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Abortion issue not affecting Georgetown hospital The Herald Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Board of Directors will wait for Ontarios New Democratic Party to pass legislation on the abortion issue before setting a direction for the hospital said Executive Director John Oliver in an interview day Presently the hospital does not have an abortion policy and there are no physicians per forming abortions at the hospital Oliver stated When questioned if this states covered all abortionrelated possibilities Mr Oliver repeated there are no physicians perform ing abortions at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital MPP Noel wouldnt predict what the province would do in light of the Senates rejection of the federal governments proposed abortion legislation Bill He did say however the bill was a bad law It was very fuzzy and it wouldnt have worked well said the MPP Asked for his personal opinion on the abortion issue Mr Duignan reiterated his election stance I believe in freedom of choice Abortion should not be in cluded in the criminal code Bill would have included abortion In the criminal code but would have permitted physicians to perform them if it was deter mined the woman was in mental physical or danger HaltonPed MP Garth Turner said he favored a more restric tive abortion law but in the absence of support be voted In favor of what he called a com promise Bill Mr Turner would have preferred an abortion bill restricting abortions to women in physical danger The MP seemed to be upset the Bill was defeated by the Senate The House of Commons tried to find the common ground and an unelected Senate turned it down Legally they have the right to do this but morally it only represents Canadians namely themselves he said He predicted abortion clinics will now spring up across the pro vince and voiced the opinion the Ontario government will fund the construction of abortion clinics with public money Giuseppe Gori Executive Vice President the Family Coalition Party said Friday he supports the Bills defeat saying it represented a compromise on an issue where there is no com promise Mr Gori would only support legislation that made abortion a criminal offence except if it was performed to prevent the death of the mother Unlike Mr Dr Deborah President of Georgetown Hospitals Medical Staff and a member of the prolife group Physicians For Life gave qualified support for Bill The Bill was inadequate but better than nothing said Zeni She felt the Bill was a step ping stone on which the prolife movement could build upon to establish as wholly acceptable law From here Zeni said her group will concentrate on lobby ing both levels of government to address the problems facing women with unwanted pregnan cies Many now face poverty and unemployment she said As a society we should be able to pro vide better support to women without spouses but there needs to be more education and the will for changes to happen she said 15 million needed for hospital projects ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital needs million to fund three capital pro jects slated for 1991 says hospital Executive Director John Oliver Mr Oliver said Friday he is hopeful the provinces Ministry of Health will contribute million towards that total while Halton Region will contribute the re maining The money is needed to pay for a new roof renovations to the February is Heart and Stroke Month Please give hospitals chronic care unit and improvements to the heating and ventilation system including the replacement of some windows said the Executive Director The province and Region have already committed their respec tive shares towards the roof replacement cost said Mr Oliver Mr Oliver said the province has informed the hospital it will know sometime this month if it will receive funding to meet the cost for the heating and ventilation system He is hopeful the provincial funding may be available through the 700 million the New Democrat government has committed to public improve ment projects Halton North MPP Noel said Monday he doesnt know what projects the province will fund with this money He did say the biggest of the money will go to the areas in On tario with the highest rate of Continued on Page 2 Tie a yellow ribbon Ron Shames owner of the Vldn Ranch at Moore Park Plata gives a yellow ribbon to customer Joe Stanley at Video Ranch on Saturday He and his wife Muriel have been giving out yellow ribbons for people to display as a way of supporting the Cana dian troops involved in the Persian Gulf War Herald NEC proposing changes The Niagara Escarpment Com mission is proposing several key changes to its plan as part of the provinclally required Niagara Escarpment Plan review ac cording to an NEC press release The release quotes NEC Chair man Terk Bayly as saying the changes would significantly strengthen environmental pro tection along the escarpment According to the releases author Richard Murzin the pur pose of the Niagara Escarpment plan is to strike a balance bet ween protection conservation and development along the escarpment which stretches hectares from through Hills to the Up of the Bruce Peninsula The NEC is required by the pro vince to review its plan every five years As part of the review the NEC is requesting written sub missions from the public over the next four months commenting on the proposed changes The proposed changes include the following a freeze on new or expanded commercial pits and quarries on the escarpment the creation of IB new parks along the escarpment the increased preservation of agricultural land by curtailing lot severances including a proposal disallowing retirement lots new policies to permit farm- related smallscale commercial operations tighter restrictions on the creation of new building lots in escarpment natural and protec tion areas and no subdivisions on escarpment rural lands a moratorium on recreational ponds until a study Is done on their long range environmental impact new controls to protect the natural contours of the escarp ment landscape preventing ma regrading or structures People should send written sub missions to the NEC Georgetown office at 232 Guelph Street An In Ma 2 Fran IS 19 HwilHntt 2320 27 MM in TUlBt 10 limn Multi vehicle pileup Caledon P reported a threevehicle collision at Highway 7 and injured people The accident occurred when a van travelling east on Hwy 7 towards a red light went through the red light and collided with a Peel Regional roads truck travelling south on Mississauga Road The van rolled over on impact police say The truck was forced into another car which had stopped travelling north to turn left onto Highway All people inside the three vehicles were treated for injuries Seven were released while four were kept for observation but police said there were no lifethreatening injuries Police credit the Brampton Fire Department and ambulance for ar riving quickly and administering oxygen to some elderly people in in the accident and a oneyearold boy in the van who was born with a hole in his heart Passengers in the van were from the Clinton and Godench area while the driver in the truck was from Brampton and the driver of the car was from Toronto Police say charges are pending while they do more investigation on the accident No alcohol was involved The Herald has heart In February when you buy The Herald you make a donation to the Heart Fund We need your help Every tune you buy the Herald we will donate half of our proceeds to the Heart and Stroke Foundation campaign