and fun. So, don’t miss your
chance for a night of fun with
friends at the winter semi
formal, "Where Everybody
Knows Your Name".
What's on T.V.?
Star Trek: The Next
Generation
It has been called the best
directed, best acted, most
inventive, and most morally
righteous television program
produced today. It is celebrating
it’s sixth year on the Fox
Network this season and in the
tradition of it’s predecessor, this
Star Trek is every bit as in touch
with todays problems as the
original series was, to many
extremes even more so. In the
mythos of Star Trek, we are
able to view our own social,
ethical, and economical
problems in a new light, and
through the eyes of innocence.
Many times one must view an
episode several times before
realizing that they are actually
seeing an episode about AIDS,
nuclear war, gay rights,
abortion, euthanasia, drug abuse
or any number of controversial
poignant issues we face
everyday.
The main message behind
By: Ben Tumuto