The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1988 Page: 15 of 16
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1988 15
Men's Football
Monday League
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SULFURIC ENEMA
2
0
SKANKMEISTERS
1
0
NOONTIME NOOKIE
1
1
BUTT PIRATES
0
1
PIT BULLS ON CRACK
0
2
Thursday Leaaue
W
L
LOVETT SUCKS
1
0
PUBLIC ENEMY
1
0
TEAM FUN
1
0
GANG GREEN
0
1
FIFTEEN YEARS
0
1
JONES GRADS
0
1
Friday League
M
L
BUDMEN
1
0
AIKEN NUTZ
1
0
BALLS DEEP
1
0
WHOREDOGS
0
1
IEX
0
1
CU-LATOR
0
1
Results of Games Played
Lovett Sucks def Fifteen Years
13-6
Public Enemy def Gang Green
44-0
Team Fun def Jones Grads 32-0
Budmen def Whoredogs 25-0
Balls Deep def IEX 26-6
Aiken Nutz def Cu-Lator 25-0
SCOREBOARD
by Wes Gere
Skankmeisters def Pit Bulls on
Crack 21-0
Sulfuric Enema def Noontime
Nookie 33-14
Freshman Football
Tuesday League W L
TEAM WIESS WAR PIGS 1 0
BAKER FRESHMEN 1 0
BROWN SHIT 0 1
JONES 0 1
Wednesday League W L
MEN WHO RAPE QUICHE 1 0
TUSH MONGERS 1 0
SID RICH .. 0 1
LOVETT FRESHMEN 0 1
Results of Games Played
Team Wiess War Pigs def Brown
Shit 20-19
Baker def Jones (forfeit)
Men Who Rape Quiche def Sid
Rich 14-13
Tush Mongers def Lovett 19-12 Slammers def Wala Wala (forfeit)
Co-Ed Basketball
Women's Volleyball
Abortion a timely issue
FROM PAGE 2
Supreme Court in 1973—far from it.
Since that highly publicized decision
legalizing abortion, the courts have
ruled on a series of lesser-publicized
cases which have in effect removed
almost all restrictions from the prac-
tice of abortion, including those re-
strictions designed to protect the
mother's health, which the courts
have gone to defend and carry out
that ruling has only served to illumi-
nate the absurdity of the original
decision
In 1973, in Roe v. Wade, the Su-
preme Court legalized abortion
throughout the full nine months of
pregnancy—until the day of birth.
While the court legalized abortion
only for preganacies which jeopard-
ize the mother's health, it defined
her "health" as emotional, mental, or
physical; in effect, legalizing abor-
tion on demand. In doing so, the
Court overruled abortion restric-
tions that had been in existence in a
majority of the states for over a cen-
tury. In their place, Roe v. Wade re-
fused to allow any state restrictions
on abortion during the first three
months of pregnancy, including
those of a purely medical nature
designed for the mother's safety
(such as definition and licensing of
abortionists and abortion facilities).
The Court did decide that such
safety measures for the woman's
health would be appropriate after the
first trimester, however. The Court
further concluded that, in addition to
the end of the first trimester, the
state had one other legitimate point
of interest, the point of viability, or
the point at which a baby can survive,
with the aid of medical technology,
outside of the mother's womb. Ac-
cording to Roe v. Wade, a state may
go so far as to prohibit abortion from
the point of viability on, in the inter-
est of the child's life, except "when it
is necessary to preserve the life or
health of the mother". How much
faith should we place in a law that
legalizes abortion on the basis of
technology's ability to keep the in-
tended victim alive in a different
environment? How soon will this law
be ridiculed by technology?
In Planned Parenthood v. Dan-
forth, the court ruled that a girl under
the age of 18 may have an abortion
without her parents' consent and a
wife may undergo an abortion with-
out her husband's consent.
In City of Akron v. Akron Center for
Reproductive Health, the court
struck down a city ordinance requir-
ing that second trimester abortions
be done in a hospital, that the abor-
tionist personally meet and discuss
the abortion with the woman before-
hand, that the woman be told of the
physical development of her child,
the date of possible viability, and the
physical and emotional risks of abor-
tion, and that the remains of the
unborn child be disposed of in a
humane and sanitary manner.
In Thornburgh v. American Col-
lege of Obstetricians and Gynecolo-
gists, the court struck down a Penn-
sylvania statute establishing mini-
mal requirements on second trimes-
ter abortions, including provisions
for informed consent. Justice War-
ren Burger, who voted in the major-
ity on Roe v. Wade, voted in the mi-
nority in this case, and at his retire-
ment speech, suggested that Roe v.
Wade should be reconsidered. Jus-
tice Rehnquist, in a dissenting opin-
ion to Roe v. Wade, stated "The fact
that a majority of the States, reflect-
ing after all the majority sentiment in
those States, have had restrictions
on abortions for at least a century
seems to me as strong an indication
there is that the asserted right to an
abortion is not 'so rooted in the tradi-
tions and conscience of our people as
to be ranked as fundamental". Don't
you think that legalized abortion,
and especially its implications in the
reality of the execution of such a law,
deserves at least a reconsideration?
John James
Baker '89
Aileen Burton
Brown '89
Policy major in doubt
FROM PAGE 3
and help staff an emaciated depart-
ment, 2) change the major require-
ments to allow continuation of the
major, or 3) if the major really is to
be eliminated, allow all those that
matriculated under the guidebook
allowing Policy Studies to graduate
a Policy Studies major—i.e., give
this year's sophomores a chance to
declare the major and use the same
system that those who have de-
clared will use. There is still hope!
If you are an undeclared Policy
Studies major, Dr. Stein (new head
of Policy Studies) needs to know
who you are before he meets with
the Dean this Monday to discuss
the issue. Regardless of major, a let-
ter to the Provost office would aid
the cause. Together, we can cut
through the red tape and make sure
that the students get fair treatment.
Nicholas Shannin
Hanszen '90
Student Representative,
Curriculum Committee
Monday League
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Monday League
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L
SINK IT HARD AND FAST
1
0
SIX-PACK-SIX
1
0
FESTIVAL OF USED
EXPERIENCED FAST
CAR VALUE
1
0
WOMEN
1
0
NOT ON THE SPOT
0
1
SURFING NUNS
0
1
SANDLOT LOSERS
0
1
LOVE AND WET KISSES
0
1
Tuesday League
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Tuesday League
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L
O' SIFUNI MUNGU
1
0
THINGS YOU CAN DO
SLAMMERS
1
0
WITH YOUR HAND
1
0
THAT COOL GANG
0
1
SORE ARMS
1
0
WALA WALA
0
1
SPIKED PUNCH
0
1
FAST WOMEN LACKING
Results of Games Played
EXPERIENCE
0
1
Sink it Hard and Fast sunk
Sandlot Losers 25-18
Festival of Used Car Value def Not
on the Spot 27-21
O' Sifuni Mungu def That Cool
Gang 23-21
BLOOM COUNTY
Resultsof Games Played
Six-Pack-Six def Love and Wet
Kisses 15-4, 15-2
Experienced Fast Women wiped
out Surfing Nuns 15-9, 15-3
Things You Can Do With Your
Hand beat Spiked Punch 16-14,
15-7
Sore Arms def Fast Women
Lacking Experience (forfeit)
Today's Entry Deadlines
•Melonball
•Women's Racquetball (singles &
doubles)
•Women's Badminton (singles &
doubles)
•Co-Ed Lazer Tag
That great American pastime,
melonball, will crank into action
this Sunday at 4 o'clock in the
Health Sciences tennis courts,
and, more importantly, there'll be
free refreshments for everyone
who signs up and shows up.
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McGarrity, Patrick & Sendek, Joel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1988, newspaper, September 23, 1988; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245700/m1/15/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.