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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Thursday, Jan. 23, 1986
Protests mark anniversary of abortion decision
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Buoyed by President Reagan's pledge to walk with them "in the long march for the right to life," about 36,000 anti-abortion protesters — some carrying fetuses and pictures of aborted embryos — marched on Washington yesterday to demand an end to legal abortions.
But Reagan, at a meeting with 25 anti-abortion leaders, said violence against abortion clinics must end.
As Reagan and the leaders met, a smaller-than-expected crowd of demonstrators marched on Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court. Thousands of protesters across the country — for and against abortion — marked the 13th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Before the march, Reagan addressed a rally, which District of Columbia police officially estimated at 36,000 people, using a special telephone and loudspeaker hookup.
"Our nation's affirmation of the sacredness of all human life must begin with respect for our most basic civil right, the right to life," Reagan said. "I'm proud to stand with you in the long march for the right to life.
Excommunicated family planner keeps the faith
The Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The head of the state's Planned Parenthood organization said yesterday that her excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church for what it called activities causing "the sinful termination of human life" would not affect her work or her religious beliefs.
"Each child who escapes the tragedy of
I can sit in my living room and talk to
my God. I don't need to go to their church."
"I am a Catholic and I will always be a Catholic," Mary Ann Sorntroino said. "Whether they give me communion or bury me in their church isn't going to change that
The Diocese of Providence excommunicated Sorrentino in June, saying in a letter that her efforts had "resulted in the sinful termination of human life." The Vatican City liaison in Washington supported the move.
"It is incomprehensible that you cannot perceive that you are an accomplice when you direct an agency where "about one woman" was arrested, and year are performed," the June 14, letter said.
Sorrentino, 43, has been executive director
She said she did not disclose her ouster from the church because of publicity that would follow.
of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island for nine years. The organization provides counseling on birth control and pregnancy and performs abortions.
Word of the excommunication came during an anti-abortion program broadcast Tuesday on several cable television outlets. The show's narrator, the Rev. John Randall, made the disclosure, calling her "public enemy No. 1.
abortion is an immeasurable victory." Reagan said, adding he will "continue to work together with members of Congress to overturn the tragedy of Roe vs. Wade."
The administration has asked the high court, in a case before the justices this year, to overturn the 1973 decision.
Pollice said 40 of the 36,000 people, including a young boy who started hitting officers, were arrested in three incidents with antiabortion protesters crossing police lines.
They said most arrests stemmed from an
attempted sit-in by anti-abortion militants at the Hillcrest Women's Surgi-Center, two miles from the Capitol.
Few arrests were reported in other cities during dozens of peaceful demonstrations.
At the 40-minute White House meeting, John Wilkie, president of National Right to Life, the nation's largest grassroots anti-abortion group, said Reagan told the leaders that violence by the movement was hurting the cause.
movement would get a lot of brownie points," Wilkie said.
Since Jan. 1, 1984, there have been an estimated 52 incidents of violence, including bombings and arsons, at abortion and family planning clinics.
Hundreds of abortion opponents who had marched to Capitol Hill stood on the steps at the Supreme Court plaza, chanting and singing.
One protester carried a sign that said,
"Jesus was a fetus."
Jerry Horn, a pastor at the Valley Christian Center in Appleton, Wis., cradled in his hands what he said was an 18- to 20-week-old aborted fetus.
A group of 30 women satirized the anti-b abortion protesters at the Supreme Court.
Calling themselves "Ladies Against Women," they marched in a circle chanting, "No condom, and IUD, we believe in chastity," "Who me? I'm no queer. I have a baby every year," "This court term, let's save some sperm," and "All we are saying is give sperm a chance."
Next to them was a group of about 15 to 20 anti-abortion protesters with a 10-foot sign showing a picture of an aborted fetus.
Although Washington was the focus for the largest demonstration, supporters of the 1973 decision and their opponents also demonstrated in more than two dozen cities across the nation.
In New York, about 300 people rallied, one carrying a banner that read, "Keep your laws off my body."
Included in the emotional New York rally were speeches and letters from women who had had illegal abortions before the 1973 Supreme Court ruling.
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