University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 7, 1988
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Election may affect abortion law
By Donna Brown Worley Special to the Kansan
Special to the Kansan
Both supporters and critics of a woman's right to have an abortion believe the outcome of the presidential election this year will be that the Supreme Court's position on abortion.
Philip Kissam, KU professor of law, said that if vice president George Bush was elected, the possibility of a reversal in the abortion law would increase.
The constitutional right to an abortion was established by the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision giving women the right to terminate a pregnancy within the first three months and giving states the right to incarcerate second and third trimester abortions.
"If Bush were elected, the conservative judges might feel more comfortable overruling (Roe vs. Wade)." Kissam said. "No justice, I would assume, likes to vote for a decision that will be overruled in further years. But, if George Bush appoints new conservatives to the court, current justices would see an overruiling of Roe vs. Wade lasting longer and be influenced to vote for overrule."
Ann Ryun, vice president for Lawrence Kansans for Life, an organization loosely tied to National Right to Life in Washington, D.C., said that Bush was the obvious choice for pro-life supporters.
"We're sending out a mailing to members next week saying that we support Bush, because, except in cases of incest and rape,
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If Bush were elected, the conservative judges might feel more comfortable overruling (Roe vs. Wade).'
he is for life and prefers adoption over abortion," she said.
In contrast, Gov. Michael Dukakis was clearly a pro-choice supporter, Ryun said.
"The pro-life movement members will be voting one issue because it's so black and white as far as Dukakis being for and Bush being against," Ryan said. "We have to vote single-issue this time because we leave us no choice."
Betty Armstrong, director of community relations at Comprehensive Health Care for Women, in Kansas City, Kan., agreed the elections will influence the outcome of the abortion issue.
what scares me the most about the election is that people just don't understand the Supreme Court's vulnerability," she said. "I talk to people all the time who aren't going to vote for Dukakis but are pro-choice. They don't know that the pro-choice justices have been hanging on for four or eight years and they are not young men."
they are not young.
"I also think you've got a lot of people who were not very old when abortions were illegal," she said. "It's something we take for
granted. Also there are those who don't think about abortion, or are against it until they are faced with it in some personal way."
Armstrong's agency provides a variety of gynecological services for women including about 400 abortions a month, many for college-age women.
"We get a fair amount of KU students, and not just from out, but from colleges all over the country."
Erika Fox, attorney and director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Greater Kansas City agreed the election would make a difference.
"There is the potential with a Bush presidency that he will appoint more justices," Fox said. "And the balance of the Court already is very precarious. Roe vs. Wade could be overturned right now should a case challenging the ruling come before the Court."
A recent Missouri case could cause the Supreme Court to review or modify the Roe vs. Wade ruling sometime during the 1989-90 term. Fox said.
"There will be time for Supreme Court appointments between now and then," she said. "And three of the majority opinion justices are over the age of 75."
Fox said pro-choice supporters were concerned about a wide spectrum of issues and wouldn't automatically vote according to a candidate's view on abortion.
"We have to get serious about convincing politicians that we too can be single-issue voters if it involves losing an important constitutional right," she said.
By Craig Welch Kansan staff writer
Census amendment on ballot
A proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution that would include counting students and military personnel at their permanent legal address for reapportionment will appear on tomorrow's election ballot.
The amendment also would exclude non-resident college students and military personnel from the federal census, which would be used under the proposal.
According to an informational filer put out by the League of Women Voters, the amendment would change the year in which the legislature must reapportion its state representative and state senator positions, a requirement required by current Constitutional provision would still be carried out if the amendment passed.
After that, reapportionment would be required in 1992 and then every ten years. From 1992 on, federal census data would be used in place of state census data.
The federal census now is conducted every 10 years at the beginning of each decade, and counts students where they reside during the census, regardless of their permanent legal residence. With the proposal, the federal census would be altered to count students according to their permanent legal address.
State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Lawrence, said he opposed the amendment primarily because it did not count students.
"This amendment would mean that when we draw districts, people who live here, who have a lot of political ties to this community, would have less voice and less influence," he said.
Winter said that there was one state representative for every 18,000 - 20,000 people in a district and one state senator for every 60,000 people.
If students are not counted in the census, then Douglas County's district may be enlarged, which could delete one seat in the legislature, Winter said.
But, State Rep. David Miller, R-Eudora, said that since the reapportionment for 1983 would take place using state census figures — regardless of whether or not the amendment passed — then the amendment would not be a factor in the possible reduction of seats in the legislature for the next three years.
"I voted in favor of the amendment," Miller said. "I don't want to continue to use the state census."
State Sen. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said that he thought the amendment was acceptable except for the exclusion of students and military personnel.
"I don't think this should even be an amendment," Solbach said. "It could be taken care of statutorily. It's there only to bolster some communities who are losing population."
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