University Daily Kansan, March 26, 1982
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Groups debate abortion amendment
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
Many women will die of backroom coat-harang abortions if the Hatch Amendment passes Congress and the states, according to the Lawrence chapter president of the National Organization for Women.
Some anti-abortion groups dispute Smith's grim picture of the proposed legislation, which denies the right of abortion for any reason, and hope that it is the first step toward a "human life" amendment for the unborn.
"I think there will be an increase in the number of teen-age mothers and our welfare role," said the chapter president, Lucille Smith. "A lot of illegal abortions will be performed for outrageously high fees, discriminating against the poor and the middle class who cannot afford them."
Yet, even "pro-life" organizations are split in supporting the new, controversial amendment because they are unwilling to compromise their belief in the child's constitutional right to life, according to Pat Goodson, a state lobbyist for the Right to Life of Kansas Inc.
"It still denies the personhood of the child by leaving the question up to the mercy of the state legislatures," she said.
THOUGH THE National Right to Life Committee narrowly voted to support the amendment, she said that the chapter was not a chapter in the chapter organizations that refused to do so.
The proposed constitutional amendment, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, two weeks ago, became the first anti-abortion legislation in history to be pushed through the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., a member of the committee, supports the new legislation that would overturn the 1973 Supreme Court ruling on abortion.
Also titled the "Legislative Authority Amendment," the legislation would become constitutional law only after passed by two-thirds of each chamber
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in Congress and three-fourths of the state legislatures.
The U.S. Supreme Court's precedent, legalizing most abortions, declares that denying the right of abortion invades constitutional privacy and leaves the final decision up to the woman and her doctor.
IF THE HATCH Amendment passed, Congress and the states would have "concurrent power to restrict and prohibit abortion," though states would only have power to make stricter, but not more lenient laws, than Congress.
Kansas enacted one of the most liberal state anti-abortion laws in 1970, before the high court's decision.
According to Ann Alior, Douglas County Health Department nurse, 13,381 women received abortions in Kansas in 1980. Douglas County reported 402 abortions for residents that year.
Smith said that NOW, whose local chapter contains KU women, was concerned that legislation would set a new precedent for anti-abortion legislation by taking power away from the courts.
"To our national congressmen, it is a thorn in their side," she added. "They're really tired of this issue. It be a relief to stick it on the states."
STATES WOULD not evenhandedly provide anti-abortion laws, she said, which would cause an influx of women to travel to states with tenant laws.
Anti-abortionists put no value on human life she added, if they would force a woman to give birth to a child in the last month of an abortion to a 3-year-old rape victim.
"They've picked a name for themselves, pro-life, that makes the rest of us who are pro-choice look like we are not in favor of babies being born," she said. "That's not true. No one is pro-abortion."
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops strongly supports the amendment, even though it does not support the constitutional right to life, according to the Rev. Vince
"they see it as a step for the rights of the unborn," he said. "I strongly support the amendment and urge the members of the community to support it."
Krische, priest at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center.
THE CONFERENCE also believes this is a decision that should be taken out of the judicial process and placed in the hands of those who represent the people, he said.
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, a nurse and pro-choice supporter, said if Congress passed this issue, it would consume too much time in the Kansas Legislature's already overloaded schedule.
"I think it would put the states in a dilemma," she said. "We have very many urgent issues now that deal with generating revenue."
State Rep. Lee Hamm, D-Pratt, said he would probably support the legislation if it were amended to allow abortion for health reasons.
State Rep. Nina Strainh, R-Sabeth,
"We are not inaffilable," Strainh sa-
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The responsibility of deciding whether or not to have an abortion should not belong to the woman, she said.
State Rep. Neal Whitaker, chairman of the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, said he had found few lawmakers or organizations willing to support the legislation because they either it either did too much or too little.
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"Personally, I'm satisfied with the way things are now," Whitaker, R-Wichita, said. "I don't think we should be wrenching the country apart with something like the Hatch Amendment."
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KANAS CITY, Kan.-Head injuries, the primary cause of death for people under 34 years old, killed more than 100,000 people last year and left additional thousands seriously impaired, including the National Head injury Foundation.
Minimizing the damage of head injuries is the goal of the rehabilitation department at the University of Kansas Medical Center, which is under the direction of George Varghese, assistant professor of rehabilitation.
Patients in comas pose special problems for the rehabilitation department. There are five stages that a comatose patient goes through during recovery, Varghese said, and a patient can stop recovering at any stage.
THE MAJORITY of head injuries treated at the Med Center result from automobile and motorcycle accidents, Varghese said yesterday.
"I would estimate the 70 to 80 percent of our head injury cases are a result of automobile accidents," Varghese said. "This is followed by gunshot wounds."
The first stage is when the person is totally unresponsive to commands and is unaware of his environment, Varchese said.
Of the thousands of head injuries treated last year at the Med Center, about 60 people suffered from 'serious head injuries', Varshee said.
A person who has been in a coma for more than six hours is considered to be dead.
"A person in this stage doesn't know his family or even who or where he is," he said.
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The second stage is characterized by extreme agitation, often accompanied by screaming.
THE THIRD STAGE is when the patient becomes confused about simple facts, such as names and faces, but is coherent. Corvariese said.
The fourth and fifth stages are progressive, he said. The confusion lessens in these two stages.
To help a head injury patient reach the fifth step and near-normal activity, the Med Center often stimulates the brain cells not killed in the injury.
Many cells swell after an injury, Varghese said, and although not normal, they can be stimulated into action.
To stimulate or "sharpen up" these cells, the Med Center plays tapes of the patient's favorite music or family conversations. This technique often will shock the patient's memory into action and speed recovery, Varghese said.
While this is not an original idea, Varghese said the Med Center used the techniques more effectively than most other hospitals.
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"We start working to rehabilitate a person almost immediately, usually within two or three days," Varghese said. "In most other hospitals, they wait three, four, even six weeks before they start trying to rehabilitate."
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rehabilitation process early, Varghese said, because muscles and nerves atrophy and limbs move into unnatural positions.
Because of this early and intense work, the Med Center has an excellent recovery rate, Varghese said. The record is so good, he said, that the necessity of physical problems occurring from head injury have been minimized.
"In the last two years, we have had only one patient that had to be sent to a nursing home," Varghese said. "The community in a near-parallel capacity."
Many of the patients seen in the rehabilitation department at the Med Center are referrals from other hospitals throughout Kansas, Varghese
These referrals, who often are sent to the rehabilitation center. by neurocourgey departments, make up of the outpatient visits, Varghese said.
"We have outpatient clinic days on Monday and Wednesday, but if a person is referred by one of the neurosurgeons on a day after that, we try to make special arrangements to see them," Varghese said. "We are trying to make things as easy as possible for these people."
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