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Friday, January 20,1995
Abortion Activists React to Recent Violence
BYERICA BESHEARS
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As the 22nd anniversary of the Roe vs.
Wade Supreme Court decision that made
abortion legal approaches, fear and debate
still surround the issue, especially in light
of recent acts of violence at abortion clin
ics.
In late December, John Salvi walked
into two separate abortion clinics in
Brookline, Mass., and allegedly shot the
receptionists to death, injuring a total of
four others.
He was arrested in Norfolk, Va., on
Dec. 31 after a nonfatal shooting at a clinic
there. This follows a double murder at a
clinic in Pensacola, Fla., last summer by
Paul Hill, who is currently under a death
sentence.
Janet Colm, executive director of
Planned Parenthood of Orange and
Durham counties, said reactions to the
violence were a mix of horror and shock.
“We have mixed feelings: shocked, hor
rified; some people are afraid, angry, ” Colm
said.
Beth Ising, executive director of the
North Carolina chapter of the National
Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action
League, said the latest shootings were dif
ficult to understand.
“Basically, these violent incidents are
extreme acts of violence. We’re shocked,
and we’re looking at these as cold, calcu
lated assassinations,’’ Ising said.
HERO
FROM PAGE 1
Women make up more than half of the
world’s population and yet are the most
discriminated against when it comes to
services, and the situation gets worse if
they are women of color, Zapata said.
“In order to move into the 21 st century,
we must find solutions to deal with the
problems women face, some beingbiologi
cal but many being social, ” she said. “If we
understand the problems, we can find the
solutions. Hopefully the lack of equity that
exists will be different in the future if we
start dealing with issues in gender and
health as part of the public agenda.”
Zapata came to UNC in August 1990
after having worked in the California De
partment of Health Services in the Branch
ofEnvironmental Epidemiology and Toxi
cology. Now she spends much of her time
teaching courses in international health
and women’s health.
Zapata is also working with Dr. Amy
Tsui, an associate professor in the Depart
ment of Maternal and Child Health, to
create a concentration in international
maternal and child health. Tsui said the
concentration, not yet approved by the
department, would be part of the doctoral
,1 and programs.
When not teaching and devoting time
. to developing the concentration, Zapata
said she was busy writing proposals for
research in protective health factors and
■ gender. She is currently involved in devel
oping two projects. One focuses on resil
.' iency and children.
FESTIVAL
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on to our traditions but we are moving on
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“We find it appalling that people are
standing in front of John Salvi’s jail, calling
up to him. That only serves to continue the
violence."
Although groups like Operation Rescue
are anti-abortion, these groups do not sup
port Salvi, according to Reverend Flip
Benham, director of Operation Rescue.
“All life is sacred. One does not over
come the problem of killing children by
killingsomeoneelse,”Benhamsaid. “Since
1988 when we started, there has not been
one convicted act of violence.
“We are Christians. We love the abor
tionist. We hate what he does. We hope he
will repent,” he said.
Just what the latest acts of violence will
mean to the struggle over abortion in the
long run is unknown. NARRAL tells pro
choice advocates that the struggle is not
over, Ising said.
“First, it sends the North Carolina pro
choice majority a message. With the elec
tion of a pro-choice president, people
thought there was no need to be as vigilant.
That is completely wrong,” Ising said.
“Regardless of political gains, some
people are encouraged by the anti-choice
movement, ” she said. “Second, this debate
shouldn’t be happening. The 22nd anni
versary of Roe vs. Wade is Sunday, and
look where we’ve come in 22 years.”
Colm said that despite scaring people,
the shootings would not do anything to
stop abortion.
“I think the people who are killing inno
The second project, Escuela de Madres
(literally, “school of mothers”) in Siler
City, is an adaptation of an intervention
project being used in several Latin Ameri
can countries. The program is designed to
empower women to effectively deal with
health and well-being as well as family and
community health.
“This is such an important project, ” she
said. “If women are empowered, then the
whole community will be empowered.
Empowerment is such an important as
pect.”
Milton Kotelchuck, chairman of the
Department ofMatemal and Child Health,
said Zapata had been instrumental in ex
panding and improving the studies of the
department.
“Before Cecelia, there was no one work
ing in this department in international
health yet we had a strong following of
students interested in the subject, ” he said.
“Cecelia put her energy and soul into de
veloping this department, so now it is at
tracting even more students. She has been
a great asset.”
Kotelchuck said Zapata put a lot of her
energy into working with students. “She is
one of the more dynamic teachers in the
department,” he said. “Her service to the
community is reflected in her service to the
students. Among her values, Cecelia is a
very inclusive person in an era of everyone
going their separate ways. Sheis concerned
with all people of color and all people in
general.”
Students are the driving force in aca
demic life and our bridge to the future,
Zapata said.
“Students are crucial in how academia
evolvesthroughtime,” shesaid. “Weneed
students to challenge, stimulate and work
with us to force teachers to be the best they
can be.”
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cent people are extremists. I don’t think in
the long run it will stop abortion, though
there is a fear factor,” she said.
In an effort to curb protesting techniques,
including blocking entrances by pro-life
groups, the federal government last sum
mer passed controversial legislation against
protesting at clinics.
Many consider the legislation unconsti
tutional, a violation of free speech, and
others, including Benham, say it opened
the door to more violence.
“We made a statement at the congres
sional hearing. We said, quoting John F.
Kennedy talking about Martin Luther
King, ‘lf you make peaceful revolution
impossible, you make violent revolution
inevitable,”’ Benham said.
“If you take away peaceful protesting,
vigilantes step in, fill the void. Since the
legislation, violence has increased, ” he said.
Colm said that the legislation helped
but that it also raised the stakes for protest
ers.
“It’s making it easier to prosecute.
They’re getting more desperate,” she said.
Ising said the laws made a difference on
a day-to-day basis. “It’s made a difference
in terms of daily, constant assault on clin
ics, blocking entrances, harassing on a daily
basis,” she said.
“This is not to end free speech. Unfor
tunately, there are people crazy enough to
resort to violence. It certainly threatens a
democracy,” Ising said.
The main response to the shootings has
“If women of color can
empower themselves, then the
solutions for society will be
found much easier. ”
CECELIA ZAPATA
Assistant professor
women’s health issues, Zapata, who came
to the United States in 1974, said the most
rewarding experience had been when she
saw a woman who could not read or write
teach a class in reproductive physiology
because of training she had received.
The woman had taken part in a series of
workshops for women given in Colombia
in 1992 that dealt with reproductive health.
One of the exercises was to give a class to
women who had not been exposed to the
workshops, Zapata said.
“To see her be a teacher —and a won
derful teacher at that—was amazing, ” she
said. “When women are not educated,
they are disregarded as able to do things.
This woman overcame the stigma and made
me happy. That was empowerment.”
On a local scale, the key to improving
women’s health care is in preventive ser
vices such as screening for cancer because
those services are minimal for women of
color in the state, Zapata said.
The U.S. health care situation is unpre
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been increased security at abortion clinics.
Jamie Combs, administrator at Raleigh
Women’s Health Organization, said the
clinic did everything it could to ensure its
patients’ safety.
“We have a metal detector and an armed
guard. Patients are not allowed to bring
anything with them, coats or handbags,”
Combssaid. “It’sinconvenientbutamajor
safety precaution. It’s hard to conceal a
weapon passing through a metal detector
not carrying anything.”
She said the clinic did not have any
problems with protesters.
“We have protesters, but no real prob
lems. Raleigh has strong picketing ordi
nances; you have to register with the police
so they are aware.”
Combs said the clinic could ensure its
patients’ safety partly because it worked
closely with the Raleigh police.
“First, we’re half a second away from
the north Raleigh precinct, and second, we
back up to a major highway—there are 50
police cars driving by all the time,” she
said.
“The police are really on top of things.
We’ve met with them. They don’t plan to
lose control in North Carolina, in Raleigh, ”
she said.
Colm said the main response to the
violence should be outrage from all sides.
“The real response needs to be an out
cry from everybody,” she said. “People
who are opposed to abortion have a re
sponsibility to condemn the violence.”
dictable due to President Clinton’s health
care package not crystallizing, and because
of this many women will suffer, she said.
But on the global front, Zapata sees an
encouragingmovementforwomen. “Dur
ing the World Population Conference held
in Egypt last fall we saw a fantastic ex
ample of women coming together to look
at life as the core of humanity,” she said.
“They were strong, clear, elegant and fun.
They were women! They respected and
liked themselves, but they also they could
see the contradictions.”
Being a minority helps Zapata bring a
different perspective to her work, she said.
“In the past, I was mentored and sup
ported,” she said. “I know that if people
have the opportunity, then people will rise
to the occasion.”
Zapata said people who needed change
had to be active participants in making that
change. “We can’t find it for them,” she
said. “So, to involve them we must teach,
provide service and do research, but we
must be willing to give up power, lead
when we can or take the lead of someone
else when the situation calls for that.”
Minority women are at the lowest rank
of discrimination, Zapata said. She be
lieves that women must assume more re
sponsibility.
“This is why I believe in empower
ment," she said. “If women of color can
empower themselves, then the solutions
for society will be found much easier.”
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104th Congress Begins
Term Limit Deliberations
BY ERIC FLACK
STAFF WRITER
The 104th Congress, now dominated
by Republicans, has committed itself to
addressing a hot topic on Capitol Hill
term limits.
U.S. Rep. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said
term limits would not only change a term
in office from a career into a privilege but
would also vary the age and tenure of those
in office.
“I believe that we need a citizen legisla
ture,” he said. “For far too long, many
members of Congress have looked at ser
vice to the country as a career and not a
privilege. I strongly believe that citizens
should serve the country and return to the
private sector to live under the laws they
have passed. Term limits will provide us
with a solid generational mix of represen
tatives in Congress.”
lan Valaskakis, legislative assistant to
Rep. Toby Roth, R-Wis., said the prob
lems with a term limit-less Congress were
twofold.
“The first problem is campaign finance, ”
he said. “Because of interest groups, in
cumbents have a decided advantage in the
amount of money available to them to
spend on an election. We must somehow
limit how much an incumbent can get.
“Second is the seniority system. We
have senators like (Bob) Dole and (Robert)
Byrd, both from small, relatively
unpopulated states like Kansas and West
Virginia. While these states should not
have that much power, Dole and Byrd are
two of the highest-ranking members of the
Senate. Term limits would curb and coun
terbalance this.”
Kay Ryan, press secretary to Rep. Fred
Heineman, R-N.C., said she believed term
limits would also encourage everyday citi
zens to try their hands at politics.
“We seem to think it requires a Rhodes
Scholar or Phi Beta Kappa to run for politi
cal office,” she said. “I rather would take
five people from a restaurant in Raleigh or
Chapel Hill and put them in Congress, and
they would probably do a better job. They
are the people who have the families, con
cerns and real genuine virtue.”
Robert Wilke, legislative director for
Rep. David Funderburke, R-N.C., said
that although the issue was around as early
as 1981, the climate of the country in 1990
was what had brought this issue to the
forefront of the legislative agenda.
“It’samatteroftiming,”hesaid. “Right
now, Congress is not very popular. It is an
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institution which needs clearing out.”
Wilke also said Fundeiburke, as well as
the many other freshmen in Congress, re
flected the voting public’s discontent.
“They are here as a product of voter
anger,” he said. “There has not been a
turnover like this since 1932. This group
reflects the anger of the American people. ’’
And while the Democrats were the big
losers in the latest election, Butt said he
was looking for Democratic support in the
passing of term limits.
“I believe that Republicans are commit
ted to term limits,” he said. “It is one ofthe
10 pieces of legislation outlined in ‘Con
tract With America.’ Republicans imme
diately passed term limits for the speaker of
the House and committee chairs on the
first day of the 104th Congress. I am confi
dent that by working together, Republi
cans and Democrats will pass term limits. ”
There are three major term limit bills
currently floating around Capitol Hill. Rep.
Bob Inglis, R-S.C., would limit House
members to three two-year terms. Rep.
Tillie Fowler, R-Fla., would limit mem
bers to four two-year terms. The bill pro
posed by Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., al
lows for the longest stay in the House,
limiting members to six two-year terms,
for a total of 12 years. All three limit sena
tors to two six-year terms.
While Inglis’ six-year limit is the most
popular with the American people, with
many more than 100 co-sponsors,
McCollum’s 12-year limit currently has
the most support in the House.
Inglis, Fowler and McCollum have
formed “Team 290,” pledging that all three
will work hard to ensure that at least one of
the three pieces of legislation receives the
290 votes required for passage.
Many of the freshmen won their elec
tions running on a platform that included a
commitment to pass term limit legislation,
so, predictably, many have already signed
on to co-sponsor one of the three bills.
Burr said freshman support for term
limits was uniform.
“I support term limits most definitely,”
hesaid. “I have imposed a 10-year limit on
myself. All representatives who signed the
‘Contract With America’ are committed to
bringing term limits to the House floor for
full and open debate for the first time ever. ”
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