By CHRIS LLOYD

LGH doctors den
breaking abortion law

Medical chiefs at Lions Gate Hospital are cate-
gorically denying that the hospital abortion policy
contravenes the Criminal Code.

Chief of Medical Staff at
LGH Don Warner and Presi-
dent of Medical Staff Dr.
Frank Sigurdson have jointly
replied to allegations of Pro-
Life endorsed candidates.

The four anti-abortion
candidates standing in
Wednesday's election —

Harvey Deibert, Dr. Declan
P. Lawlor, Anna Leduc and
S. Donald Swabey — made
various accusations in a
collective press statement
which was given coverage
in Wednesday's North Shore
News as a result of the
candidates declaring their
intention to run on_ the

abortion issue.

One of the charges
levelled by the four was that
the hospital's therapeutic
abortion committee does not
act within the spirit or letter
of the law, in defiance of the
Minister of Health and the
Attorney-General of B.C.

Doctors Warner and
Sigurdson reply: “The com-
mittee approves abortions in
cases where continuation of
the pregnancy is a threat to
the life of the pregnant
woman.

“Each member's (of the
abortion committee) opinion
is independent and bona

fide. This complies exactly
with the letter and the spirit
of the law.

“It must be particularly

stressed that (the applica-
tions of) patients appearing
before the therapeutic
abortion committee have
been pre-screened in the
doctor's office before ap-
plication is made.”
_ They say they are
disturbed to see “this
blatantly false statement
regarding the abortion
policy at Lions’ Gate
Hospital” and they insist the
hospital has never carried
out abortions where the
pregnancy has gone beyond
20 weeks.

Staff at LGH have re-
affirmed by an 80 per cent
vote that they wish the
hospital to continue with its

present abortion policy, the
doctors say, adding that the
preoccupation of abortion
by Pro-Life endorsed board
members cause division in
the hospital and distracts the
board from dealing with
other important hospital
matters.

Doctors Warner and
Sigurdson say the eight
hours’ discussion on
abortion during the past year
amounts to more than 20 per
cent of the board's time.

They are urging hospital
society members to turn out
to elect a board that expres-
ses the feelings of the
community.

About 4,000 people’ are
expected to attend Wed-
nesday’s annual meeting.

Cove school will be smaller

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remainder of the land it
needs to complete a full
school on the site. .
Trustee David Craig voted
against the motion, saying,
“I don’t feel the alternatives

have been explored
properly.”
But trustee Frank War-

burton said he supported the
plan “with reluctance, as the
best alternative since the
District won't go along with
us...

“We have been thwarted
all the way by what appears
to be subversive elements on
the District council,” he
said.

In July, North Van District
council rejected an ap
plication by the school board
to have two parcels of land
adjoming the Cove Chiff site
rezoned public assembly,
effectively blocking the
construction of a new school
to replace the detenorating
Burrard View

Several options were open
to the school board at this
stage. including extensive
renovations to the old school
or asking the Minister of
f ducation to expropnmate the
land from the Dustnct and
then lease it to the board

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