The Nation - News from July 10, 1989

Florida Gov. Bob Martinez, who favors calling a special session of the state’s Legislature to enact new restrictions on abortions, said he expects “very aggressive” lobbying by both sides but hopes there will be no use of violent tactics. The Republican governor, appearing on ABC’s “This Week With David Brinkley,” said areas of possible compromise “between the rights of the unborn and the rights of women” include permitting abortions in cases of rape, incest or where the mother’s health is threatened. Also interviewed was Vermont’s Democratic Gov. Madeleine M. Kunin, who criticized the Supreme Court’s decision upholding a Missouri statute restricting abortions.