European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes columns Helen Thomas other first ladies also had clothing problems Nancy Reagan is not the first president s wife who had to grapple with the problem of clothes and Public perception. Mrs. Reagan has been borrowing de signer clothes throughout her years in Hie White House for her showcase appear ances. The garments arc usually on loan and she a Cums them or they arc Given to her. Although it was not required she was advised to report the items on the presi Dent s financial disclosure statement in 1982, and did so. But in the ensuing years she dropped the practice and has not made any Public listing of her clothes on loan. The first lady had a haute couture image when she moved into the White House. Her anti drug crusade Chang Edall that and she has been honoured Many times for her contributions to the nation s Young people. The clothes Story has been unsettling for her and for the White House out of tears that it May cast a frivolous Shadow on All the Good things she has been doing. With Only a Short time remaining in the White House the reagans probably figure the subject will become moot. The latest statements on the subject indicate that mrs Reagan will do what she thinks is right and she does t Sec anything wrong with promoting one of the nation s biggest industries. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was enamoured with Beautiful clothes and had a problem of having to buy american when she loved French fashions. More Chiin once she had parisian fashions sent to the White House in the name of he Secretary while mrs. Reagan prefers Adolfo Bill Blass Oscar do la Rynta and Jame Galanos High on mrs. Kennedy s list Wasolek Cassoni. But Civen Chy and dior were also big numbers in the White House during Siso " x the  Jackie s heyday. Mrs. Kennedy ran into the kind of flak mrs. Reagan has suffered during the 1960 Campaign when there was a heavy press concentration on her wardrobe and the Money she was spending for clothes. In exasperation one Day she exclaimed if All the reports were True she would be wearing Mink underwear pal Nixon Betty Ford and Rosayln Carter were less clothes conscious but always Well dressed and careful in their selections. None of. Them however was identified with the major Jet set design ers of the Day. Mrs. Reagan lakes her Hairdresser Julius Bengtsson on air Force one when she travels abroad or lakes important Domestic trips and is always perfectly  there was a time when a first lady would be severely criticized for taking along her Hairdresser even when travel ing abroad. Hence mrs. Nixon disguised her hairstylist As a Secretary when the Nixon took her on trips. Mrs. Reagan has spoken of peaks and valleys in her role the highs and lows. She experienced one Low on the Day the while House announced she had been invited to speak to the untied nations general Assembly on the drug problem an unprecedented invitation for the first lady. The Story capturing the headlines thai Day was her Rodeo drive wardrobe. When White House spokesman mar Lin Fitzwalter announced the appearance a reporter quipped what s she going to   of 1ir William f. Buckley or. A the fuss Over re 486 is reminding everyone of everything save possibly what More Lime should be Given to thinking about namely that abortion is a heavy act of moral egotism ,. It in t unhealthy but healthy that members of the Community should express their disapproval of Abor Tion in some Way. The same people who believe it is hoi Only natural but ennobling to refuse to buy Grapefruit juice if in was made in South Africa Are appalled at the threatened exercise of sanctions against the manufacturers of a French abortifacient How come How Are people supposed to express their indignation everybody is legally free to smoke cigarettes even though we know that cigarettes kill every year five times As Many americans As died inline years of fighting in Vietnam. Suppose that a tobacco company came out with a Brand of aspirin. Would it be offensive by those who oppose tobacco As a killer to organize a Boycott of the tobacco company s aspirin in protest against its mar Chandi Sincof lung killers. _ one wonders at the eternal naively of the pro  drug in question one dispatch states has no damaging Side effects on the user. The Only damaging Side effect is the snuffing out of a human life. "  reminds me of the question recently put this class a a College teacher. The father is suffering from soph this the Mother from consumption. Two of the children Are diseased and will in due course die from it. A third child was Lillborn. The Mother be comes pregnant again what do you recommend the class was unanimous in recommending Abor lion. Congratulations said the teacher. You have just aborted beethoven.".  having been said to attempt a human context for the controversy my own judgment is that re 486 ii Welcome and ought to be made Welcome in any society in which abortions Are free and Are the alternative Means of achieving the desired end. On one technical Point one should be absolutely Clear. The re 486 Pill is an abortifacient not to be confused with a contraceptive. ,. The  is to kill the fetus not to prevent its materialization. Still if abortions arc to be permitted their Mission accomplished through a Pill taken up to 49 Days after fertilization would appear to be a genuine form of medical Progress. I write in ignorance of the extent to which re 4s6 causes acute pain to the fetus. But presumably if taken very Early after pregnancy i.e., before the development of a sensitive nervous system the pain is reduced. Taken As a Day after Pill presumably its work would be relatively simple. If a Pill were developed that would cause an appendix to de materialize on would rejoice in the elimination of an entire surgical process and medical conferences having to do with the question should that appendix be taken out or should it not would become moot. The re 486 Pill it is argued has the additional advantage of being More effective than some surgical abortions. Anti abortionists should guard against any temptation to believe that it would be pleasant for abortions to be As painful As possible thai kind of thinking is related to the thought that those who com Mit certain sexual acts with other males ought not to complain if they contract aids. No the decision to abort having been made the Laws of society granting the Mother the right to abort All relevant medical technology is appropriately harnessed to the effective doing of the  of these Days one Hopes something Wil be invented that can act As a continuing contraceptive preventing the Union of sperm and egg. Something that a household seeking 10 avoid accidental pregnancy might Pur in its own tap water to be set aside when Conception is desired. If that development came along on a truly general scale a substance that might be put in the common drinking water requiring those who wish to procreate to take a Pilot that would neutralize it effects then there would never be any abortions As these would be unnecessary.  the right to lifers correctly Point out that at least in the United slates people who visit abortion clinics Are for the most part women who know that there has Bee available for Over a generation something called the Pill. Which if regularly imbibed a Ould make abortions unnecessary. A. -. So then applaud the impulses of those angered by the development of an abortifacient. But l Avin cooled Down Welcome its development As a form of medical Progress. The Opl dildos exp std in the columns and cartoons on this Page represent those of tie authors and lire in no Way in be considered us representing the views of the. Stars and stripes or the United states govenis Mienl