TORONTO. cepy

7 bortian should ‘be .,
omitted from the Criminal Code because it:

is no longer “socially. undesirable con- ©

duct,”
Tuesday. :
Tn the fourth day of his closing arguments

lawyer Morrie , Manning sald

on a pre-trial motion to. quash charges

against Dr. Henry Morgentaler,’-Manning.

said the code's Section 251,:which deals
with abortion, is. constitutlonally Invalid.

Morgentaler and Drs. Leslie Smoling and .

Robert Scott are all charged with con:
Spiring to procure a miscarriage, the term
used in the Criminal Code, section on
abortion, to
Manning’s pre-trial motion contends tie

charges should be quashed becatise they”
violate sections of the Charter of Righis and
Freedoms.

conduct,”

Parker of-the Ontario: ‘Supreme Court ‘thal »
“there is evidence before you to say ‘that
abortion is not, per se, soetally undesirable —

When Parker asked what evidence trom
the month-long: hearing’ supported that
claim, Manning referred to public opinion
polls. that indicate a majori ty of Canadians

would prefer. abortion Jaws to be eased,

Under the Criminal Code, a woman can
obtain a legal abortion in an accredited
hospital after a doctors” committee bas

_Tuled that continuing the pregnancy would

endanger the woman's life or health,
Manning said statistics showing that a
large number of Canadian women seek
abortions also seem to- indicate it is no
longer socially unacceptable.
The hearing continues. .

Police watch prostitution

TORONTO (CP) — In what could become
a landmark constitutional case, police told
a provincial court judge Tuesday they

acted as peeping toms to catch a prosiitute.

in the act,
Peggy Miller, 35, of Toronto, was charged
with keeping a commion bawdy house in

August after police morality squad officers .

‘watched her take men into her home and
perform sex acts for money. ;

Miller appeared before the police com-
mission of Metropolitan Toronto in Sep-
tember to speak out on behalf of
prostitutes’: rights. Her ‘lawyer has” ‘told
court she will argue her client’s right to
operate in privacy under the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms.

‘Const. Peter Coulis told Judge’ Waiter
Hryciuk he watched Miller proposition
clients last July. After a deal was struck,
Miller would have clients follow her by car
to her apartment, he said. .

Obscenity laws vague

VICTORIA (CP) — Canada’s obscenity

law is intentionally vague so as to cover all’

forms of possibly obscene material, Crown
counsel Barry Sullivan argued Tuesday:
Sullivan was responding to arguments by

lawyer Ace Henderson, representing Red

Coulis said on three nights he watched

through a one-inch crack in a closed

Venetian blind as she took clients into her
bedroom, disrobed and performed sex acts.
* Qn one occasion, he said he saw a man
give Miller $50 before they went into the
bedroom.’ .

Miller took her clients separately to her
apartment .and they. were all consenting
adults, Coulis said. :

Const. Ian Leaver told court he posed asa
client on Aug. 3 and followed Miller to her
apartment after , Agreeing to pay her for

‘Bex.

“She asked m me ‘for $50and I told her 1 had
some bad news, that I was a police officer
and she was under arrest," Leaver said.

““She said, ‘I. was hoping I'd be caught

’ because I want-to challenge this in court.”

Hot Video Ltd, in the store's appeal of three .

convictions last May for. distributing ob-
scene material.
County court Judge Fred _ Melvin

.ed decision following the two-day

Hearing.

Sullivan said that every right has its
boundaries — morally and legally imposed
limits which do not infringe on Section 1 of

‘the Charter of Rights,’

Such rights are guaranteed “only to such
reasonable limits prescribed by law as can
be demonstrably justified in a free and
demecratic society.”

Sullivan said that Section 159 of the
‘Criminal Code, which makes. possession

and distribution of obscene material illegal,

prohibits conduct which has always been

‘Hryciuk has adjourned the hearing until
March to give the prosecution time to:
prepare a written submission.

He said:that in a 1962 decision, eight of

- nine: Supreme Court of Catada justices _
considered Subsection 8 of the obscenity . -

law “a workable, objective statutory tool
capable of interpretation and application. ”

The subsection defines obscenity as “any. -

publication, a dominant characteristic ‘of
which is ihe undue exploitation of sex, or of
sex and any one or more of crime, horror,
cruelty and violence.” 7
Sullivan said that making the obscenity.
law more restrictive would curtail: its

. adaptability to deal with the various. kinds

of obscene material, such as videotapes,
Pictures and literature,
_ Henderson said: that the 1962 Supreme
Court case did not deal with community
tolerance levels but with standards -of
‘decency.

He said the tests have changed, using as‘

. anexample a 1970 law which made it legal

outside the rights, freedoms and liberties. «

now enshrined in the charter.

Legal abortion considered

LISBON (Reuter)
parliament begins.a two-day debate teday
on liberalizing abortion which could spark
the first major crisis in the eight-month
coalition headed by Socialist
Minister Mario Soares,

Thousands of Roman Catholic children
and their parents marched to the assembly
building Tuesday night to protest the twa
bills before parliament, ane Socialist, the
other Communist. |

Deputy - Prime Minister Carlos Mota

Portugal's .

Prime.

Pinto, a Social Democrat, has warned that |

approval ofa liberalization measure would

“mast seriously perturb” the two parties’
coalition. :

The Socialists, whose bill is much milder
than the legalization advocated by the
opposition Communists, have appealed for
calm ‘and common sense over the issue.

_prosecution to be waived in cases such ds
danger to a mother's life or fetal deformity,
was aimed at ending illegal abortions.

During a previous government in
November 1982, parliamenl| rejected ‘a

for homosexual acts between consenting
adults.

It still may offend the decency of most.
Canadians, but..the’ tolerance ‘level thas’

shanged, Henderson said, .

‘Communist bill in a vote in which ‘the

Socialists, then in opposition, supported
legal abortion on conditions similar to those
prevailing in other Western European
countries.

Portugal's’ state television said 71 per
cent of people questioned in a public opinion
poll favored some liberalization of the ban
on abortion.

It said 19 per-cert favored a complete
right to abortion, while only 5.5 per cent

thought abortion should be punished
‘whenever it occurred.

. Roman Catholic bishops have urged
parliament’ to reject the bili. Socialist
Catholics Issued a statement accusing
Cardinal Patriarch Antonio Ribeiro fof

_ meddling in politics by calling on Catholics

not to. vote. for parties who approved: an’ .

‘abortion measure.
They say their-bill, which would allow -

Catholic. women’s groups say" the
proposed legislation would be —un-
constitutional. There have already been.
appeals to President’ Antonio Ramalho

. Eanes to veto a liberalization measure if it

is passed by parliament,

Stormy seas take lives

LONDON (AP) — British authorities say.
17 sailors who drowned in stormy seas on

the English Channel might have been saved ___

if officers on a French destroyer liad asked
for extra help soqner.
The sailors who drowned were crew

to summon British help until more than an
hour after the freighter started lo sink.

The 2, 997-tonne freighter went down after
a hatch ‘broke open. Waves crashed in,
‘swelling and shifting the cargo of graln it

. Was carrying from Belgium to the Congo

members on the Greek-owned freighter

‘Radiant Med, which sank Tuesday — the
worst single disaster caused by storms that

have battered Brilain end Ireland tor two.

weeks. Fifty people have died since Jan. 11.
Blizzards sweeping. Scotland and nor-

thern England since the weekend have -

virtually cut Scotland off from the reat of
Britain: About 100 highways in the region
Sre blocked by snowdrifts, hundreds of
Scottish towns are cut off, and an estimated:
60,000 homes are without electricity
because of felled power lines.

Captain John Petit, harbor masier at St.
Peter Port on the channel island of Guern-
sey, said the French destroyer Casabtanca,

sent to escort the Radiant Med Into a .

French port after it developed a list, failed

and the ship developed a 25-degree list.

A British lifeboat from Guernsey, the Sir -
William Arnold, rescued nine men from the
Ireighter.

- Petit told reporters that French rescue
services repeatedly told him that. the -
Casablanca was in control.

“Tt 1a now clear that the master of the
Casabianca underestimated the situation in
thinking he could pick the crew up,” Petit,
said. “Obviously, the weather ‘was an.
palling and when it sank he could not gel al
the survivors, and the British side was
effectively called in too late.” :

. The Radiant Med put out a distress call
when the hatch broke. The Casablanca
tried to escor! it toward Cherbourg but the
freighter sank after only four nautical
miles In gale-force winds,

Grade 12 students all over B.C. were writing provinclal exams Monday

morning and Bjorn Elde of Caledonia Sentor Secondary ¥ was no exception,
shown | here completing his English exam. . . .

HALIFAX (OP) ©
Chairman Joan Watson
says her hardest: job:: ‘is
convincing ‘people the Task .
_ Force on: the: Allocation. of
Health: Care Resources is
independent and Tot: an.
instrument of the Canadian

is paying
$250,000 cast. -

‘instrument of “the CMA.
because. it” is funded by
them," - the. farmer’ con-'
sumer affairs broadcaster’
‘Said in ~ | interview
Tuesday. ot has been my
job to turn that ‘around and’
* show it"
dependent group.” "
Despite - , Watson's:

‘assurances, . the task force
got a suspicious “greeting

7 ‘from some groups at public

" hearings | In- Halifax “on
Monday ‘and* Tuesday. The:
Health.Coalition of ‘Nova
Scotia and the. Registered

Nurses’ Association of Nova —
to

Scotia both.” refused
present briefs.

The task force is expected .
to report to, the CMA by
early summer on cross~
Canada hearings that began -
in- Toronto’ ori Jan." 12 and *
will end in Ottawa at the end |
of. March," *. .

Watson said the: hearings

. had been’ scheduled to start:

earlier, but:she: “decided ‘to |

‘postpone them because of

the CMA’s opposition to the .

‘isa. truly in--

professionals, but the task
force |

appointed - by doctors, she Democratic Party, said she .
said, was concerned that the
The national nurses’. CMA “appointed _ the :
union, the Canadian Nurses’ © members - without ‘any:
Association, also , “has outside. consultation. ‘and .

decided . not to _.present
“Medical: Association, which “brief, -"”
its” estimated

4

5

_proposed :: ‘Canada health -f

act, Therecerilly, introduced
federal. bil proposes ‘a ban ~

and extra shilling by doctors.

The delay was to ensure the |

' on-user fees: by: hospiléls, _

.task force was not preoc- -

_cupled with the, bil, she

- said.

EXPLAINS REASONS’ .
The Health Coalition ‘of
Nova’. Scotia, -. an
. amalgamation of about 30
groups lobbying - against -
user fees and extra- -billing,
decided agaitist presenting.
briefs because there are too
many Unanswered |

questiong about the. task |
. Tan .

force, chairman
Johnson said.. ©. ° ; é

"*We havé. no problem © ;
with the people on the task

‘force, but rather with why
the CMA‘ undertook -

without asking others Sot
assistance,” he said, ©:
. The Registered Nuradd?
Aagociation, > Which. -

represents 8,400 nurses in’

the province, does not like’
the fact that the task force is ~
made up. of ° ‘inembers ap- ~
pointed by and accountable

to the CMA, Exccutivd ©

Director Joan Mills said.
Nurses make up 7) per
cent of health-care

Johnson: and. Mills ‘bol

cB wondered:
“Some people feel ii isan happen to’the report once.» of
. the task force submits it lo.
the CMA. .

is’ organized. and of

“what “would ~

CBC-TV's-

People. need convincing

Alexa, McDonough, leader »
the .-. provincial -

-euspleious ‘about how.‘ ‘Open-
iinded the’ CMA: would: be.
. towards outside groups...
Watson: Fesigiied as host ~
“consumer |
program The Marketplace
to head the task ‘force.

4 to clean his fur.and sleep beside him.” “

‘New, .

ag
‘Chevette caulditt boxe to be parted soa He faithful cal. 88,
:-she had him’ stuffed... oe te
“Now, with white forepaws péinly: ‘and trv wey
, the mongrel Castro. sits on top : of thi ¥ evelte’ 8 televi i;
* set in their-East:-End ‘home, 5, a
Gail and husband’ ‘Randy ‘are cat proud | souls aid talk
“about their cats’ ‘the way: some: people | talic about. thelr,
children. || vipa :
: “Castro was born on Nov. 26, 1963,” ‘Mra, Clevette
: Tuesday. “He used to sleep with me andsit on thesink while,
Itook a ‘shower. He worshipped-me and Thim. =. >.
“After he died, 1 couldn’t' bear to put him in the ald
- ground. I had him stuffed and anybody who: ‘pees. thal. ag
weird doesn't have-any-love in their heart.” i
She thinks ‘people would understand if they'd seen the’ wi y.
’ Fonzie (another ca ) mothered. aver Castro while he wi
dying-of cancer} ; ; fe
“Fonzie aiid. Cairo’ were e good buddles,’" Mrs, Clevet ie
said, “When we first put Castro on, the TV. set, Fonzie Tee

.. Mrs. Clevette, $9, has four‘children. Now that they" te
~prown, up, she dotes instead on cats, s o
Once, she had 23'cats and “io dogs,. bit. unsympathetic

welfare people complained and she cut down toa brood of,

g. five cats and just one dog; Chimo, a German’ Senet
cross. a 7
Castro has been stone still on: the televiaion set for seven |

years. Mrs; Clevette decided to go public:‘about. him now .

_ because she wants others to know that for a mere $275; they:

too can enshrine-the memory of a loved one. *
The lordly. Castro is the work of taxidermist ‘Steve

has gone. up to: $375, °
- ‘These days, Charlie is the Clevettes’ favorite. He has wont

a trophy case full of ribbons at shows puto on 1 by the B. c. Cat

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