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THE HERALD Septembers 19M Page 13 Provincial election Abortion is a federal issue claims Elliot Continued from Page 12 system he said Sex education is a parent responsibility and private counselling programs should be made available to assist Mr Gon said The government can also help by educating the parents he said FCP believes abstinence be promoted as a virtue and putting sex education and cotfoms in schools will send a message that there is nothing wrong with pro miscuity Mr said A five to 15 per cent condom failure rate will also lead to more pregnancies and more abortions he said If a girl is not mature enough to raise a baby parents and grand parents should help raise the baby Mr explained The mother may not think she wants the baby but once the baby is born she will never regret having it he said Women will realize after having the baby that it s a life worth hav ing Adoption is always an option he added The government must trim down French language bill an important issue Although the province s French language legislation Bill has barely been touched upon during any of the allcandidates meetings in the North Halton riding local Progressive Conservative Can didate Dave Whiting said the con tell him they list it as the second most important issue next to government spendingtaxes Results from an informal poll the PC candidates carried out earlier the campaign and conversations with the public show the French language issue is important and most agree the legislation should be done away with said Mr Whiting People believe Bill is the first step by the province to declaring Ontario officially bilingual he said Bill which was supported by all three parties in the legislature means that in municipalities where the numbers warrant it the provincial government funds and offers provincial services in both French and English The Wetfmafett and it Rd Georgetown Ontario Unl4 ESTHETICS TANNING TONING W Serialize In Full Body Cn Eltctnifytb Tratmcnt Piercing Sun Tinning ffulni Tint Midlines 8736013 JUST ARJUVfDI Indoor Mall Ooorgotown As DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TRENTON 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN J ACROSS FROM LIBRARY Is3 AND CULTURAL CENTFlf- 8772359 municipality t required to pro vide any funding for these provincially run programs Mr Whiting agrees with the reason behind Bill to ac commodate minority language rights but he argues its un necessary Before Bill was pass ed no one for example using the provincial court system anywhere Continued on Page 14 programs such as pay equity to make more funding available for single mother s assistance Mr Gon insists You cannot beat lpve with violence he said adding that society is becoming increasingly violent when people can choose who will die Even if a woman becomes preg as the result of a rape it would not improve the woman s situation by adding another trauma to her life Mr Gon insists It may be to turn back the effect of the rape but having an abortion will not eliminate the stress he ex plained The birth should not be terminated when the baby is not at fault Mr Gon said Aware of the reports that wanted babies have been left to die in garbage bins Mr Gon argued there s no difference if you throw the baby the garbage five ths before or five months after the birth However Liberal incumbent Walt Elliot said he has always ad vised girls to see the pregnancy through and as a former educator he has arranged for home instruc tion for many teenage women But he said once the girls make a choice the support must be available Sex education should be available in schools because it is not always easy for parents to ac cept that their children are sexual ly active Mr Elliot said Mr Elliot said condom machines were installed schools to prevent the spreading of ADDS and doesn t believe teens will be more sexually active if the machines are provid ed An abortion is a federal issue the provincial government is responsible for providing health care Mr Elliot said adding that proper clinics must exist to per form the accepted procedure In response to Mr s state ment that pregnancies from rape still do not necessitate abortion Mr Elliot said Mr Gon wouldn t consider the ramifications of a girl becoming pregnant as a result of a rape by a family member This wouldn enter the mind of a single- issue man Mr Elliot said North Halton Libertarian Party candidate John Shadbolt said he can t understand how a man can dictate what a woman should do with her body and said another person s will shouidn t be imposed on others However he did express concern that there may not be a large enough young population to care for an aging society North Halton Progressive Con servative candidate Dave Whiting said he t agree with abortion clinics because he believes abortions are becoming a form of birth control Women are having as many as three abortions he said Mr Whiting said the line should be drawn at performing abortions for medical reasons in a hospital setting by qualified doctors North Halton 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