C10 - Sunday, June 20, 1982 - North Shore News Freedom to decide ‘when’ and ‘whether’ QUESTION: (Comment from Hayden: A_ recent question regarding abortion, and my response to it, prompted the following letter from P. Pepperman of the Richmond Pro-Choice Movement). “I hope this is not going to come as ai shock, but, regarding your comments on abortion — you are not on the fence at all, you are right in the middle of our camp. In fact, you gave quite a clear statement of our position ... “The reason for all the furore is that some people want to remove the element of choice on abortion, so that nobody can get a safe, legal abortion’ for reason. Then there are those of us who feel, like you, that itis a tremendously important personal decision, best made by oneself. Of course, there are all degrec. of opinion between, with many people wishing the whole issue would just go away. And why doesn’t it? Because it is too important. “The implications reach far beyond the people who are directly involved. When you say that you are on the fence because you “have any Why are those QUESTION: I just came back recently from a trip to Australia. I was sitting in a bus behind a mother with her young child (about five years old) when two young men (about 19) walked on. They were good looking and appeared normal -- except that they were holding each other's hand. Like all curious children, the young child asked her mother why they were holding hands. What the mother said struck me as interesting. She said something to the effect that men have always liked each other more than women and pow that the pressure is off men to marry and bear young, they feel freer to love each other openly: Do you think that this was just her attempt to simplify something so that the child could understand, or is this really the attitude today? 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It is an issue that concerns all men and women who value the right to make their own decisions about their own lives. “I am glad you are one of those people ... but you may not any one of these reasons could be labelled “the at- titude today.” “Why are those two men holding hands mommy?” It would have been better had Includes our bolindds woven woods FREE DECORATOR SERVICE tm Golds Fabries North Vancouver Mon Wed & Sat (Dgreres Vancouver ttth & Granvilioc Open Mon Wed & Sat CALL STORE NEAREST YOU prices good June 21 July 3 34t Lonsadaic 9306 Thurs & tet CLOSED SUNDAYS 25% OFF 1eg price Entire stock drapery hardware Includes our entire Inv store ¢ Ollection $80 2222 9 3090 736 6915 0306 Thurn & Feri Vancouver's own fabric store sinca 1946 9309 have given some people the impression that if we do nothing, our treedom to choose will continue to be safe.” STEWART: You make sense. 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