Title | Broadside, Vol. 2, No. 4, April 1971 |
Publisher | National Organization for Women, Houston Chapter |
Date | April 1971 |
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Digital Collection | Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/feminist |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
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Transcript | events APRIL 14—HOUSTON NOW MEETING— 7:30 p.m. Sixth Floor Auditorium. Houston Citizens' Bank &, Trust Bldg., 1801 Main. Nancy Callen will present a program and discussion. A film, made by students at Duchesne Academy, will be shown. These high school students inter-, viewed locally to get reactions to the women's movement. APRIL 16- NOW NATIONAL BOARD MEETS — Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, Colorado. 19 APRIL 17 HARRIS COUNTY DELEGATION MEETS WITH PUBLIC— 10:00 a.m. Jury assembly Room, Second Floor, Civil Courts Building, 301 Fannin. Let our legislators know of your support for the Equal Rights Amendment and the Abortion Bills. APRIL 19 ABORTION HEARINGS— 2:30 p.m. House of Representatives, State Capitol. The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee will conduct nublic hearings on House Bill 1092, a reform abortion bill for Texas. Plan now' to fill the House chamber. ABORTION HEARING SET APRIL 19 The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee will hold public hearings April 19 on an abortion reform bill for Texas. The hearings in Austin at the State Capitol will begin at 2:30 p.m. The House bill, drafted by Rep. Sam Coats of Dallas, would allow abortions to be performed by a licensed physician with the consent of the woman only if she is over 18. Parental consent would be necessary for women 16 to 18 years old and unmarried. All women under l6 would need parental consent for abortions. Texas' present law, which authorizes abortions only when the mother's life is jeopardized, has been ruled unconstitutional by a three-judge federal panel, but the state has not been enjoined from continuing to enforce it. A similar bill in the Senate has been referred to a subcommittee of the Senate Public Health Committee after a hearing March 29. The Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Tom Creighton of Mineral Wells ( the committee chairman) and Sen. Don Kennard of Ft. Worth, would allow Texas doctors to perform abortions on consenting women over age 16, without legal restrictions. Over 700 persons heard four hours of pleas from supporters and opponents including ministers, mothers, psychiatrists, and physicians. Three women testified who had either undergone abortions or had illigetimate pregnancies. Opponents of abortion reform came out in force for the Senate hearings. Mail to legislators is running heavily against the bills. The Texas Abortion Coalition plans to take a bus from Houston to the House hearing. The cost is $3 per person. Forty-four people must reserve a place to pay for the bus. If you can go to the hearings, call TAC at 666-6921 or 777-37^3. If you can't go to the hearings write your legislators indicating your strong support. Bob Gammage of Houston (District 2k) is a member of the House Criminal .Jurisprudence Committee. |