The Michigan Dily - Friday, November 9, 1984 - Page 3 I Abortion groups claim victory WASHINGTON (UPI) - Groups supporting and opposing abortion proclaimed victory on the emotional issue yesterday, seeing gains for their cause based on assessment of the national election returns. Abortion opponents said they won with President Reagan's re-election and strengthened their numbers in Congress - but not enough to pass the constitutional amendment banning abortion that is their highest priority. BUT NANETTE Falkenberg of the National Abortion Rights Action League said abortion has been defused as a political issue, although Reagan's re-election could threaten the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing most abortions. "We are very pleased that election year 1984 is the second successive election to demonstrate that the 'abortion scare' which has invaded national politics since 1974 is en- ding," Falkenberg said. The National Right to Life Committee, however, said it would press Congress to ap- prove permanent prohibition of federal abor- tion funding to take the place of Hyde Amen- dment restrictions that must be enacted every year. "WE WON and we're glad," said National Right to Life Committee President John Wilke. Wilke said "We all have very deep hopes" that Reagan will appoint Supreme Court justices, in the event of vacancies on the high court, inclined to reverse the controversial decision affirming a woman's right to an abortion. Falkenberg warned that the anti-abortion movement was already seeking a test case it could move through the federal judiciary in the hope that Reagan court would either restrict or overturn the 1973 decision. David O'Steen, executive director of National Right to Life Committee, said abor- tion opponents gained 10 seats in the House and expect to have 258 to 260 votes on their side of the issue, out of a total of 435. Falken- berg agreed, estimating that the abortion rights movement lost "perhaps 10 to 14 seats" in the House. Of the 33 senators elected Tuesday, 18 or 19 are abortion opponents, meaning the Senate will remain evenly split on the issue, said O'Steen. O'Steen conceded that although passage of a constitutional amendment banning abortion remains "our ultimate goal," the group does not have enough votes for passage by the newly elected Congress. Falkenberg said that no candidate lost because of support for abortion rights and the subject is no longer a "single issue" on which people cast their votes. Student questions classified research (Continued from Page1) which is to destroy human life." Metzger will present the pro- posal at the RPC meeting. The RPC will make a recom- mendation on the project to Alfred Sussman, the University's vice president for research. THE TWO other CRRP mem- bers could not be reached for comment on the proposal. Aronoff said she was told by Birdsall that the projects would improve the U.S. Navy's anti- submarine capabilities. And although she said that the University's classified research guidelines are vague, she thinks this project is in violation of the rules. Birdsall denied ever having said anything to Aronoff about anti-submarine warfare. "I TOLD HER it was basic scientific research," he said. According to Metzger, the pur- pose of the research was to create more efficient ways to transmit signals through the ocean in or- der to determine temperature patterns in the water. He said that one application of this would be the improvement of weather forecasting, because heat in the ocean interacts with the at- mosphere to create weather pat- terns. "I don't see any direct ap- plication" to anti-submarine warfare, Metzger said. BIRDSALL SAID the project consists of making instruments which Woodshole researchers would use to record data. "We build very small, very reliable mini-computers" for data collec- tion of this kind, he said. According to Birdsall, the government has stamped the classified label on the project because government clearance must be obtained to enter the Navy facility where the transmit- ter is located. Metzger said any research done in the ocean may benefit the Navy in some way, but that that was not the main purpose of this project. Birdsall, too, did not rule out the possibility of military ap- plication. He said, "If in the long run we are terribly successful, I would say, yes" there may be some military application. But any applied research would be the responsibility of the Navy, he added. Associated Press Balancing act K.C. Austern, 2, enjoys a romp with babysitter Renee Brennan on the front lawn of the state Capitol building in Lansing yesterday. E ...1 - H APPENINGS- Highlight The Center for South and Southeastern Asian Studies will bring James Manalili to the Lane Commons Room at noon to speak on "Reporting on Philippine Politics: A View from Cebu City." Film AAFC-El Norte, 7 & 9:30 p.m., MLB. Alt. Act.-Broadway Danny Rose, 7,8:40 & 10:20 p.m., MLB 3. Cinema II-The Trouble with Harry, 7 & 9, Aud. A, Angell. Cinema Guild - Hair, 7 & 9:15, Lorch. Mediatrics - Lady on the Bus, 7:15 & 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Performances Performance Network-Video Festival, 8 p.m., 408 W. Washington. Musical Society - Gwendhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, 8:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium. School of Music-Michael Crawford, double bass recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. Ensemble Theater Company-one-act plays: A Resounding Tinkle, Charlie the Chicken, and Whiskey, 8 p.m., Trueblood Theater. Speakers Anthropology-Kevin Dwyer, "Dialogues, Risks, & Texts," 4 p.m., East Conference Room, Rackham. Anatomy and Cell Biology-Jurgen Roth, 5372 Med. Sci. II. 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