4The Daily Tar HeelThursday, July 2, 1992
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abortion
By Anna Griffin
Associate Editor
In the midst of the continuing uproar
over the issue of abortion, the N.C.
General Assembly seems close to ap
proving a$424,000budget for the state's
abortion fund, the same amount as was
allocated the past two years.
Pro-choice advocates across the state
say they view the stabilization of the
fund as a victory, especially consider
ing the severe cut passed several years
ago.
The issue of abortion has been a hot
topic of discussion recently in the wake
of the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in the
case of Planned Parenthood of Pennsyl
vania vs. Casey. In the decision an
nounced Monday the court gave states
the power to put restrictions on abor
tions but refused to overturn Roe vs.
Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that
legalized abortion.
"The Supreme Court has reaffirmed
what we have known for a long time,
that state legislatures have the power to
restrict abortion on demand," said N.C.
Rep. Art Pope, R-Wake, the Republi
can candidate for lieutenant governor.
The abortion fund, which is operated
by the state Department of Human Re
sources, provides money for poor
women who are in physical danger or
who are the victims of rape or incest to
have abortions.
The fund, one of seven such state
programs in the United States, was ap
proved in the 1 970s as a way to ensure
that women from lower socio-economic
levels could receive safe abortions.
"As long as abortion is legal in North
Carolina and in the United States, poor
women should have the same access as
rich women," said Rep. Nick Jeralds,
D-Cumberland, chairman of the House
committee on human resources and a
member of the appropriations subcom
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The women first dismissed the idea
that the noises were coming from their
apartment, at first thinking it was com
ing from a neighboring residence. Later,
they heard much louder noises, Irvin
said, adding that it sounded like some
one breaking into the window.
The women refused to sleep at Mill
Creek that night and stayed at Craven's
boyfriend's apartment.
In an unrelated incident last Saturday
night, Timothy Patrick Steward, a 27
, yearj'pldj sjgckbroker of 800 Pritchard
' Ave. fe'xt., Apt.' 6-E,' was "arrested on
first-degfebmglary charges, police
reports stated. According to the reports,
Steward broke into a Mill Creek Apart
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fund not
mittee on human resources. "The fund
is just our state's way of ensuring that
right."
But in recent years, conservative law
makers have complained that the fund
encourages women from all social
classes to have abortions, regardless of
how the child was conceived or the
ability of the mother to safely complete
the pregnancy.
"The fund tells women that we in this
state support killing a child," Pope said.
"I really think we need to rethink our
priorities."
The recent Supreme Court ruling
could provide the basis for changes in
the state policy toward abortion on de
mand. Pope said. "We should look at
this as a stepping stone toward ending
all unnecessary abortions,"hesaid."The
unborn children and the women of this
state deserve no less."
Women apply for funding through
local departments of social service. Once
applications are approved by county or
town administrators, the state office
must give final authorization. The
women then receive the abortions at
local hospitals or clinics and send the
bills to the state, said Dr. Ruth Relos,
the department of human resources'
director of community services.
"There is a very rigorous screening
and appl icat ion process," she said. "This
is not just some random abortion opera
tion. There must be a shown need."
The fund covers the cost of abortions
forlow-income women before the 1 12th
day, or 16th week, of pregnancy.
As of April 5, 1991, the state abortion
fund had paid for 1,938 operations, ac
cording to Department of Human Re
sources statistics.
Between 1985 and 1988, the fund
remained level at $924,500, an all-time
high. But in 1 989, lawmakers approved
a drastic cut, chopping the fund down to
$424,000. Since then, state officials have
ment in building B and led officers on a
short foot chase.
Jennifer McKnight, who lives in the
apartment, said she was sleeping when
she awoke to find Steward standing
over her bed. She asked for his identity,
but he gave a fake name and asked for a
woman named Barbara. McKnight then
told Steward to leave.
Steward began masturbating and
moved to the door. He left after she
continued to yell at him, and her room
mate called the police. (
Apartment managers,! satdithe rfsi-r
dents were to blame for the incidents.
"Everything that's happened there
has resulted in the kids nbt locking their
doors," said Larry Davis, a representa
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had to scramble to meet the needs of all
women deemed el igible to receive fund
ing and have had to fight each year to
avoid further cuts.
"We've cut it close the past two
years," said John Tanner, director of
family services for the Department of
Human Resources. "But of course we
want to spend all the money. That's
what it's there for."
This year's easy passage of the
$424,000 fund may be a sign of grow
ing political power by General Assem
bly Democrats, Jeralds said, adding that
the abortion issue should take up much
of the debate during next year's session.
"(Abortion) will certainly be a key
issue in 1993," he said. "With the Su
preme Court decision giving states more
discretionary powers, we could see all
kinds of proposed limitations."
The average cost of an abortion within
1 2 weeks of conception is $ 150. Abor
tions performed between 12 and 16
weeks cost the state an average of $250
each, said Dr. Bessie Johnson, Wake
County family planning coordinator.
At most county clinics and social
services offices, where women apply
for funding, applicants are advised of
the alternatives and receive counseling
both before and after abortions are per
formed. "There is counseling regarding all
options," said Johnson, who coordi
nates the Wake County program. "But
usually they have done their soul-searching
before they come here."
Contrary to the arguments from con
servative lawmakers and right-to-life
advocates, Johnson said the fund was
not being used as often as it could be
because of low publicity In poor neigh
borhoods and city ghettos.
"It's not well advertised at all," she
said. "People who receive ... help from
social service workers are aware of the
fund. Our clinics do a lot to inform."
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tive of Magnolia Properties, which op
erates many of the Mill Creek condo
miniums. Recently, Mill Creek Apartments
held a safety meeting at which only five
people showed up, Davis said.
In addition to discussing the buddy
system and the need for women to call
ahead when leaving late at night, the
group talked about creating a neighbor
hood watch.
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tion of anonymity. 'TJiere areplenty of
gays and lesbians in every branch of the
service. The question is whether or not
we're allowed to be ourselves and to
admit our sexuality.
"There is no question that sexual
preference has nothing to do with how
well you do your job."
The ensign, who recently received
his masters degree at UNC, entered the
Coast Guard knowing he was homosexual.
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UNC officials eye old house
say-
Next to the UNC Ackland Art Mu
seum on South Columbia Street sits
an old green house that looks out of
place compared to the modern univer
sity buildings that surround it.
The owner was Sally Michie, 97,
who died March 6, 1992.
"She had lived there for many de
cades," said John Sanders, director of
the Institute of Government. Michie
bought the house at 1 2 1 South Colum
bia St. in 1 9 1 9 and lived there until her
death.
Although UNC officials had hoped
Michie would leave her house to the
University after, she died, she never
planned on giving the property to the
school.
"It's a highly desirable piece of
property," said Gene Swecker, asso
ciate vice chancellor for facilities,
management. "It's right next to the
communications building, so it prob
ably would have been added on to
that."
Michie's court-appointed attorney,
Guido De Maere, said Michie did not
like the University and had nevereven
discussed leaving UNC her property.
'That was never her intention," De
Maere said. "Ms. Michie was not
happy with the University, and she did
not want them to have her property,
which was her whole reason for living
as long as she did."
De Maere said that although the
will had not been probated yet,
Michie's property would go to the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion and the Society of the Magna
Charta Danes.
Sanders said the house will be main
tained in memory of Michie. "It is my
understanding that her property was
left to these two patriotic organiza-
Drugs may endanger chicken pox, patients
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WASHINGTON Christopher
Chinnes of Jacksonville, N.C, was di
agnosed with asthma when he was 8. At
age 12, he had his first attack severe
enough to require an overnight hospital
stay and drug therapy.
Two weeks later, he was dead.
Neither his mother nor his doctors
knew that Christopher was incubating
chicken pox. Treatment with corticos
teroid commonplace for asthma suf
ferers made the chicken pox virus a
killer because of the drug's immune-
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While he fears being "outedifhe said
he did not regret choosing a military
career.
"My family has a history of military
service," he said. "I'm exactly what the
military looks for, I'm just gay."
The Defense Department policy is
based on the belief that homosexuals
will disrupt military life and weaken
group morale, said Col. Doug Hart, a
Pentagon spokesman.
"This is not a random witch hunt
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Sally Michie bought the house at
tions to serve as a memorial to her."
But Swecker said the University still
will try to acquire Michie's property,
suppressant properties.
The boy died four years ago today.
His mother, Rebecca Cole, who has
four other children, has been campaign
ing ever since to warn parents and doc
tors about the dangers of the drugs in
combination with chicken pox.
Partly because of her efforts, the Food
and Drug Administration started urging
corticosteroid manufacturers last De
cember to put labels on their drugs
warning that children who are taking
immunosuppressant drugs are more
susceptible to infections than healthy
desigitatttasequelster nonconformity,"
Hart said. 'There are solid reasons for
our policy.
"The DOD policy is that homosexu
alsare incompatible withmilitary goals.
All branches of the military must com
ply." Hart said that while Secretary of
Defense Richard Cheney had met with
members of the gay and lesbian com
munity to discuss the policy, he had no
plans to change it.
"Secretary Cheney andGeneral Colin
Powell (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
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"I'm sure we will be talking with the
people she left her property to soon
enough," he said.
children.
Chicken pox and measles, for ex
ample, can have a more serious or even
fatal impact on such children and spe
cial care should be taken to keep them
away from exposure, the warning says.
The warning explains that if a child
taking corticosteroids is exposed to
chicken pox, other drug therapies will
act as an antidote to the aggressiveness
of the virus. The alternates recom
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Staff) have both stated unequivocally
that they do not intend, nor have they
even considered, changing the DOD
policy toward homosexuals."
But Steffan said the policy weakens
the mil itary by keeping qualified people
out of the service.
The policy is a disservice to the coun
try, he said.
'The military is a great place to deny
your sexuality," Steffan said. "But the
bottom line is, whether I'm gay or not
has nothing to do with what kind of a
soldier I am."
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