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The Battalion
Wednesday, April 22,13;
Live, learn and regret
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Pro-abortionist, anti-abortionist talk about their experience
WASHINGTON (AP) - Twice,
Lisa Salcedo chose abortion to end
her pregnancies.
But over time, as her friends
had babies and she learned more
about fetal development, she
turned from “pro-abortion mili
tant feminist" to anti-abortion ad
vocate.
“I will live forever with the fact
that I allowed my children to be
killed mercilessly," she said.
Mary Jean Marsh had consid
ered herself "pro-life for years,
years and years" when she found
herself burdened with an unwant
ed pregnancy. She chose adoption,
but now says that what was pre
sented as a "loving alternative"
became for her "an emotional
hell."
When she found herself preg
nant a second time, she chose
abortion.
No one likes abortion. That
much foes and abortion-rights ad
vocates agree on, nearly two
decades after the Supreme Court's
decision that legalized abortion
nationwide.
Both sides also agree the court
is likely to undermine its 1973 Roe
vs. Wade decision in a Pennsylva
nia case in which it will hear argu
ments Wednesday.
Beyond that, opponents and
advocates are deeply split, divid
ing the nation in passionate and
public controversy and, more inti
mately, compelling women to con
front themselves.
For all of the extremism, many
women find themselves some
where in between. For many
women, it is their own abortion
that ultimately defines the issue.
Salcedo was 18 in 1979 when
she had the first of her two abor
tions.
"I was an extremely ambitious,
vibrant college student, just a reg
ular, normal, happy college stu
dent, very well-adjusted and hav
ing a great time," she says. "When
I found myself in an unplanned
pregnancy, my whole life was just
a big question. My whole life
flashed before my eyes."
Ultimately, she says, "there
was no alternative when I went
for counseling. No one mentioned
adoption. Abortion was the only
option."
A year and a half later, Salcedo
was pregnant again.
"The abortion provided the
out, a 'solution' for that first preg
nancy, so when I became pregnant
again, it was just a simple deci
sion. . . . No muss, no fuss."
But about eight years later,
when her friends began having
babies, she found she was "very
much sad over the loss of my chil
dren." Along with her pregnant
friends, she became interested in
fetal development and came to be
lieve a fetus is a child of value
even before it is born. Then, she
took a course in abortion counsel
ing. Transformed by her experi
ences, Salcedo — now 31, married
I was an extremely
ambitious, vibrant
college student.. ..
When I found myself
in an unplanned
pregnancy, my whole
life was just a big
question.
— Lisa Salcedo
and raising a 2-year-old son in
Austin, Texas — is the press secre
tary for the Texas Right to Life or
ganization and teaches post-abor
tion counseling and education.
Marsh decided against abortion
when she discovered in the spring
of 1977, at age 23 and unmarried,
that she was pregnant. "I had
been pro-life for years, years and
years. ... It was something I was
quite passionate about."
Until then, abortion was "theo
retical." Now it was real.
"It was just such a turmoil.Ii
never been that afraid, that;
guish-filled . . . really having
look at your life. ... It makes;
look at your life the way youht
to look at it when you are (on
to contemplate your owndea:
What's important here; what;
your hopes."
She chose adoption and;:
now: "To lose your child is to It
your hope; they said it would:
hard, but this was so farbeyo:,
hard." ;
Six months later, shefoundhs
self pregnant again and thistio
chose abortion. y T cried duringii
procedure because it's sad. It’ssj
because nobody wants to have;*
abortion."
Still, she says she felt relief.
Marsh — now 37, married,!:,
ing in Chehalis, Wash., andhoj
ing for a child — has done:
about-face from the daysofhe
early 20s.
"I'm not so sure I liketheterr
'right to life' because I think II
a gift, and I think there is a spirit:
al creator and a woman whoisii.
volved in giving thatgifttofe
unborn. If a woman's'no'has
power, then her 'yes' become
meaningless," she said.
"It boils down to your beliefs
. . . women have to make diet
own decisions."
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Judge orders exhumation of body
to examine pathologist's practices
AMARILLO (AP) — A Panhandle district judge
has ordered the body of a 42-year-old murder vic
tim exhumed following questions about autopsies
performed by Lubbock pathologist Ralph Erd
mann.
The exhumation order by district Judge Sam
Kiser on Monday comes 17 days after another
judge directed the exhumation of a Randall Coun
ty murder victim autopsied by Erdmann.
Meanwhile, a custody hearing in Lubbock has
been delayed by questions surrounding an autop
sy Erdmann performed on a 7-month-old baby.
Kiser ordered the body of James Benton Atkin
son Jr. to be unearthed within four days. He placed
a gag order on attorneys in the case.
Gregory Van Alstyne is charged with capital
murder in the April 17, 1990 beating death of
Atkinson. The victim's body was found a day later
in an Amarillo pasture.
Jury selection in Van Alstyne's trial began Mon
day. Van Alstyne's co-defendant, Ricky Dale
Allen, is awaiting trial.
The original autopsy on Atkinson was per
formed by Erdmann, but questions surrounding a
number of examinations made by the Lubbock
doctor have raised questions about murder cases
in which he testified.
Erdmann, who has performed hundreds of au
topsies for 41 West Texas counties over the past
nine years, was indicted by a Hockley County
grand jury Feb. 24. He is accused of tampering
with evidence and theft by a public servant.
The doctor resigned from a $140,000-a-year po
sition as Lubbock County's pathologist three
weeks after the indictment, contending he was
overworked.
In a motion filed Monday by Potter County Dis
trict Attorney Danny Hill, the prosecution said
Erdmann will refuse to testify about Atkinson's
autopsy by claiming his Fifth Amendment privi
lege against self-incrimination.
Dr. Sparks Veasey, Potter County's forensic
pathologist, examined Erdmann's autopsy report
and photographs. Veasey concluded he must ex
amine Atkinson's body to make a clear diagnosis
of the cause of death, the motion says.
According to the indictment. Van Alstyne killed
Atkinson, a pizza delivery man, while robbing the
victim.
District Judge Patrick Pirtle ordered the body of
a 72-year-old murder victim exhumed earlier this
month after Erdmann took the Fifth more than 200
times to questions regarding his autopsy of the vic
tim.
In Lubbock, district Judge Brad Underwood on
Monday postponed a civil hearing on whether a
3-year-old girl can return home with her parents,
Ricardo and Angela Gonzales, until tissue samples
of the Gonzales' deceased 7-month-old son can be
analyzed.
Ricardo Gonzajes, 29, said he found his infant
son, Curtis Andrew Gonzales, dead June 8,1991 in
their rural Lubbock home. Gonzales told police at
the time that his son was found with a pair of plas
tic pants over his head.
An autopsy conducted by Erdmann concluded
the child died of pneumonia, and Justice of the
Peace Earl Yarborough ruled the death caused by
natural causes.
But officials with Children's Protective Services
questioned the death two weeks ago and have re
quested an investigation.
Group works
to raise funds
for Hospice
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"We do have a storage unit a:
we will take most anything."
The Hospice Auxiliary is
volved in other projects dura
the year to help raise moneyft
Hospice. One fund-raiserthn
hold each Christmas is
homemade decorations.
"Another way I'd
students involved is tohelpu
sell the Christmas wreaths'
Runge said. "I would lovetof
some types of groups totakec
ders in September andOctoki
They would also collect the
ey and turh'iHn to me."
Hospice is Medicare-ap
proved, which which meanslk
organization's reach extendsbe
yond Brazos County.
"We cover a 45 mile radius,’
said Polly Grant, volunteercooi
dinator for Hospice. "Wedogi
out of the county."
Grant said patients requesting
financial assistance from Hospitt
need a doctor's referral. Hospi
is currently supporting 17 p
tients under medical treatment.
Hoelscher said she thinkstli
volunteers are doing great thinp
for the needy.
"We feel like we do a lot
good," she said. We are a worth
while organization and we an
definitely a needed organization'
Group releases study refuting shrimpers' claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three environmen
tal groups released a study Tuesday they
claimed debunked shrimpers' claims that pro
tecting endangered sea turtles would reduce
shrimp catches while causing more injuries
and equipment losses. .
"After two full seasons of required (turtle
excluder device) use . . ., it is clear that none of
the opponents' predictions were accurate," the
report said.
The study was prepared by the Center for
Marine Conservation, the Environmental De
fense Fund and National Wildlife Federation.
The turtle excluder devices, which are trap
doors placed in shrimpers' nets to allow sea
turtles an escape hatch, have been hotly con
tested by the shrimping industry. The air-
breathing turtles easily drown in the nets,
which can trawl continuously for hours.
"We have technology that saves turtles
which are endangered species and the same
technology has not brought economic ruin to
the industry as TEDs opponents had predict
ed," said Marydele Donnelly, director of the
Center for Marine Conservation's sea turtle
conservation program. "So, it's a win-win
proposition."
The TEDs are designed to save the lives of
five threatened and endangered turtle species
in southern U.S. waters, including the endan
gered Kemp's ridley.
Before the use of TEDs, up to 55,000 sea tur
tles died each year in American shrimp nets,
the National Academy of Sciences estimates.
Among the study's findings:
•In 1990 and 1991, shrimp catches in the
Gulf of Mexico, measured in terms of pounds
caught per days fished, were higher than the
previous three years when TEDs were not re
quired. Off the South Carolina coast, total
shrimp catch was higher in 1991 than in the
five previous years.
•There have been no reported injuries asso
ciated with TEDs since federal requirements
took effect in September 1989.
•Insurance claims for gear loss and damage
have declined since TEDs implementation.
• Strandings of drowned threatened and en
dangered sea turtles were dramatically lower
during periods in which TEDs were required.
Donnelly said the environmental grouf:
hope to use the report in part to prod the Busf
administration to speed up its release of e«-
panded protection for sea turtles.
For the last eight months, the National Mi
rine Fisheries Service has been drafting re|
tions that would expand the use of TEDs.
"We have been more than patient abouti
of this," Donnelly said Tuesday. "We ho
that with the information that's provided
this report that people who have been just sof
of sitting back and waiting for something
happen will now make it happen."
NMFS is looking at regulations that:
make TEDs use mandatory year-round in tin
Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Thene*
rules would also give the Coast Guard greats
enforcement powers.
Under existing federal rules, shrinf
trawlers must have a certified TED in their net;
from March 1 through Nov. 30 in theGulftf
Mexico, and May 1 through Aug. 31 in the At
lantic.
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Libyan dissidents in Dallas
plot demise of Gadhafi's rule
DALLAS (AP) — Dissident
Libyans were ensconced in a luxu
ry hotel this week, plotting the
ouster of Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
"The significance is this is open
and making it clear to Gadhafi
we're coalescing. We are not hid
ing," said Secretary-General Mo
hamad Yusef al-Megariaf of the
National Front for the Salvation of
Libya.
"We are struggling to topple
him for his crimes. It is our duty
to get rid of him and regain our
country," said al-Megariaf, the
former ambassador to India.
The Libyan dissidents were
based in northern Chad before be
ing forced to leave early in 1991
after a new Chadian government
took power with Libyan support.
About 350 former Libyan pris
oners of war who had received
some rudimentary training
the United States were resettledb
the United States.
The Libyans are scattered ii
several states and most have cho
sen to stay out of politics.
Several dozen are believed to
have joined the National Front
one of several dissident organiza
tions that have been trying to de
pose Gadhafi since 1969. U.S.
cials regard them as highly unlike
ly to succeed.
Approximately 190 dissidents
attended the Dallas planning ses-
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