Pro-lifers rally for .p aren a consent LANSING (AP) - More than 3,500 people braved the cold rain to ially Saturday at the state Capitol in support of legislation that requires parental or judicial consent before Sminors can get abortions. Local pro-life activists held a rally at 9 a.m. Saturday morning at Domino's Farms as a prelude to larger demonstration in Lansing. "We do not need the sunshine to protect unborn life," said Dr. Mildred lefferson, co-founder of the National Iight to Life committee. "Now is the time to write your letters and give your calls," Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing told the crowd, which waved signs and chanted "Fight, fight, ight." State Sen. Jack Welborn (R- Kalamazoo) told the gathering crowd that a grassroots movement by pro- qhoice advocates was putting great pressure on lawmakers. Yesterday, the Michigan Abortion Rights Ac- tion League planned to launch a statewide lobbying effort against the gbortion consent bill. The legislation would require that young women under 17 years of age obtain written consent from a parent biefore obtaining an abortion. Under the bill, children whose parents rofuse consent may petition the ju- venile court in a streamlined process /to receive permission. The House Public Health Com- mittee will hear testimony today on the bill, which has cleared the Sen- ate. The House is expected to ap- prove the legislation, setting up a confrontation with Governor James Blanchard, who has promised to veto any legislation that restricts a *woman's right to abortion. The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 13, 1989 - Page 3 Local pro-choice groups wage grassro by Donna Woodwell Daily Staff Writer Though several busloads of pro-choice ac- tivists from the Ann Arbor area travelled to Washington to attend yesterday's national march for abortion rights, local pro-choice groups worked on the grassroots level going door-to-door distributing fliers. Nationwide, pro-choice groups sponsored numerous activities in conjunction with the Washington rally. Carol King, executive direc- tor of the Michigan Abortion Rights Action League (MARAL), said initial estimates are that more than two million people across the country were actively participating in abortion rights lobbying and demonstrating yesterday. In Ypsilanti, about 65 pro-choice volun- teers distributed 5,000 "family planning quiz" cards door-to-door. This "information drop" - organized by the MARAL, the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, and Planned Parenthood - was an effort to rally support against the Michigan parental consent bill, which the state House will begin debating to- day. if passed, the bill would require young women 17 and under to receive parental per- mission before an abortion is allowed. "We distributed every single piece of litera- ture we had," said Molly Henry, a Rackham graduate student and MARAL member. Henry1 was one of the co-organizers of the Ypsilanti information drive.- AP Photo "Our activities today in Ypsilanti andt around the state were designed to let those inl Lansing know that we are ready to play ballt and that we intend to win," she said. Volunteers began canvassing neighborhoods< ots campaign around noon yesterday and were finished before 3 p.m. Between 15 and 20 members of the Ann Arbor Coalition to Defend Abortion Rights (CDAR) who didn't attend the Washington rally helped distribute the fliers: The fliers were printed with a "Family Planning Quiz" asking, "Who do you watit making decisions in your family planning mat-, ters?" Attached was a postcard addressed to state Rep. Kirk Profit (D-Ypsilanti) which said: "I live in your district and I believe that reproduc-l tive decisions are a private matter. I don't want' politicians making these decisions for me and my family." King said approximately 75,000 cards were distributed in 13 different locations arodn'd Michigan. "It's been a successful day," she; said. "We fully expect people to use the cards." Cindy Tobias, Mid-Michigan Planped' Parenthood public affairs coordinator, said Ann; Arbor was not included in the neighborhood: canvassing because the city "already has'a strong pro-choice representation. Our state; reps. are very supportive of a woman's right to choose. Kirk Profit is newly-elected, but re- cently he has been wavering on his comquit-j ment, and we expect him to follow through." Tobias called the information drop "a "chance to let your neighbors know about re- productive freedoms." David Frankfurter, an ex-member of the CDAR steering committee and a volunteer at the drop, said, "One man made a reference to killing babies." But overall, he said, most of those canvased took the fliers seriously. Frankfurter estimated one-half to two-thirds of the reply cards would be sent back to Profit. bolically "rattle the consciouses" of the pro-choicers for "murdering in- f Dover, fants." cifically Among the anti-abortion groups e is an- were Students for America, Amer- le." ican Collegians for Life, and stu- moved dents from local high schools and hout the colleges. y at the Protestors chanted "Keep murder Fairfax, safe and legal" to mock the pro- ere were choice cry of "Keep abortion safe and (to op- legal." saw the One man, who was praying cop- ry set up tinually at the cemetery, said he had1 st April. his name legally changed to "Pro- banners Life Andy Anderson." He considers emetery. himself to be a "walking pro-life xplained poster," he said, wearing a white' p had a cowboy hat to show he is a good hat area, guy and black and red clothing to likewise represent the death and blood of in- Pro-choice demonstrators hold signs during a rally in Washington yesterday. Nearly 100,000 protesters, including about 1,000 from Ann Arbor, gathered to urge federal lawmakers to keep abortions legal. Recent surveys in Michigan show a majority of citizens support abortion rights, but a majority also support parental consent. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last July that states have the right to restrict abortions. The parental con- sent bill is the first anti-abortion measure to be voted on by Michigan lawmakers since the ruling. Currently before the Supreme Court are three state laws restricting abortions, including an Ohio statue that would require parental notifica- tion but not consent before a minor could abort a pregnancy. {THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today RALLY Continued from Page 1 the Berlin Wall comes tumbling down, President Bush would enslave the country and not allow a woman to have an abortion," she said. "We will build a political army such that has never been seen before in this country for freedom for women in this land to choose." Parts of the rally were aimed at future elections. "We have seen the effects of mobilizing pro-choice opinions in the recent elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia, and now politicians are seeing it is a political liability to be anti-choice," said Madeleine Hansen, president of Michigan NOW. Politicians and entertainers spoke and sang, voicing their pro-choice opinions. "While the other side is bombing clinics, we'll be electing candidates," said Alan Cranston (D- California). Along with celebrities, partici- pants included people of all ages, backgrounds, and political parties. Donning buttons and shirts with pro-choice messages, they held signs and chanted slogans such as "Clap your hands, raise your voice, American voters are for choice." Many families and mother-daugh- ter teams attended the rally. "It is an important family issue," said Linda Coselman of Ann Arbor, who was there with her two daughters. In a wheelchair, wearing a straw hat with a coathanger attached, and holding the sign "Seniors nostalgic for choice," Cybil Fisher sat in the front row at the rally with her daugh- ter Rita Frydman. "My mother had a messed-up abortion in the 1920s and died and I missed her," Fisher said. Ann Arbor residents and University students, representing the Committee to Defend Abortion Rights, Greeks for Life, NOW, Michigan Abortion Rights Action League, and Planned Parenthood, made the trip to Washington on three NOW-sponsored buses. In addi- tion, hundreds of University students came independently to the rally. "We have over 1,000 people at- tending from Michigan to send a very strong message to the American people, the Supreme Court and President Bush that we don't want government interfering in our private lives," Hansen said. University graduates currently working and living in Washington opened their houses this weekend to many old friends from Ann Arbor. "I said my house was open, and people came to show we aren't going to be passive anymore," said Nicole Yakatan, a University graduate cur- rently working for the political con- sultant who does polling work for the National Abortion Rights Action League. Demonstrators gathered before the rally at a memorial service "in memory of the courageous women who died from illegal, unsafe abor- tions because they had no choice," as the inscription on the temporary ten- foot gravestone erected before the Washington Monument stated. Speakers at the memorial service included Yard, pro-choice leaders from around the country, and chil- :ren of mothers who died from un- safe abortions. Dana Miller, a member of the University's College Democrats, said, "The rally was incredible, very unifying, and impressive to get peo- ple from all over the country to come together and mobilize." PRO-LIFE Continued from Page 1 tion." said Francis Urick of Del., who was in town spe to see the cemetery. "Ther other side, a more human sid Thousands of people through the cemetery throug day, many kneeling to pra crosses. Diane Britton, a Virginia resident, said, "Th people instantly converted pose abortion) when they crosses" at a similar cemeter during a pro-choice march la Pro-choice placards and were prohibited from the c Police Officer Joseph Cox e) that the anti-abortion grou permit to demonstrate in th and anti-abortion signs were prohibited from the mall, w pro-choice groups were prote The day was not complet from confrontation. Anti-2 groups picketed from a smal off area near to the Lincoln rial. The anti-abortion pro however, were vastly outnu by the thousands at the rally held signs and shouted from the police-guarded area. Many held baby rattles Meetings Philosophy Club - 7 p.m. in 2220 Angell Hall Progressive Zionist Caucus - discussion of the Status of Women in Israel; 8 p.m. at Hillel UM Bicycle Club - 8 p.m. in 1250 CCRB Asian American Association - officer elections; 7 at Trotter House UM Women's Club Lacrosse - 9-11 p.m. at the Tartan Turf Campus Women's Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament - mass meeting at 8 p.m. in the Union Michigan Student Assembly Women's Issues Committee - 6 p.m. in Union Rm. 3909 MSA Peace and Justice Commission - planning for "Art and Social Change Week"; 7:15 in Union Rm. 3909 Anorexia/Bulimia Support Group - 6:30-8 p.m.; call 668- 8585 Speakers "New Modifications of the RI Procedure in Group Testing " - Prof. Milton Sobel of the U of California; 4:30 in Mason 1412 "Life, Judicial Philosophy, Judicial Technique" - Judge Richard Posner; 100 Hutchins Hall; 4 p.m. "Phoenician Materials Relating to the Bible" - Charles Krahmalkov; 4 p.m. in Frieze Rm. 3050 Prof. W. 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