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Friday Law gives parents say inabortion JOIN IN THE For A Good Cause For Team Involvement: 551-1826' Ll mm fa For Corporate Sponsorships: 552rl808 Sponsor: Clarksville Memorial Hospital TheEvent: August 9th -ffi 10th, 1996 TEAM EVENT TO FIGHT CANCER vmXW ill ill i- T-r ll1! tsmL 1 NASHVILLE (AP) U.S. Dis trict Judge John Nixon has issued an injunction that blocks a law that would allow Ten- nessee minors to get abortions with the consent of a judge instead of a parent Nixon said in his order that the year-old law greater health -and financial difficulties on the minor" because of a minimum 22-day delay for the judicial bypass 7 p)wedufe. "Some minors-will be forced to travel- out of state, since a three- week delay in obtaining an abortion mav nlacft their nrevnmcv nast -r- I rJ I the point in which a Tennessee--facility will provide abortion services," he said in his order Wednes- day. 1 Myra Yeatman, executive direc-: tor of Memphis Planned Parenthood, the group that challenged the law, praised Nixon's decision. 4 think it's just an exciting victory for the young women of Ten- nessee sne said, i reauy thrilled that the judge recognized the risk written in the statute." Right to Life executive director doesn't believe that a 22-day delay poses any health risk to a minor.

"I don't know where it is risky to her health," she said. "She's probably more healthy than a 25-year 4T4 i t.i a a ii vail uuiib. xi a juoi a taviiv to cause problems." 1 Nixon said that "medical evi-' dence demonstrates there are sig-, nificant health risks attached to a delay in obtaining an abortion." "The risks of delay are even more pronounced for minors whp typically experience some delay in -recognizing their condition at the outset," he said. Nixon also questioned whether there would be sumcient contiden-tiality for juveniles. The law allows tr rim paiit4 APlimntc 11ffh a pseudonym, except documents 1 that are sealed.

But the public could soil rind out the girl's identity if she appeals to' the state Supreme Court or during-. open court hearings. "Such uncertainty" may improperly force some minors, to forgo tneir ngnror appeav ne said. Both Yeatman and Sevier agreed -that parental involvement should still oe stressed on minors wno want abortions. Parental mvolvement laws are in the best interest of minors," Sevier said.

"If we truly care about a minor, her parents need to be noti- UC4J. While sometimes both or no parents aren't around, Yeatman said "We have alwavs encouraged teens to involve a parent, she said. survive copter crash SEVIER VILLE (AP) -r- Five rtf fir cnrvi th rrnsh of a helicopter Thursday in near- by Pigeon operated by Scenic Helicopters appeared to lose power shortly after takeoff, and came down in a nearby grassy field. The impact broke off, ithe landing gear, the rear rotor and shattered the windshield. The pilot and tour tourists an were taken to Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, which would not immediately release their names.

an emergency room official said me injuries appeared to be relatively minor. Totirist found slain near 1-40 KNOXVILLE(AP) The body of a 31 -year-old Canadian was found Thursday at a construction Knoxville. Authorities identifed the man as Robert Dennis Blair Adams of Sur-" rey, British Columbia. Sheriff department spokesman Chuck Denney said the man's body was found by construction workers reporting for work about 7:30 a.m.-The man was wearing only a shirt and apparently had been beaten to death at the site, Denney said: He said personal effects indicate the man left Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday in a rental car. He apparently drove to Seattle and caught a plane to Washington, D.C, where he rented another car.

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