The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 18, 1994, Image 5

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    >vember 18,19)
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SAN iDlfiGO (A?) Frtrti box- fights iii California for four
to fc^^rifessnierv, foreign And months to protest the measure.
S. groups are threatening to Proposition 187, approved by
ytott California over ils anti-im- the voters last week, would deny
grant Preposition 187. schooling, welfare and non-emer-
The Bep»uBlieans> On the other gency health care to illegal inuni-
fld, have put San Diego at the ' grants. It has been blocked by le-
j df -their list as a pk>sSible site -gal challenges,
ftteir 1996 national convention: Despite the state’s assurances,
And some state officials are • Some California business people
idling the threAtS Ana^ never are jittery because of the boycott
iult in full-scale boycotts. threats.
"The a’rgtimeht .^re make to “If it becomes fashionable,
tino gTofiph is that it harms the- ' which apparently it is, it could
tinos they profess tO Want tb hSVe a tremendous consequence,”
ip. Boycotts don’t help anyone. said Ernesto Grijalva, a trade rela-
ey end up hurting fJeople,” said tions expert for the Greater San
to Walsh, a SbC^ceSmah for Gov. Diego Chamber of Commerce,
tie Wilson, a Republican and Part of his concern is for the
Stig supporter of the hew immi- ^grocery, clothing and electronics
itron law. stores along San Diego’s southern
Sq far, activists in^exasj, Ari- edge and in its malls downtown,
gfoup^s demonstrated against Cali-
ia and Colorado ha^e called for all heavily dependent on middle- fomia’s n'eW law, calling it racist,
^edtts of California. busmdAAes. * class shoppers who cross each day Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, a
id the World Bokihg Cbutncil, from Tijuana, Mexico. critic of the Colorado boycotts, said
!<£& in Mexico City, Ls refusing to ’ “We understand there’s an emo- his office Would support a selective
rfiftpate in any tVoPld tftfe tiOnal Reaction to Proposition 187,
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blit two wrongs don’t make a right
and that’s what’s happening right
now,” Grijalva said.
The National Association of
Hispanic Journalists has
dropped California from consid
eration as host for its 1998 con-
Vention, the first national orga
nization to take such action. The
convention would have brought
about $1. million to the San
Diego region’s economy.
The retaliation recalls a boycott
of the Colorado tourism industry
in 1992 after voters there ap
proved an amendment against gay
rights.- The amendment was later
ruled unconstitutional — after
Colorado reported losing $39 mil
lion in tourism i*0venue.
Last week, Colorado minority
boycott* of California.
Catholic church stands firm on morals
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Ballot Measure 16 on physician- that can prolong life.
‘Asia ahd assisted filicide Assisted suicide in Oregon. This “Suicide and euthanasia are
hever be allowed at the week, the bishops’ conference riever morally acceptable op-
(0-Catholic hospitals-and^oth- added $80,000 to the Secretariat tions,” the bishops state. .
es that mak^ Up tlr^ na- for Pro-Life Activities budget to ' They also say a'person may
gest private heplth care ' fund -educational efforts in oppo- forgo extraordinary or dispropor-
rtem, U.S. bishops declared sitiOn to euthanasia. ; tionate means of preserving
(irsday. When the church speaks ott their lives if those means do not
A Week aftdf Oi*egc$i voters .Wealth care, its Size gives it con- offef a reasonable hope of benefit
proved physician-ASSisted' sui* siderable influence. In 1992, or ifthey pose an eXcessive bUr-
e, the bishops said the practice . Catholic hospitals recorded more den. Even giving a patient food
Ihevef be fftorally acceptable than 5 million admissions, ac- and water by medical procedures
j told Catholic institutions' not counting for more than 15 per- is not morally Obligatory if it
tibhor directives that violate cent of all hospital admissions. -would bring ho comfort to a per-
efturch s mbt'al teaching. In their neW “Ethical and Re- son close to‘death:
The bishops said doctOri; fhay Ijgious Directives foP Catholic In ethical issues atthe begin-
lin medication to tdrihihaL. Health Care Services” the bish- fling Of life, the bishop's say abor-
,fefsohs evehif that ihdii'ect- bps say all people have a right to tjOn must never be permitted in
hastens theiritleathsc fhfey r'adequ&te health carte. They also • a Catliolie health care institu-
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d patients haV'O 4$:^ rigfrt to say Catholic institutions should tioh. Nor is prenatal diagnosis
^ax^aprdinaiy''-^iating'iirish thetnselves by'aer- permitted “when undertaken
idlhh life. ' , \ 'vice to and advocacv for the brith the intention of abtirtincr an
^ . ^vipfe to ahd advocacy"fdf' the
^caSas of eohaiffei'fiblemoral poor, uninsured and underin-
fexity^thdi-c^rectiVes je^flect sulfed pet-sons, addicts, mifrori-
•■•tai8ti^iftg“ , %hile*pre- ties, immigrants, refugees and
the legitifnatie ff%edom the disabled:
!th the intention of aborting an
Unborn Child with a serious de
fect.’’
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Alfred G. HughOs, dbafriU? i' of • ilfonal church teachings opposing
Doctrine Committee, told the abortion, euthanasia and artifi-
topsl .-cial contraception, but admit the
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The directives affirm tradi- defend herself against a poten-
church cannot have a ready an-
ifi an afwer in every case, particularly
tial conceptiori. Under the direc
tives, if there is no evidence that
conception has Occurred, the as
sault victim may be treated with
medications that would prevent
fertilization.
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