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...desperate for help, Melody Gavigan, 39, a computer specialist from Long Beach, California, checked herself into a local psychiatric hospital. As Gavigan recalls the experience, her problems were just beginning. During five weeks of treatment there, a family and marriage counselor repeatedly suggested that her depression stemmed from incest during her childhood. While at first Gavigan had no recollection of any abuse, the therapist kept prodding. "I was so distressed and needed help so desperately, I latched on to what he was offering me," she says. "I accepted his answers...
...identify with them on theology, probably, in many areas," he says, "but in the political emphases they have, I don't, because I don't think Jesus or the Apostles took sides in the political arenas of their day." He opposes abortion except in cases involving rape, incest or danger to the mother's life, but he is critical of Operation Rescue. "I think they have gone much too far, and their cause has been hurt. The tactics ought to be prayer and discussion...
...BEANS OF EGYPT, MAINE: This week production begins on the movie version of Carolyn Chute's novel about incest and squalor in trailer-park Maine. It stars avatar-of-hip Kelly Lynch...
...Hyde Amendment, the 16-year- old constraint on the use of federal funds to finance abortions authored by Illinois Representative Henry Hyde. The law, which initially allowed federally funded abortions only if the mother's life was endangered, was expanded last , summer to include cases of rape and incest. Furthermore, the revised Hyde Amendment requires only that a woman "self-certify" that an abortion is necessary. So, Representative Nita Lowey said recently, "I'd tell my constituents, 'Send a letter. Say you were raped. Say it was incest. Say you have heart disease.' " Lowey admits such advice is "lousy public...
...speak out about their rape experiences. Take Back the Night isn't a personal gesture of reaffirming control over one's life, Roiphe contends, but rather a form of public group therapy. The speak-outs have more in common with TV talk shows that feature recovering alcoholics and incest survivors than with the efforts to end violence against women...