Volume 61 Issue 16
Loyola Marymount University
March
12/1984
Loyolan Photo by Paul Bernal
EX- ABORTIONIST STORMS LMU
By PAUL BERNAL
Loyolan Editor In Chief
Я
he Right To Life League of South¬
ern California brought a unique
man to Loyola Marymount University
last Saturday afternoon. He drew such a
large crowd that University President
Donald P. Merrifield, S.J. had to open
the doors of Sacred Heart Chapel to ac¬
comodate hundreds that could not cram
into St. Robert’s Auditorium. St.
Robert’s had been the location in which
this guest speaker was scheduled to ad¬
dress members of a conference titled
“Beyond 84: Restoring Fundamental
Human Rights.”
Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D.
spoke out against abortion, giving his
immense audience an hour of “cool
logic and hot passion.” A man with no
commitment to religion, God, or an
afterlife, vocalized his strong anti¬
abortion sentiments that he began 10
years ago.
Nathanson’s credentials to support
Pro Life organizations are the 75,000
abortions that he performed or supervis¬
ed between 1970 to 1972 in New York.
He later came to believe that he was
wrong in aborting fetuses. “I and my
cohorts unleashed a plague on the
world. In the 1970s I had a change of
mind. This change took fpur years. It
was not an overnight change. It was not
an epiphany on the road to Damascus,”
said Nathanson.
For many ^ears, Nathanson actively
supported abortion, continuously
fighting against anti-abortion groups.
He did not stop performing abortions
because he though it was wrong; but
because he was exhausted. Running the
world’s largest abortion clinic left
Nathanson overworked and seeking
another position. He took up practice at
St. Luke’s Hospital as a fetologist, stu¬
dying fetuses. This new occupation led
Nathanson to his belief that fetuses are
human beings. “After studying the fetus
for years, I decided the fetus is human
life\ in another form, called prenatality.
In 1974 I wrote an editorial [to an east
coast newspaper]... questioning the
abortion policy in America. I was asked
to resign [from pro abortion societies]
because of my diversified interests.”
Following the editorial, Nathanson
wrote a book, Aborting America,
which, although being non-partisan,
concluded that abortion is wrong. “It
made little or no impact, while 4000 lives
went down the drain every day,” said
Nathanson.
His most recent book, The Abortion
Papers , attempts to shake up the United
States. Nathanson considers it his pas¬
sionate, angry, and critical view of the
current abortion policies in the courts
and as covered by the media. Book
critics have reviewed it as being too
headstrong. One critic wrote “it should
be purchased only by large public
libraries.”
(continued on page 2)
Greek Housing Debated
Цу
KRIS GIANNINI
Loyolan News Writer
Binding adequate housing for off-
campus students is a time consum¬
ing and frustrating task;
For the members of LMU’s Greek
system, the search presents even more
problems. The zoning laws enforced in
and around Westchester prohibit official
fraternity or sorority houses. A few
“houses” have gotten around this by
renting houses and having members live
in them simply to provide a place to
meet.
Searching for a solution to their
mutual problems, the fraternities decid¬
ed to tackle the dilemma as a united
front. LMU’s six fraternities formed a
President’s Council to function more ef¬
fectively on campus. Paul Raya, Phi
Kappa president says “we (all the frater¬
nities) realized the importance of com¬
bining efforts in order to accomplish
anything. The council recognizes the
potential of the Leavey Campus as an
area for Greek housing and endeavored
to create a viable proposal to present to
the administration.”
Joanie Conley, head of Student Ac¬
tivities, received a letter from Dr. Hank
Durand, vice president of Student Af¬
fairs, informing her that “At this time,
there does not appear to be any support
for a Greek community on the Leavey
Campus.
(continued on page 4)
Inside
Spartacade Results
P-5
Student Opinion
P 7
Remembering Mike Smith
p.75
Raquetball Court Repairs
p.76
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