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By CEE HOWE
Feature editor
(Editor's note: Due to the
nature of this article, all names
of persons involved have been
omitted for their protection and
privacy, !
With the change of people's
attitudes and beliefs concern
ing sex and sexual intercourse,
the possibility of an unwanted
pregnancy has grown. Some
states laws concerning abor
tions are changing, but often
the girl has to find a doctor who
will perform an illegal abor
tion.
One University coed had an
illegal abortion performed last
June A pregnancy test was
made at the University Health
Services laie spring quarter
and one of the doctors there
told her the test was positive,
she was pregnant
“He was very undemanding
and kind. I couldn't help crying
when he told me." she related
According to the coed, she
was referred to the Health
Services for the test by a psy
chologist. "The need to know
was really messing my mind
up. she continued
The doctor suggested that
she have the baby, telling her
society is changing, and girls
are having illegitimate child
ren all the time.
She went on to explain that
she could not have the baby for
two reasons. “I couldn't handle
having this kid mentally or fin
ancially. and my parents
couldn't handle it religiously or
morally."
The young woman said she
and the father had been dating
steadily for two years. They
could not afford to get married
then, nor could the young man
afford to support her during the
pregnancy “An abortion was
the only way," she continued
WHEN ASKED HOW she
found a doctor who could per
form the operation, she replied.
The doctor gave me a verbal
list of doctor's who would do it.
I couldn't use anv of them be
cause I was only 18
She explained that if she
could get two doctor* to say
that she needed the abortion for
mental or physical reasons, it
could be performed in a hospi
tal. Because she was 18. paren
tal permission for the operation
was necessary 1 couldn't tell
them that I was pregnant, she
said..
A male friend and a girl who
had an abortion performed
there referred the coed to a
black doctor in south Alabama
“I called him; I used my real
name. I told him he was recom
mended by Dr. , an Ath
ens doctor; we set up the ap
pointment and he told me the
price $375."
“HE WASN’T FRIENDLY
or helpful The doctors on the
list were helpful; 1 think he was
doing them for the bread."
When asked how she was
mentally, she replied. Really
messed up Here lam 18 years
old No possible way in the
world to have this kid What do
you do when it is so heavy on
your mind""
When asked how her boy
friend was taking the situation,
she replied. “— thought it
was something that had to be
delt with in a logical manner
He knew we could have the
kid."
With the appointment set up
the coed and two friends, one
male (not the father! and one
female, went to the town in
Alabama.
"At first I couldn't get in
touch with him. All at once it
was all there in front of me
That was the only time I
thought of it as a baby It was
the only time I thought I
couldn't go through with it."
She explained what the doc
tor's office was like. "It was a
frightening thing. There was
this black nurse motioning for
me to come in. and the police
station was right there. Pari-
noia was definitely setting in."
THE NURSE PUSHED me
in the back room I was really
scared The nurse gave me a
gown to put on. and asked me
how far gone I was. and my
name."
"The doctor came in. He was
very brusk; he just wanted to
get it over with He examined
me stretched my insides out
I thought I was over with "
She said she was given two
shots, one to dialate her cervix,
and one for pain She was also
given three pills, one to help
dialate her cervix, one to con
trol bleeding and one for pain
The actual operation took
10 to 15 minutes. It felt like he
was ripping my uterus out . .
pulling and jerking he per
formed a scrape.I think."
After the operation the doc
tor gave her three sets of pills,
one set to dry up the milk in her
breasts, one set for pain, and
one set to control bleeding
She thought the operation
was complete, but it turned out
that she was pregnant with
twins. Six weeks later she went
back to Alabama for another
abortion.
“EVIDENTLY, HE ONLY
scraped one side This time he
used gas; I couldn't feel any
thing It was real dreamy He
didn't charge for this one."
At the time of the second
abortion, the coed was four and a
half months pregnant She said,
"there was more risk this time
the possibility of death Of
course there was a risk the first
time."
She explained how she and
the father paid lor the abortion.
"— borrowed from a friend.
We are paying him back. We re
both helping."
When asked how the abortion
affected their relationship, she
laughingly replied. "It put a
real damper on it."
She continued. He doesn't
feel any obligation to me. but
we feel tied together. I don't
love him. He feels real fatherly
toward me. We were planning
to get married, but not now 1
think when we get this thing
(abortioni paid off. we'il cut off
the relationship
She explained that she did
not think that other couples
would drift apart as she and her
boyfriend did "He didn't come
with me. he had to go into the
Army. It would draw other cou
ples closer iJ the boy went with
the girl. I woi Id think
She explained that she did
not feel guilty about the abor
tion at all. ‘ I don't think about
it; occasionally I dream about
it."
"IT MESSED ME UP men
tally a little. I'd rather not say
how I don't think about it at
all. To me there is nothing
immoral ab jut it The situation
is someth) ig that just hap
pens."
She exp ained that sne would
rather a iopt children now.
Not because of the abortion,
but with the population like it is
I would rather adopt"
What about the dcotor?
"Several people I know have
been down there since I went.
He is still h business. "
By LYN MARTIN
Hanging over the bed of one typical University male student
find an engagement ring. This ring is gently nestled upon black
velvet, covered withglass, and framed in a simple black frame.
Beneath the frame hangs a sign: “In case of emergency
BREAK GLASS!"
•••
Happiness is having your blind date take >ou the the .1 & J
Wrestling Center for the main event.
•••
Freshmen coeds are notorious for taking such a long time to
get ready to go out on a date. There is a marked difference in
the dressing patterns of freshmen and upper classmen. Fresh
men NEVER remember to take their toothbrush. \LL ol their
make up, or their contact case.
•••
Next time you get a little drunk, tr> waking up several hours
later in a twin bed, with an unknow n couple.
Have you ever wondered *h* everyone without fail locks
their room door when they go out on Saturday night" It’s a lot
easier to explain why you weren't there at all on Sunday morn
ing than to try unexplaining what the person who lives next door
to >ou told your parents.
•••
Walking down the halls of Park Hall, two boys were talking
about Georgia's upcoming football game with Clemson
"Where is Clemson University?" asked one of the boys.
"Well, I’ll tell you the only directions that I’ve ever heard."
the other answered. "The general direction in northeast, but
other than that. you just go north until you smell it. and west
until you step in it.'
UGA professor
structures poles
Dressed in a doublt-breasted
pin striped suit and titled with
an ivy league PhD. Dr Robert
I) Clements bears little re
semblance to the originator of
the first totein pole
Hut he has a lot in common
with the primitive sculptor
The University associate pro
fessor is carrying on a one man
revival of the ancient art with
the desire to record , a nation s
heritage and culture ir. symbol
ic wood carvings
As a doctoral student at
Pennsylvania State University.
Clements began to shape sym
bolic works of art out of wood
His original design drew on a
recollection of geometric pat
terns in the stained glass win
dows of his hometown church in
Tarentum. Pa
The' idea, however, of putting
together sections to form a to
tem pole effect evolved more
from feelings of frustration
than from moments of artistic
inspiration, he says.
My wife and I bought a lit
tle house with a low basement
ceiling l think I was reacting to
Georgia's 'liberal' abortion laws
lag behind those of other states
In 1968. Georgia legislature
passed an abortion bill herald
ed by many for its liberalness
and patterned after a coed sug
gested by the American Law
Institute.
By 1970 New York and Ha
waii state standards, however,
the 11 "liberal" state laws like
Georgia s are anachronistic
Earlier this summer. New
York became the easiest state
in the country to get a legal
abortion when the legislature
passed an "Abortion on De
mand bill. The law allows a
woman to have an abortion for
any reason if she has the ap
proval of one physician The
operation does not have to be
performed in a hospital, and
the woman does not have to be
a state resident She must how
ever, have the abortion within
the first 24 weeks of pregancy
BY AUGUST, some New
York hospitals already were
reporting a 16-week waiting list
for abortions
Hawaii's law. passed last
spring, allows abortions for any
reason if the woman has been a
resident of the state for 90 days
The abortion must be done in a
hospital by a licensed doctor
Georgia s abortion law al
lows a woman to have an abor
tion any time during pregnancy
if three physicians agree that,
based on their seperate exami
nations. the woman should have
an abortion because:
• continuation of pregnancy
would endanger her life or seri
ously and permanently injure
her health, or
• the fetus would very likely
be born with "a grave, prema-
nent and irremediable mental
or physical defect, or
• the pregnancy resulted
from forcible or statutory rape
IN ADDITION.a woman
must be a resident of Georgia,
and the abortion must be done
in a licensed hospital and ap
proved by the hospital board In
cases of rape, the woman must
swear under oath as to the
time, date and place where the
rape took place and the name of
the rapist if known Then the
district attorney must present
a written statement giving
probable cause to believe the
woman.
Around 100 abortions were
performed in Georgia in the 12
months following the bill's ap
proval.
Other states with "liberal"
abortion laws include Arkansas.
California. Colorado. Dela
ware. Kansas. Maryland. NVw
Mexico. North Carolina. Ore
gon and Mississippi Some of
these states allow abortions
resulting from incest as well as
rape.
Prices of abortion:' range
from an average of $300 n
Hawaii, which requires hospital
confinement, to $1,200 and o^er
in states where abortions are
performed illegally Abortions
abroad are cheaper, in Japan
one costs only $25. but other
obvious expenses increase the
total cost Some abortions may
be cheaper in New York when
performed on an out-patient
basis.
having to work nunched over I
kept adding sections together
to make «he scuhture taller
and taller. "
MOST OF CLEMENTS’
sculptures are sawed from
three-quarter inch plywood
with a sabre saw After
being cut. the sections are
shaped with a router and an
auto body sander Hinges,
moldings and engraved carv
ings are followed by coats of
sanding sealer, gesso, decou-
page. gold leal, paint and poly*
erethane varnish The surface
is then distressed to create a
sense of passage of time
The structures sometimes
range eight feet or more in
height and bring as much as
$600 when sold
Though he carved his first
totem poie about six years ago.
his most recent sculptures have
honored the state of Georgia,
its government, natural re
sources and religion The state
seal, loblolly pine, cotton and
the southern red oak are all
depicted in high-rise sculp
tures.
Clements says many of his
totems depict minority groups
He lias sculpted Jewish Senator
Jacob JaviLs and Negro Senator
Edward Brooke as representa
tives of minority groups and
Georgia Senator Richard B
Russell because "Southerners
are a minority group too. "
"I came here with typical
northern attitudes toward the
South, says the Yankee-born
artist. "I thought I d study why
Southerns s feel as they do. so I
picked Russell because he is a
spokesman for the South and
because he has done so much
for Georgia "
A TOTEM OF SEN. Russell is
now on loan ,o the Richard B.
Russell Agricultural Research
Center here It stands in the
guest lounge of the director's
office with in inscription of the
senator's accomplishments
during his 34 years in the Sen
ate. It is carved (f red oak.
Georgia s state tree
Whik? working -vith the U S.
Office of EducaLon in Washing
ton. D.C . Clements also carved
a totem of Rcoert Finch, advis
er to President Nixon and for
mer secretary of Health. Edu
cation and W< If are
We will continue to be
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