European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 10, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bill passes new governor expected to of rewritten measure Baton Rouge la. Not a after failing to override a veto of what would have been an almost total ban on abortion the Louisiana legislature on sunday passed a Bill almost As strict. The new measure based on language the governor has indicated he would support bans All abortions except to save the life of a pregnant woman or to end first trimester pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The amendments require rape victims to report the attack to the authorities and to seek medical attention if within seven Days. It would be the strictest abortion ban in any state and includes penalties of up to 10 years at hard labor for anyone performing an abortion. The measure is intended to revive a strict 1855 state abortion ban and create a Challenge to the . Supreme court on its 1973 Roe is Wade decision that found a constitutional right to abortion. Gov. Buddy Rocker has 20 Days to act on the measure said John Kennedy special counsel to the governor. Backers of the Bill say it does not subject pregnant women who obtain illegal abortions to penalties but opponents said that they Are not explicitly excluded. A similar Bill but without the rape and incest exceptions was vetoed by governor on Friday. The House voted to override that veto but the backers in the Senate where anti abortion forces were three votes Short of the 26 needed decided sunday that they had no Chance to overcome the veto. Instead they attached the new abortion measure with the rape and incest exceptions to separate legislation on Flag burning and passed it by 32 to 7. The House quickly followed suit 83 to 22. Though anti abortion activists have fought hard for what they Call a a pure Quot Bill one that allows no exceptions for rape or incest. Passage of the proposal was urged on the theme Quot it is better to save the Many than none at  sen. Cleo Fields a Democrat of Baton anti abortion demonstrators make their feelings known outside the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge on sunday. A Rouge arguing against the Bill told his colleagues Quot regardless of what you say the governor might veto this legislation  a this Bill is stronger than the Bill that Idaho vetoed Quot said rep. James David Cain of dry Creek arguing in favor of the newly amended Bill As the House debate began. Cain a Democrat was author of the anti Flag burning Bill. A the Senate has sent us the Best that we can come up with Quot rep. Sam Theriot a Democrat told his colleagues. A this is our last Chance this  though the Bill has been weakened he said a it is nonetheless the tightest Bill of its  lobbyists on both sides of the Issue expressed disappointment in sundays actions Robin Rothrock president of the league of women voters of Louisiana said a i done to think the legislators realized what they were doing. You Are going to see the feminization of Louisiana pol pics. Quot Only in Louisiana could a Flag burning Bill become a criminal abortion  Ross Little or. An anti abortion advocate and chairman of the Louisiana family lobby said a a we Are appalled that certain senators would not even vote for a Bill that contained All the  the House voted 73 to 31 last Friday to override the veto. The Senate which had approved the Bill on june 26 by a vote of 24 to 15, voted to override the veto on saturday by 23 to 16, three votes Short of the requisite two thirds. The Senate rules of procedure allow reconsideration of action on an exe Culic veto and the Bill a sponsors tried again sunday to pick up three More votes to  californians a too Busy to vote Survey says los Angeles apr most people in California arc too Busy doing other things to bother voting in elections according to a Survey published sunday. In last months state primaries about 14 million who were eligible to vote failed to do so compared with just 4.9 million who did. Too much to do was the most frequent response Given by 2,260 people polled by Telephone for a los Angeles times Survey. The sounding has a error margin of 3 percent. Non voters registered or not share Many qualities with those who do vote. They Haye the same Range of views on abortion capital punishment and taxes the newspaper reported. They also were split evenly Between support of Dianne Feinstein the democratic candidate for governor and Republican candidate Pete Wilson. Where they appear to differ is How they perceive voting. For the non voters the practice is seen As More trouble than its Worth pollsters said. About 35 percent of those who were registered to vote but did not said they were too Busy a Lack of interest in politics the next most common reason was cited by 8 percent. Among unregistered non voters 22 percent said they were too Busy and 21 percent said they did not care. Other reasons Given by both groups were dislike of the candidates and the feeling that voting does no to matter. Most non voters Are Young with 56 percent aged under 40, the poll showed. Another Factor apparently governing voting patterns is mobility. Almost half of the registered voters who skipped the june election had moved within the last three years. Of unregistered non voters 60 percent had moved. By comparison Only 26 percent of the june voters had moved within three years. Handicapped couple fight police ban on Golf cart Erie Paap a a couple with cerebral palsy who depend on a Golf cart to get around the City Are challenging police orders to get them off the Road. John l. Shauberger 45, of Lake City says the cart provides him and his wife Kathy with their Only Means of transport. He was first cited May 21 for driving without a License and operating an unregistered vehicle. If he were to be convicted and ordered not to drive the cart on Public streets Shauberger said he and Kathy would be forced to walk with a Cane Ord Pendon others for rides. A a that a not Independence As far As in a concerned a said Shauberger who added that he can to afford a car modified for handicapped Drivers. Shauberger can walk with the assistance of a Cane. His 28-year-old wife is confined to a wheelchair. District Justice Charles Wise suspended completion of the hearing because Shauberger a lawyer could not at tend. Wise said he would Rule on the traffic citations and decide whether to Fine Shauberger $370 after the lawyer presents his Case. Wise said he would consider whether the Golf cart qualifies As a wheelchair when he rules on the citations. State trooper Paul Mcguire testified that wheelchairs Are exempt from being registered although operators must be licensed to travel on roads. Quot i think the essence of this whole Case is really the definition of a wheelchair a Wise said. A it would seem to me that a Golf cart would be safer than a Little narrow wheelchair on the  the magistrate said Shauberger had been cited Tor driving in a traffic Lane of the Highway without a Drivers License in an unregistered cart. Mcguire has stopped Shauberger twice this year. He said he and other troopers previously had warned Shau Berger not to drive on the Highway