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All our children were in
bed; the late television news
was over, and I was putting
the finishing touches to a
presentation for medical
students scheduled to be
given the next day. As I
reviewed some slides which
might be used, there ap-
peared on the screen a pic-
ture of an abortion victim,
aged two and one-half
month's gestation; her body
had been dismembered by a
curette, the long -handled
knife used in a D & C abor-
MINISTI-FTS STUD
thoughtful consideration he
answered, "I would insist on
the exact definition of
words." Perhaps nowhere is
that wisdom more necessary
than when one considers the
popular phrase, "Every
woman has a 'right to her
own body."
"Every Woman".
Webster's dictionary defines
the word "woman" as' a
"female human being."
Since at least 50 percent of
those aborted are "female
human beings", _ obviously
not "every woman" has a
right to control her awn
tion procedure. body. This slogan advocated
Suddenly I heard, rather elitism for a powerful
than saw, another person women rather than equality
near me. At the sound of the for all women. If the claim is
sharp intake of breath, I to have any integrity, it
turned to find that my should include all female
youngest son, then a sleepy, human beings - even the "lit -
rumpled three-year-old, had tle women" in the womb.
unexpectedly and silently
entered the room. His small
voice was filled with great
sadness as he asked, "Who
broke the baby?"
How could this child, so
small and innocent, see what
' so many adults cannot see?
How could he know in-
stinctively that this which
many people . carelessly
dismiss as tissue or a blob
was one in being with him,
was like him?
For an increasing number
of people, moral choices are
being made on the basis of
feeling apart from facts or
truth. Ignoring the evidence,
indeed not even seeking it,
many •have embraced the
maxim of the sensual Fren-
chman Rousseau who said,
"Don't think. It hurts. Just
feel." As a result, the
decision-making process is
not located in the intellect
but in the pit of the stomach,
in 'the__ shifting _ sands..., of I ,employed as an after -the -
human emotions. If it feels 4 fact contraceptive, Such
good, do it! Thus it has responsibility is optional.
become . 'possible for in- Thus absortion, promoted as
telligent, educated, :and a means of being "in con- just the aborting mother or
religious people to -embrace trol" of one's body, is actual- "Ahe'abortionists, but all of us
"Has the right". Legally,
no one - roan, woman, or
child - has an absolute right
or control over his or her
body. The laws of society, for
example, do not permit us to
mutilate our bodies or abuse
them with drugs. A body
which has consumed alcohol
is not permitted legally
behind the wheel of a car. A
body covered with chicken
pox is not permitted in a
classroom. Because all of
life is interrelated, many in-
dividual rights are partial
and not absolute. We are our
"brother's keeper" even
when our brother is a fetus.
"To control". The world
"control" means to "exer-
cise authority over; to
regulate, curb, restrain." To
be in control is to assume
responsibility. • But, today
with abortion available and
that we are responsible only
for what we ourselves do. We
must come to see that we are
also, and always, responsi-
ble for what we allow to be
done.
To abort or not to abort?
To allow infanticide or en-
thanasia? To embark on
genetic engineering or test-
tube fertilization? NO - none
off these is the question. The
fundamental and most
serious question is: what
does it mean to be human?
In our throw -away society,
old ideas like old people, lack
value. Unlike coils and
stamps which are enhanced
by age, old solutions do not
become collector's items.
While many things have
value simply because they
are old, the Ten Command-
ments, for instance, have
been devalued in this cen-
tury on precisely these same
grounds.
Mark Twain once said,
"It's name is Public Opinion.
It is held in reverence. It set-
tles anything. Some .think it
is the voice of God." The
church, instead of acting,. is
being acted upon. Public opi-
nion increasingly shapes its
witness and molds its
ministry. Pathetic Pilate,
unwilling to do what was
wrong - condemn the inno-
cent to death - was also un-
willing. to do what was right -
to use his voice to, save Him
who was condemned. So he
washed his hands and chose
personal immunity over
public responsibility:
Abortion is not the solution
to a problem; it is the
elimination of a human be-
. ing perceived. to be the pro-
blem;
It was not an easy question
to answer then nor is it easy
to answer now; for "who" in-
. eludes so many of us. Not
all sorts of illogical absur- ly the evidence of • a body
dities which set aside not on- which has been `out of con-
ly truth but also responsibili- trol".
ty for their own actions and
for the well-being of others:
Confucious, the ancient
Chinese philosopher, was
once asked what he would do
to set the world right. After
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As citizens in a democratic
society, as people who are
admonished to be our
brother's keeper, we must
not surrender to 'the illusion
who are silent and apathetic,
`those who "sitting
down...watched"; all of us
who are unresponsive and
uninvolved, those who "pass
by on the other side." We,
loo,. are the guilty
bystanders who also "broke
the baby."
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Applications for
funding increases
A record number of 256
applications for funding of
heart and stroke research
projects, have been received
thisyear by the Ontario
Heart Foundation. In dollar
value, these applications
total $21.8 million which
represents a 41 percent in-
crease over the amount
requested in 1982.
Dr. Peter 011ey, Chairman
of the Foundation's Medical
-Review- Committee; -pointed
out that the number of ap-
plications also showed a
marked increase of 25
percent over the same period •
last year.
These increases are at-
tributed to several factors,
including inflation, the
additional pressures on the
resources of the Foundation
to develop the whole area of
stroke research and the fact
,vthat, the Ontario Heart
Foundation is the sole
agency in the Province of
Ontario which provides
funds for heart, and stroke. •
research.
All applications for fun-
ding are processed through a
rigorous peer review system
and are rated for their •
scientific merit and
productivity, as well as their
relevance to the Foun-
dation's aims and objectives.
...Following -this. review,,,,.
process, • the Medical
Research Committee of the
Ontario Heart Foundation
•- granted $10.8 million to fund
181 projects at teaching
hospitals and universities in
Ontario. Funds collected
'during the Foundation's
February' 'Heart Fund'
campaign, combined with
other sources of income, will
be used .to fund this vital
research work.
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Western's Summer Programs '83 are set for your area.
You still have time to begin your studies or to decide to.
continue this summer. Application deadlines for new
students are April 1 for Summer Evening and Inter -
session and May 31 for Summer Day. Registration
deadlines are April 15 for Summer Evening and Inter -
session and June 15 ,for Summer Day. The Courses for
your area are:
CLINTON SUMMER EVENING SESSION 1983
MAY 9 -JULY 27 (Mondays and Wednesdays)
Examinations July 28 29 •
Classes will meet in Central Huron Secondary School.
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