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' aie. ini\ ( " ai.. mart] By a stronger relat schools in the jnship»; area ar*; y K IF funny side u p f bv Josh Darwin he'cc ee Bufug^p (n UTIBrtTION cos. ewoHTHS . Vcb, ymct wotip \s ohc£ A.GjAtN Ac, IT SUoulC BE Appeals court upholds clinic laws RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina law allowing state inspectors access to all abortion clinic records does not violate patients’ privacy rights, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 2-1 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling on the privacy issue. It upheld part of the earlier ruling which said the other abortion clinic regulations are constitutional. Two clinics had challenged the regulations, arguing the confidentiality of patient information is vital because women seeking abortions could face harassment. However, the appeals court noted that the state is required to keep patient records confidential. “Even though the abortion clinics can conceive of circumstances where patients' privacy rights could be violated, either deliberately or through negligence, we cannot assume that the confiden tiality measures adopted by South Carolina to pre vent such violations will be administered improp erly,” Judge Paul V. Niemeyer wrote. The clinics also claimed the law illegally gives hospitals the power to determine whether a physi cian can obtain a license to perform abortions. Under the law. doctors who want to perform an abortion must have arrangements with a physician who has admitting privileges at a hospital in case of emergency. The appeals court said the provision is “so obviously beneficial to patients" that it could not rule it unconstitutional. The abortion providers argued that a provision requiring them to make clergy available for coun seling coerces participation in religion and vio lates the constitutional separation of church and state. Again, the appeals court disagreed. "This section would appear at most to require a clinic to accommodate the request of patients to exercise religion, a right also protected by the First Amendment,” Niemeyer wrote. The court also rejected the clinics’ argument that the regulations, which cover standards rang ing from door widths to air flow, are unconstitu tionally vague. In a dissenting opinion. Judge Robert King derided the regulation for “micromanaging every thing from elevator safety to countertop varnish to the location of janitors’ closets.” Such regulations are intended to make abortions effectively unavail able, he said. CA teacher sent to prison for molesting boys at two schools SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - An elementary school teacher was sentenced Thursday to 24 years in prison for molesting three students in his classroom at NEWS IN BRIEF two schools. Jason Abhyankar, 28, was found guilty in February on nine counts of molestation. He was acquitted of one charge involv ing a fourth boy. Abhyankar was convicted of molesting the boys, ages 9 to 11, in his fourth-grade class room during school hours at Village View Elementary School in Huntington Beach and Portola Hills Elementary School in Trabuco Canyon. The crimes occurred between September 1998 and January 2000. Prosecutors presented evi dence that Huntington Beach school officials received many complaints from parents. allow them to fulfill ^ > Co special need, she uid p irs Yell, bu Gay said that former • fro J l bll > in £ students have offered u to tomg leer at the center. gfl'l really \ Although the Daj.Shirt/'said Worth Regional Prmvspet eh comi Student Center is ifcactialls real regional recruiting centc to 1 t! are plans to construct .ac tant to come centers in the Lower RioG: Bthort lias Valley. San Antonio. F Hoi vssood. s and El Paso. The I hr, t U Brit c. as w cl 1 _ „ * CiHicds Ti n Ivory Coast ht ,,, . i m „ c ontinued from pa^ ote v reports perl >rm as I and sud the upnsinj ^ ;lct „ as , except for pockets <*'.»,• , ance’ in the cities of Bee. Khorogo. As of now. * has taken everything u trol." Kouassi said. The uprising was as many as K00 soldier embassy security pers on condition of a There were no reports or: bances in Yarnoussoti* political capital. French Foreign M. Dominique de Vllkpc Europe 1 radio in Franc: Coast’s former colonial m revolt appeared to be “n by certain soldiers” 'di leaving ilie service. Six paramilitary {x were killed in the initials Abidjan, according to “ perfonniin^ military police officer tr w h 0 holds ; i base. There was no ir troni \j, \i a word on casualties air J assailants. At least twtd one soldier and a bystaitf 1 reported killed outside Ate T he attackers were it from the base several - later, the officer said G# 1 and repeated heavy explYj apparently mortars, sprci other parts of the city.^ mg the downtown andouti suburbs. A rocket hit an anti-rid!® | post, injuring two offieff 1 partially destroying the teY| authorities at the base said State radio and TV wol the air. Authorities closed tte - national airport, and > IS were deserted in the • Witnesses said soldiers * shooting at motorists s approached roadblocks. 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