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Utah State University, January 22, 1971
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Reporting: Pam Taylor Managing Editor "More infants were killed in the first four months by abortions in New York hospitals than died in many years in Vietnam," stated Msgr. Stoffel, Catholic
Population control, abortion discussed by four-man panel
problem but with the "quality of life." "Population crisis is treatening to quality," Stokes said , "and it must be controlled. Contreception if better than abor tion; abortion is preferable to birth of an unwanted child." LOS Viewpoint
member of a fourman panel who
discussed birth co ntrol and abortions last Wednesday. The panel was sponsored by "Zero Population."
Smith, the fourth member of the panel said that the problem was not how to stop people from being born but how to handle the people who are here and will be here. "We are faced with a challenge -- to kill off is a cowardly way. We must learn to handle the problems.''
Also discussing the problem of over-population were Pastor Bob Barnes from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dr. Allen Stokes from the Society of Dr. Ivan Palmblad who Friends or Quaker Church and the panel also inDr. Whitney W. Smith , a moderated representative of the LDS jected his own philosphy on the subject by stati ng a small church. parable. He compared the United States to a family and sho.wed Varied Views how it would be twice as hard to cope with our problems of enEach panel member expressed and internal and his views and the views of his vironment external turmoil if we had twice church in a preliminary speech. Pastor Barnes stated that we as many people here. can not make a hard and fast rule F emlntne Opinion on birth control. No real doctrine, according to Barnes has been During the question and angiven and we must use our own swer period two female members consciences. Dr . Alison According to Dr. Stokes, the of the audience, Thorne, and Dr . Eunice Cronin Quaker religion is really not and Child directly concerned with the from the Family
Develop11lent department noted that there were no female members on the panel. Dr . Thorne then told the audience and panel that she had attended a committee in Salt Lake City last year at which 12 women. all of different races and religions, discussed the abortion bill presented by the American Medical Association. She noted that all the members of this group including LDS representatives: except for the two Catholic members who abstained from voting, voted in favor of recommending this bill to be put into law. The bill was later rejected by the Utah Legislature. "If God can't interfere, why should the Utah Legislatllre interfere with a woman's right to have an abortion or a man's right to become sterile," Dr. Thorne stated.
Pollution With Population Problems of pollution environme ntal destruction overpopulation were discussed by the panel.
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Msgr. Stoffel stated that he could see no greater kind of pollution than a premature baby that has been sucked out of its mothers womb by a vacuum cleaner. Dr. Smith questioned the sincerety of people who complain about pollution but never go out of their way to alleviate the problem. He also questioned the fact that overpopulation would be a problem. "There is no evidence that there is a limit to what the earth can handle," he said. Pastor Barnes added that it is hard for people in the affluent situation that the United States is in to look at the problem realistically and to be concerned with the affects on our environment that overpopulation might have.
DISCUSS BIRTH CONTROL, ABORTIONS -Represent<!tives trol and abortions in a panel discussion last Wednesday i of four different religions discussed the effects of birth con- the Sunburst Lounge.
A member of the audience disagreed with both Dr. Smith and Msgr . Stoffel and said that it would be a "careless God" that would allow the world to become dangerously overpopulated without allowing some type of birth control.