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Secondly, your reporter misquoted Hannah K. Vorwerk '90 in his statement that "Vorwerk described the Supreme Court's position on abortion as 'extreme' because it allows abortions as far as six months into pregnancy." Indeed, abortion in this country is legal through the ninth month, as documented in Doe v. Bolton. This point is specifically made in Vorwerk's article which, again, your reporter evidently failed to read...
...third point is a minor one. Your article named Vorwerk and Kathleen M. Taylor '90 as co-directors of Liberating Options and George P. Cassidy '90 as its secretary/treasurer. The publication itself has no officers or official positions other than editor. These titles are the positions formerly held by the above-mentioned individuals in the group, the Progressive Alliance for Life (PAL.) We have recently held elections, and as a new officer of PAL, I feel obliged to correct your mistakes. Again, these errors aside, the article was well-written and fair. Julie L. Whitman '93 Co-director, Harvard-Radcliffe...
This policy, coupled with a lack of social and economic programs for women with children, often places too great a burden on women, leading them to have abortions when other alternatives should exist, Vorwerk said...
...society tells women that they can have the child if they wish, but if they do, they will most likely be financially burdened," said Vorwerk. "There aren't enough programs that help out the woman in such a situation, and thus the woman usually chooses abortion. In West Germany, for example, social programs help to lessen the burden placed on women...
...would like to keep the two very separate in everyone's mind," said Vorwerk...