By CHRIS LLOYD Attorney General Allan’ Williams has been asked by a former chairman of British Columbia Pro-Life to hold a public inquiry into the operation of the abortion committee of Lions Gate Hospital. Betty Green has written to Williams as a result of a Series of articles in the North Shore News which studied the issue of the current abortion controversy at the hospital. She refers to the articles of August 6 and 10 and says statements of medical staff indicate that the abortion committee “1s failing to fulfil the yuasi-judicial function required of it by the Criminal Code of Canada.” Green's concer = artses largely through a member of the abortion committee Stating that applications for abortion are generally approved as presented to the committee. In her request for a public inquiry, she asks Williams “to impress upon the hospitalboard that refusal to comply with the Criminal Code places their institution and staff in legal jeopardy and that they can be held accountable.” Williams outlined vanous cnmiena for hospitals per- forming abortions, in a letter he wrote in Apmnl. which stated: A certilicale cannot be. issued by the Committee under section 251 of the Cnminai Code without at least a mayoritv. of the members of the committee coming to the conclusion that the applicant's life or health is in danger before issuing the certificate. “The opinion of the committee must be personal in that it is an independent medical opinion based on the material before it.” The member of the LGH abortion committee stated in the NEWS article that abortions are often sought and approved because of financial reasons which would involve a_ couple having to leave the North Shore if they had a child. Green says in her letter to Williams. “Surely no lawmaker intended that the Parents desire to lve in West Vancouver rather than in’ Surrey would take precedence over the child's night to live atall.” Park neighbors afraid FROM PAGE A1 Mary Segal. agreed: ~We could be doing this every night. There are always going to be people who are going to cause trouble.” Segal is against closing any of the parks. Alderman John Lakes, who voted in favor of the initial park closures, said he had “almost been con- verted.” He said he could not support adding Kilmer to the list “on the flimsy material we have here.” He was referring to one police report of 15 youths “sitting on a fence” in the park who had left when asked to by pohce. But Mayor Bell said he had received a phone call from one resident living across from the park. who has actually sold his house and is moving away because of ‘continuing and stn- creasing problems = associ- ated with disturbances al the park ~ The mayor said he was also told that some residents were afraid to complain. Council received a copy of a letter sent to the North Shore News by Norman Rittberg who ‘opposes park curfews Rattberg says that “council has caused a dete norauion in the free society Maybe they've been taking lessons from the Kremlin HANDS TIED Both Aidermen Lakes and Erme Crist pointed oul that council had not caused the problem Said Crist “We dnint send the goons up there were trying to do the best we can hands lied with our Crist suggests that newher the prosecudGon of — nor the penalties for offenders 1s adequate He also said that af Rittberg had ai better suggestion he was willing to listen Powell that the Alderman Peter reminded council mitial park closures had been an experiment and said he was “not prepared to close park after park before we know whether there is any validity in the measure.” Crist said: “if this is an expenment, then we have no alternative but to close ail the parks for a trial period and see what happens.” All council members VANCOUVER agreed that park curfews are not a solution, but rather an attempt to deal with the problem. 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