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NEW YORK (AP) — Soothing
classical music wafts above a
mother-and-child sculpture in
the earth-toned waiting room.
The setting, a Park Avenue doc
tor’s office, belies the political
and scientific upheaval within.
In his book-lined inner sanc
tum, Dr. Richard Hausknecht
can’t escape the unrelenting
phone. Doctors and patients
around the nation have heard he
performs abortions with drugs in
stead of surgery, and many want
to try it.
Hausknecht concedes he’s “a
little bit of a rebel.’’ Back in the
’60s, when he was a gynecology
resident at Yale, he handed out
diaphragms in defiance of a state
ban on contraceptives that was
later struck down.
He has long been distressed by
delays in marketing RU486, the
French abortion pill. Earlier this
year, he was in the shower when
the idea popped into his head:
Why not offer an alternative?
He pored over American and
European research on two other,
available drugs.
One, called methotrexate, is
a tissue-growth inhibitor used
to treat cancer, arthritis and
psoriasis. For decades, doctors
also have used it to end ectopic
pregnancies, which develop
outside the uterus.
The other is misoprostol, an
ulcer medicine that also has
tens labor.
Hausknecht decided to use the
drugs to induce abortions. He ran
ads in The New York Times, of
fering “a new, safe and effective
approach to the termination of
early pregnancy utilizing FDA
approved medications.”
Since January 1993, re
searchers have been trying to
determine whether the two
drugs, used in tandem to in-
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duce abortions, are safe andt!
fective. In the meantime, tint
use in a non-research
falls into a gray area.
The Food and Drug Admims
tration says a doctor mayptt
scribe a drug for an unorthodti
use — from time to time,
it’s a large number of patients,®
when data is being gathered sj®
tematically, it’s considered rt
search,” said FDA spokesmat
Larry Bachorik.
Hausknecht has applied foil, j,;-* —
FDA research status. Hein jflSUOe
sists his technique is "notre itWGGIl
search, but innovative medial
care.” He has provided)
drugs to 126 women.
Dr. David Grimes of the Uni I
versity of California at SanF»|
cisco, an FDA-approved re
searcher of the drugs, saidd«
tors know too little about theirei
fects to {prescribe them eventoaj
single patient.
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THURSDAY, GOTO
8:00 RUDDER AUD.
States propose barring laws shielding
homosexuals from discrimination
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UNDATED (AP) - Backlash against protec
tion for homosexuals from bigotry and bias is ev
ident in this year’s elections, with anti-gay
rights measures on ballots in Oregon, Idaho and
Alachua County, Fla.
But there might have been more, making just the
few measures a victory of sorts for gay rights advo
cates who spent the year keeping similar proposals
off Nov. 8 ballots in seven states.
Virtually identical, Oregon’s Measure 13 and
Idaho’s Proposition 1 would bar state and local
governments from enacting laws that shield gays
from discrimination. They also would outlaw pro
grams in public institutions such as schools that
suggest homosexuality is acceptable. And they
would require libraries to keep books on homosex
uality away from minors.
Oregon’s measure would eradicate local gay
rights ordinances in Portland, Corvallis, Ashland
and Eugene and undo a 1993 state law that bars lo
cal anti-gay rights ordinances.
In Alachua County, home to the University of
Florida at Gainesville and 182,000 people, voters
will decide two ballot measures, one to repeal a
county ban on discrimination against gays and the
other to forbid future ones.
The Oregon measure grew out of a failed 1992
proposal to brand homosexuals “abnormal ... and
perverse” in the state constitution.
The author is Lon Mabon of the Oregon Citizens
Alliance. The Idaho Citizens Alliance is run by Kelly
Walton, an old Bible school friend of Mabon.
They believe it is wrong to provide any specific
protection from bias in housing or employment-
civil rights guarantees already on the books in eight
states (18 other states have executive orders that
ban discrimination in public employment).
"I think a vast majority of Oregonians, includ
ing business owners, are pretty tolerant people,
As long as someone keeps their sexual practices to
themselves, I don’t think their job is in jeopardy,’
Mabon said.
Mabon said Measure 13 protects children:
“We don’t want children taught that homosexu
ality is OK.”
Polls indicate public opinion vacillates on the is
sue. And all but a few candidates in Oregon and Ida
ho, Republican or Democrat, oppose the measures,
Gay activists and civil rights organizations see
the measures as part of a broader agenda by some
conservatives using moral and religious beliefs to
raise money and gain political power.
“I think that people who are concerned about hu
man rights and the dignity of all Americans haveto
be concerned about the right wing’s continuing effort
to exploit this issue,” said Arthur Kropp, president
of the liberal People for the American Way in Wash
ington, D.C.
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Mon., Oct. 17
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Flickerball-7 p.m., 164 Read
Tues., Oct. 18
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Fri., Oct. 21
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Pec. 16 - 20
Registration Peadline extended till Oct. 31
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which offers a variety of skiing ability and a top elevation of 10,350'.
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Sat., Oct. 22
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GOLF RANGE
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your picture at a Rec Sports event? If so, you can
purchase a black & white copy in the Rec Sports
Office, 159 Read. Orders take 2 weeks to process.
5x7 $4
8x10 $5
Sports Officials Wanted
Flickerball
OFFICIALS'
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MEETING:
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ball skills. The game is played on a field 53 yards long
and 30 yards wide. A rectangular goal on a pole with
a opening in the middle is positioned at each end of
the field. The object is to advance the football toward
the goal by passing and then attempting to throwthe
ball through the goal opening.
Fall Hours*
flonday - Thursday 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday - Sunday I p.m. - 9 p.m.
Intramurals
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Listed below are the activities opening for the rest of
the semester. For more information, come to the Rec
Sports Office, 159 Read, or call 845-7826.
Don't forget about
Sport
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Fee
Two for Tuesdays*
Bowling
Oct. 24
Nov. 1
$1.50/game
4 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Archery
Oct. 31
Nov. 8
Free!
Buy one bucket of balls
Weightlifting
Oct. 31
Nov. 8
Free!
and get the second
Cross Country Run
Nov. 7
Nov. 17
Free!
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Eight-Ball Singles
Nov. 7
Nov. 15
$2
Sport Trivia Bowl
Nov. 7
Nov. 15
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Fri., Oct. 28.
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For more information, come to the Rec Sports Office, 159 Read, or call
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Hiking Day Trip
Oct. 30
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Oct. 24
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Oct. 31
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Mt. Biking Trip
Nov. 6
TODAY
Oct. 31
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Rock Climbing Trip
Sea Kayaking-
Nov. 11-13
Oct. 24
Nov. 7
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Baja, Mexico
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May 15-20
NOW
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