EXPECTING . TOUGH FIGHT. Ken Srucke ane three other Board nominated candidates had easy wins a: the
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hope this will demonstrate to
the Minister oi Health that a
community hospital can run

its own affairs.” he said,
Teierring to government
intervention at Surrey

Hospital over the abortion
issue.

“Tt would tear us apart” if
that ever happened on the

North Shore, Borthwick
said.
But defeated candidate

and chairman of the North
Shore Pro-Life Society Anna
Leduc said the battle agains
abortien isn’t over. “We'll
just keep up the fight. It’s far
too important,” she said.

Bruce told the News he
was surprised the vote wasn't
closer. A tough fight was
expected, he said.

Another surprise for
candidates and _ hospital
administration alike was the
small size of the crowd at the
meeting.

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turnout of 5,000 peuple at
the meeting, but go: less
than a third of that.

More than 5000 hospital
society members’ were
present last year, after
extensive campaigns by both

pro-life and pro-choice
groups to sign up new
members.

Many of those who signed
up last year didn’ cenew
their memberships this year,
despite ospital-sponsored
advertisements reminding
members of the meeting.

LGH rented the Cen-
tennial Theatre and the Rec
Centre curling rink to handle
the anticipated crowds, but
the people who turned up for
the meeting were all able to
fit into the ice arena.

There are 17 members on
the board, 12 of whom are
elected by North Shore
residents. There are four
pro-life board memters at
the moment, all elected two
years ago.

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appealed to voters to cast
their votes on their abilities,
not their stance on the
abortion issue. Despite that,
the abortion issue dominated
the mostly orderly meeting.

There are “700 un-
necessary surgical
procedures performed
annually” at LGH. = said
Leduc. With hospital
operating costs at $38
milion for 1980, money
could be saved by
eliminating abortions, she

said. The wait for elective
surgery (about 1.800 people
now) could be shortened tf
abortions were not per-
formed, Leduc added.

Many unborn babies were
“destroyed on the grounds of
convenience.” defeated
candidate and = dentist,

Declan Lawlor, said.

But Bruce said, “I am not
going to send a girl up the
back alley as long as I'm
associated with this board.”

He said he thought it was
that

sad abortion had

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According to the Crimina!
Code of Canada, abortions
can only be performed when
the pregnant woman's health
is in danger. However, many
hospital abortion boards,
including Lions Gates’. have
interpreted this as both
physical and mentai well-
being. Pro-life forces wani
hospital boards to stick to a
harrower interpretation of
the iaw.

Bui winning candidate Vic
Anderson argued ihat
changes io the law should be
made in the poiitical arena

and not at the hospital board
level.

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