University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 14. 1989
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President speaks out on abortion
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The White House said yesterday that abortion would not be a deciding factor in next year's elections and said that divergent views were a "matter of principle," not an issue of politics.
A conciliary Marlin Fitzwater, the president's spokesman, also voiced belated recognition to Sun-ting and Washington and around the country.
"We certainly approve of the rally and are glad that they've exercised their right to speak out," Fitzwater said of the participants at the Washington gathering, which drew a
Bush does not object to rally
crowd estimated at 150,000.
Fitzwater's comments came in the aftermath of last week's elections, in which Republican candidates who share Bush's anti-abortion views were defeated by pro-choice Democrats.
But Fitzwater said that in spite of weeks of tough anti-abortion talk and two vetoes of abortion-financing legislation, she said she carried with those who were pro-choice.
Sunday's rally in the capital "was expressing the views of a lot of people who feel very strongly and very
deeply about that subject," Fitzwater said. "Abortion is an issue that people feel strongly about on both sides. It's a matter of principle."
Bush favors an anti-abortion amendment to the Constitution. He vetoed two spending bills that would have expanded Medicaid coverage to pay for abortions for poor women in cases of rape or incest, and was one of federal funds for abortions only when the mother's life is in danger.
"It's our belief that people should take a position on this issue according to their strong moral and religious and personal beliefs. And that should be the deciding factor, not politics," Fitzwater said.
At a Nov. 7 news conference, Bush said that both the Democratic and Republican parties were "broad enough to contain differing views on this."
Still, in an interview Saturday in Dallas with Texas reporters, Bush complained that "the pro-abortion people . . . want dealer's choice on abortion, and they think that they see a wind of change that will help their cause."
Court allows drug testing of Boston police
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court permitted random drug testing for Boston police yesterday, offering new evidence that the justices condone widespread testing of government employees in jobs affecting public safety.
Without comment, the court let stand a ruling that forcing police officers to undergo the random tests does not violate their privacy rights, even when there is no reason to
suspect drug abuse.
World Briefs
A Boston police union official named the action.
"I'm disappointed in the fact that the Supreme Court has said that police officers in this city and in this country have different constitutional rights," Robert Guiney, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association.
The court's action came within minutes of President Bush's naming 27 citizens, including medical pioneer Jonas Salk and former Attorney
General William French Smith, as advisers in the war on drugs.
With William Bennett, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, at his side, Bush urged the advisory panel to encourage private employers to keep workplaces drug free and to coordinate anti-drug efforts.
In March, the high court upheld drug and alcohol testing for railroad workers involved in accidents and for U.S. Customs Service agents who
apply for drug-enforcement, posts or jobs requiring that a gun be carried
Weeks later, the justices silently let stand a ruling that allowed administering random drug tests within the Washington Township, N.J., police department.
In May, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals relied on the justices' rulings in March in upholding random urinalysis tests for Boston police officers who carry firearms or enforce drug laws.
SOVIETS TO USE JURIES: Soviet courtrooms, falling in line with President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's drive to create a law-based society, will begin holding trials by jury next month, the legislature decided yesterday.
The legislature approved a plan to restructure the court system that includes a provision for trial by jury in cases where the defendants are accused of crimes that carry 15 years' imprisonment or the death penalty. Tass renorted.
The new law also removes prosecutor's supervision from court proceedings, a practice that previously contributed to abuses. Defense and prosecution attorneys will now be equal participants in trials. Tass said.
GORILLAZ IN THE FIST: An Australian man shooting "I've come to kill a gorilla!" jumped into an enclosure at Melbourne Zoo yesterday and attacked a 220-pound primate before officials locked him in a cage, a zoo spokesman said.
The man kicked and punched Betsy, an adult female, who screamed in fear while protecting itself and a 5-year-old male named Mzuri, spokesman Judith Henkey said.
The attacker, identified only as a man in his 20s from Tasmania, jumped down a 15-foot enclosure and startling attacking the animals, she said.
PROSTITUTION CRACKDOWN:
The Beijing government plans a major crackdown on positiation and "other repulsive deeds." China's top security official was quoted as saving yesterday.
Public Security Minister Wang Fang said that the wide-ranging program would punish all who copy or sell pornography; engage in prostitution; produce, sell or use drugs; gamble, or conduct superstitious activities for a profit.
"Foreign visitors will also be punished if they are found to be involved in prostitution and other repulsive deeds," Wang was quoted as saying in the official Xinhua News Agency.
Chinese prosecutors have approved the arrests of 11,503 criminals involved in such illegal activities in the first nine months of 1969. Xinhua said.
MERGER DIVIDES COURT: An evenly divided Supreme Court cleared the way yesterday for the partial merger of Detroit's two largest firms, which ruled on a 1970 law aimed at saving failing newspapers.
The high court split affirmed a lower court ruling that former Attorney General Edwin Meee III acted reasonably last year when he approved plans by the Detroit Metropolitan District to merge their business, production and advertising staffs but maintain editorial independence.
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