Page AlO THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C. Wednesday, February 10, 1988. VICTORIA --- The recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that our abortion laws are. unconstitutional certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons. Abortion king Dr. Henry Morgenthaler grected the deci- sion with a jubilant ‘‘every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother;’’ pro- choice supporters everywhere were ecstatic, while pro-life dis- ciples went into mourning. -Here. at -home, Premier Vander Zalm was less than pleased with the ruling, but an NDP member ‘ Minister Peter Dueck is trying to hang onto abortion com-— mittees by calling them some- thing else, but doctors are refus- ing to go along with the govern- ment. The ruling has instilled new life into B.C. politics. Old animosities have been renewed, ideological lines drawn and dic- tionaries of political platitudes dusted off. Opposition Leader Mike Har- court has called for Dueck’s ‘celebrated’’ it. ‘ina church basement. Health ' resignation; the health minister accused Harcourt of wanting everybody to have an abortion, whether they’re pregnant or not. Whether Dueck should resign is academic. He won’t. Nor is the premier-about to ask him for his resignation, although he - should. The minister’s response to the Supreme Court ruling. was in clear defiance of an or- - _ der by Canada’s highest court. The Supreme Court ruled that the nation’s abortion laws are unconstitutional. It. ruled that women are free to choose, in consultation with their doctors, whether, when and where to have an abortion. Hours after the ruling came down, Dueck announced that the provincial government wouldn’t fund abortions per- formed outside hospitals. He also. said the government Vander Zalm should respect abortion decision need for which wasn’t certified by ‘‘some sort ofsmechanism’’ within the hospital structure. That sounds an awful lot like abortion committees which had just been declared unconstitu- tional and, therefore, illegal. Not so, said the health minister. The government wasn’t trying to outlaw abortions. It was just trying to make sure that only necessary abortions are per-— formed. ‘*Abortion committees have been disbanded by the Supreme wouldn’t fund abortions, the Court. We are not trying to get ; them back. We just want a sec- ll ond opinion on whether an WE CON TINUE OUR CELEBRA TION abortion is necessary for the health of . the woman. .That opinion can come from a doctor or an advisor or whatever,”’ Dueck said. It still sounds like abortion committees. The doctors must have thought so, too, because they immediately. announced that they wouldn’t provide any such second opinions. CREEL ATES . It’s a sad day when a premier “asa: a We Patel her and his health minister must be Hit . os a hae WED. THURS. FRLS ARLSPBL reminded that compliance with the law is an absolute necessity if our system is to work. Governments are — always eager to point out that defiance of the law is no way to bring — ~about change. When Vander - Zalm rammed Bill 19 down the — unions’ of 3400 THLICUE RD. Vit. MOW.-FRI. 9 A.M.9 PLE. SATURDAY 9 A.fi.-7 P.td. SUNDAY 10 ANL-7 P.M. TRIBE SAUCER MOW.-SAT. 8 A.M.-9 P.M SUNDAY 9 AR.-7 P.M. an. a (U _ m —f » a throats, he advised ae < th take thei lai . af FRESH 4~ FRESH bg the ballot box, but not wo defy ge CENTRE ore MIXED CUT | the law. It’s time for the premier to eat -his ‘words. He may not. like . abortions. A lot of people don’t... _ That doesn’t: give him or any- . - one else the right to defy. a. Supreme Court ruling. Vander. Zalm and his. health minister are the: victims of a dis--. ease. which. . strikes. many -~ ~. politicians.. 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To pretend he knows: “ what’s. best for his “fellow ’. citizens is presumptuous andar- rogant. There. was nothing - wrong. with the premicr’s initial at- - tempts at stemming the rising | tide: of. abortions’ in’ British. Columbia. His government was within its rights to introduce ° ‘CHEESE STICK HOAGIES EE -- GAT CHOY ov 65 C ‘cle? 4 8 ’ \: : + d . fostind PURINA. : = VDE : — fe =: MEOW MIX sx... 1,9 A t > heated any measures that would reduce « eet oy @ | BOG FOOD vew.......88% ff stonone, 7 i x HAPPY CAT me soe | ORTED. _. When his government estab- By PANCAKE SYRUP 2~ 1,98) | AUNT JEMIMA, ASSORTE PANCAKE MAX i 2,96 lished abortion committees, © pro-choice ‘supporters didn’t © like it, but they had to live with “ ~ the law. Now that law. has been » ‘ struck down by the Supreme: Court, and pro-life supporters must live with that decision. Noone is above the Jaw, not . even ‘the premier. 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