FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anne Fracassa
October 13, 1988 371-6522
AREA GROUP
/ Mrs. Carol Smith, Co-Chairman of Detroit Chapter Right-to-Life, that her organization is doing everything possib ~to support the efforts of the Michigan Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions ~ ~f;?o Jr~~
•:our purpose is to encourage the people of Wayne County and surrounding areas to vote "YES" on Proposal A on November 8th to end elective tax-funded abortions in Michigan.", Mrs. Smith said. "We want to do our part toward putting this Lj . - cJ-6/-;2 Js-? issue to rest once and for all." ~JP/U.-~/ , ~~ She noted that, "Thirty-six states have already decided that taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for elective Medicaid abortions. Michigan is the only state in the
Midwest that still uses tax funds for this purpose. We believe Michigan's citizens shouldn't have to pay for elective abortions."
Over the past 10 years, the Michigan Legislature has voted 17 times to end state funding of Medicaid abortions, but gubernatorial vetoes have allowed them to continue. "The legislature obviously feels this is bad tax policy, and recent polls indicate that a majority of Michigan's citizens feel that way too," Mrs. Smith said. ''A 'YES' vote on Proposal A will get Michigan out of the $6 million-a-year
Medicaid abortion business, and we believe the 'YES' vote will prevail November 8th. l"i37i]. Vote "Yes" on "A" ~ End Tax-Funded Abortions NEWS from The Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions MEDIA CONTACT: For Immediate Release John Wilson October 14, 1988 (517) 487-3376
LEGISLATORS, NATIONAL EXPERT QUESTION PRO-TAX ABORTION CAMPAIGN FOCUS AND COST SCARE TACTICS
Lansing, MI. -- In a press conference here October 13,
Senator Fred Dillingham, Representative Nick Ciaramitaro and
Dr. Allan Carlson responded to recent charges by the People's
Campaign for Choice (PCC) concerning the cost of a proposed ban
on tax-funded abortions and questioned the focus of the PCC
campaign.
Representative Ciaramitaro (D-Roseville) questioned PCC's use
of the argument that it is cheaper to abort than support
children of Medicaid recipients saying, "That argument is
clearly reprehensible --even if it were true". Ciaramitaro
pointed out that there were many reasons to oppose tax-funded
abortions. "Some feel that all abortions are wrong. Others
feel that abortion should be an option for women and that it
should not be encouraged or funded by the state."
Ciaramitaro went on to say that state tax funding of elective
abortions encourages use of abortion as a form of birth
WESTERN MICHIGAN OFFICE CENTRAL MICHIGAN OFFICE S.E. MICHIGAN OFACE 920 Cherry S.E. Suite 588 Knapp's Center 43000 W. Nine Mile Rd. Grand Rapids. Ml 49506 300 S. Washington Square Novl. Ml 48050 (616) 451-Q601 Lansing, Ml 48933 (313) 344-9595 (517) 487-3376
Paid for by, The Committee To End Tax·Funded Abortions 920 Cherry S.E. • Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 control. He noted that the abortion rate among Medicaid recipients is almost three times higher than that of the
general population.
Senator Dillingham (D-Howell) questioned the cost estimates
recently released by C. Patrick Babcock, Director of the
Michigan Department of Social Services, as well as Babcock's personal involvement in the PCC campaign.
Noting that Babcock is an active member of the pro-tax abortion campaign and that he has allowed his name to be used in PCC
fund-raising efforts, Dillingham said," Babcock's knowing association with the FCC's concerted effort to distort the truth is the last thing I would expect of a gentleman of Pat's
integrity."
Dillingham went on to say that the cost estimates recently released by Babcock were based on several false assumptions and did not take into account nationally published research concerning the increased use of contraceptives once abortions are no longer provided for free. Dillingham also noted that
60% of the women who have abortions use no form of birth control other than abortions and that 40% of the women who have an abortion have at least one more abortion. He also pointed out that an estimated 10% of the women who have a Medicaid abortion have more than one abortion in the same year. He concluded, "The potential for the conception rate to drop among
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Medicaid women is tremendous."
Dr. Allan Carlson of the Rockford Institute in Rockford,
Illinois, and a national expert on the long-range economic
impact of abortion, also questioned the validity of cost
estimates used by PCC. "Every child, regardless of where or to
whom it is born, is an economic burden on society.
That's a fact," Carlson said. "Taxpayers must subsidize much
of what it takes to raise every child, including the child's
education and so on. It is not until a child reaches adulthood
that it becomes an economic benefit to society, and aborting
children, particularly with tax funds, is short-changing all of
society in the long run."
Carlson concluded by estimating that, by the year 2025, the
national economic impact of what he called the abortion deficit
would be $1.45 trillion, including $291 billion in lost federal
tax revenues.
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CETFA TO BROADCAST STATEWIDE PROPOSAL "A" TELETHON OCTOBER 20
Novi, Mich. -- At press conferences today in Grand Rapids,
Lansing and Novi, Barbara Listing, chairperson of The Committee
to End Tax-Funded Abortions (CETFA), announced that the ballot
question group will sponsor a statewide telethon on Proposal A.
Listing said the one-hour program, entitled Yes-"A"-Thon, will
be broadcast on eight stations around Michigan between 7 - 8
p.m. on Thursday, October 20.
The program will be broadcast on the following television
stations: WBKB Ch. 11 - Alpena, WXON Ch. 20 - Detroit, WSMH Ch.
66 - Flint, WZZM Ch. 13 - Grand Rapids, WUHQ Ch. 41 - Battle
Creek, WLNS Ch. 6 - Lansing, WLUC Ch. 6 - Marquette and WGTU Ch.
29 - Traverse City.
In announcing Yes-"A"-Thon, Listing said, "The program is
intended to do two things. First, we want to inform voters
about Proposal A and encourage them to vote 'Yes' November 8 to
end tax funding for elective Medicaid abortions in Michigan.
WESTERN MICHIGAN OFFICE CENTRAL MICHIGAN OFFICE S.E. MICHIGAN OFFICE 920 Cherry S.E. Suite 588 Knapp's Center 43000 W. Nine Mile Rd . Grand Rapids. Ml 49506 300 S. Washington Square Novi. Ml 48050 (616) 451-0601 Lansing, Ml 48933 (313) 344-9595 (517) 487-3376
Paid lor by, The Committee To End Tax-Funded Abortions 920 Cherry S.E. • Grand Rapids, Mi 49506 Second, the telethon is an opportunity for citizens to contribute volunteer time and financial help toward the effort to win the 'Yes' vote. The program will provide important information but also will have good entertainment value."
Yes-"A"-Thon will combine live segments with taped interviews and profiles, including a feature on Ann Strubler, a violinist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The master of ceremonies will be Eileen Prose, host of a morning television show in
Boston. In addition, internationally recognized gospel singer and composer Martha Reyes will perform, and there will be appearances by:leading Michigan citizens, including Thomas
Monaghan, president of Domino's Pizza.
The telethon is being produced by Intercommunity
Telecommunications of Silver Springs, Maryland, a production house that has done similar broadcasts for other groups. Tom
Howard, winner of the Monitor Award as Best Television Director for 1988, is directing the production.
According to Listing, Yes-"A"-Thon has been promoted to local
CETFA groups around Michigan. These groups will be holding house parties during the broadcast and will phone in to volunteer time and make contributions. Telephone numbers for contributions and for viewers to take part are:
S.E. Mich. -- (313) 344-9595, Western Mich. -- (616) 451-0601,
Central Mich. -- (517) 487-3376.
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"Pro-tax abortion groups have been trying to confuse voters
about Proposal A and are engaging in a misinformation campaign,"
Listing said. "The Yes-'A'-Thon will give us the opportunity to
clarify the issue so voters can make an informed decision. We
are confident this program will help us win the 'Yes' vote on
Proposal A November 8 and end tax funding for elective,
medically unnecessary abortions in Michigan."
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BLANCHARD, MILLIKEN AND SWAINSON JOIN PROPOSAL A CAMPAIGN OF MISINFORMATION WITH STATEMENTS ABOUT RAPE-RELATED PREGNANCY AND ABORTION
Lansing, Mich. -- At a press conference today, Barbara
Listing, chairperson of The Committee to End Tax-Funded
Abortions (CETFA), ·charged that Governor Blanchard and former
governors Milliken and Swainson are attempting to mislead
voters about Proposal A and the issue of rape-related
pregnancy and abortion. Listing held the press conference in
response to statements made yesterday by the pro-tax abortion
trio.
The issue of rape-related pregnancy is raised by pro-tax
advocates because Public Act 59 of 1987, which will be enacted
with a "Yes" vote on Proposal A, does not contain an exception
for rape-related abortions.
"Unfortunately, Governor Blanchard and former governors
Milliken and Swainson have become players in People's Campaign
for Choice efforts to mislead voters about Proposal A. This
is evident in their recent statements about rape-related
WESTERN MICHIGAN OFFICE CENTRAL MICHIGAN OFFICE S.E. MICHIGAN OFFICE 920 Cherry S.E. Suite 588 Knapp's Center 43000 W. Nine Mile Rd. Grand Rapids. Ml 49506 300 S. Washington Square Novl, Ml 48050 (616) 451-Q601 Lansing. Ml 48933 (313) 344-9595 (517) 487-3376
Paid for by,The Committee To End Tax-Funded Abortions 920 Cheny S.E. • Grand Rapids, Ml 49508 ....3
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have to receive misinformation from their governor and former governors," Listing said.
According to Listing, statements by Blanchard, Milliken and
Swainson totally ignore the facts associated with rape-related
pregnancy, including the fact that pregnancy from rape is
extremely rare. This is common knowledge in the medical
community, and, as the Journal of the American Medical Woman's
Association reports, "Perhaps more of a gross exaggeration
than a myth is the mistaken and unfortunate belief that pregnancy is a frequent complication of sexual assault. This
is emphatically not the case."
Each year, Michigan taxpayers pay for nearly 20,000 Medicaid abortions. Over 98 percent of these abortions are not medically necessary. While specific figures on rape-related abortions in Michigan are not kept by the Department of Social
Services, the Department of Public Health or Michigan State
Police, it is estimated that far less than one percent result from rape. There is equally compelling. evidence from outside
Michigan that rape-related pregnancy and abortion is rare.
In Wisconsin, for example, where state tax funds pay for only rape-related Medicaid abortions, there were only four cases in
1985, and there was only one ~ase that year in Iowa, which has a similar exception. Extensive studies in other states also
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. ··-·- .... ~ illustrate the rarity of rape-related pregnancy. A study
published by the Illinois Medical Journal reported no
rape-related pregnancies in Cook County and Chicago over a
nine-year period. According to a report by the District
Attorney's office in Buffalo, New York, there were no
rape-related pregnancies there in over 30 years~
The rarity of rape-related pregnancy and abortion also is evident in the results of a study recently released by The
Alan Guttmacher Institute, an organization formed by Planned
Parenthood of America -- the operator of the nation's largest chain of abortion clinics. This national study found that only .05 percent of women have abortions because they are victims of rape.
"The PCC, Blanchard and Milliken characterize Proposal A as extreme because it does not have a rape-related exception, but there is nothing extreme about the law when you cut through the misinformation and look at the facts," Listing said.
For example, the law prohibiting the use of federal tax dollars for Medicaid abortions does not have an exception for rape-related pregnancy. In addition, the Congress just ended tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia and did it without a rape-related exception. If having no exception is an extreme position, the federal government and 30 states would not have adopted this position.
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·.·--....:·····--... :...... :;...." ... "The medical and statistical evidence demonstrates
conclusively that pregnancy from rape is extremely rare. In
addition, the experience at the federal level and in the
majority of states shows an exception is unnecessary," Listing said.
"The People's Campaign for Choice is using rape-related
pregnancy as part of its campaign of confusion. They also are
using rape to play off the fears of all women. The PCC's real
agenda is to force Michigan taxpayers to keep paying for
nearly 20,000 elective, medically unnecessary abortions each
year. They want to protect the financial interest
abortionists and other PCC supporters have in Michigan's $6.2
million annual tax-funded abortion business. It's unfortunate
Governor Blanchard and two former governors have been duped by
the PCC. We hope Michigan voters will not be fooled, and we
are confident that, with the facts, voters will say 'Yes' to
Proposal A November 8."
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... ·····-....., Vote Yes on ''A'' End Tax-Funded Abortions Yes Yes Yes October 28, 1988
Yes Dear Editor: Attached you will find a n opinion piece from Barbara Yes Listing, chairperson of The Committee to End Tax -Funded Abortions (CETFA). With the November 8 election only about one week away, voters are approaching an important Yes decision with Proposal A. The attached piece addresses some of the major issues Yes associated with the ballot proposal and the entire tax funding controversy. I hope you will consider using this piece in your op/ed pages to help clarify the issues for Yes voters. Yes Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Yes (l ?c~a~ Mashawn Blaylock Yes Media Representative v Enclosure Yes Yes Yes Yes Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions
STATE CENTRAL OFFICE S. E. MICHIGAN OFFICE LANSING OFFICE Yes 920 Cherry, S. E. 43000 Nine Mile Rd .. Ste. 215 Ste. 588 Knapp 's Ctr. Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 Novi, Ml 48050 300 S. Washington 616/451-0601 313/344-9595 Lansing, Ml 48933 Yes Paid lor by the Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions 517/487-3376
N·E·W·S · R·E ·L ·E ·A ·S·E For More Information, Contact January 11, 1989 Barbara Listing, President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 616/451-0601
HUNDREDS OF MICHIGAN PRO-LIFERS TO TAKE PART IN WASHINGTON MARCH; RALLIES AROUND STATE WILL ALSO COMMEMORATE ROE V. WADE ANNIVERSARY
Hundreds of Michigan pro-lifers will travel to Washington, D.C. on chartered buses
and planes and by car to take part in the 16th annual March for Life on January 23. The
March marks the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 abortion rulings.
Meanwhile, right to lifers back in Michigan will mark the occasion with rallies and
prayer vigils.
Chartered buses will leave from Grand Rapids, Traverse City, and Owosso, for the
nation's capital, while a chartered plane will be departing for the March from Detroit.
Each year the Washington March draws up to 100,000 right to life activists to
publically protest the Roe v. Wade mandated policy of abortion-on-demand and to lobby
Congress on pro-life legislation.
"The people of Michigan and America will never rest until this court-imposed policy,
which allows the brutal destruction of a million-and-a-half unborn babies a year
including fully formed babies in later pregnancy, is reversed," said Barbara Listing,
president of Right to Life of Michigan •
. Listing said that scores of local rallies, marches, and prayer vigils
STATE CEN"mAL OFFICE around Michigan would commemorate the anniversary date of Roe v. Wade. 920 Cheny, S.E. Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 616/451-0601 Roe v. Wade and a companion decision, Doe v. Bolton, overturned laws
protecting the unborn child in all 50 states and established abortion-on-
demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy (see enclosed S. E . MICHIGAN OFFICE 43000 Nine Miie Rd .. Ste 215 documentation on this often misunderstood point). Nov!, Ml 48050 313/347-1601
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE Suite 588 Knapp's Centre 300 S. Washington RIGHT Te LIFE Lansing, MI 48933 517/487-33 76
heA. T17 s1aa . , ~roun at1on s Translation Service Center
Articles from the Japanese Press
LIFESTYLES: POST-ABORTION THERAPY
ALBERT L. SELIG MANN Director, Tokyo TSC 111131 30 January 1989
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ATONING FOR ABORTION Robert Scalapino, Chairman University of California By Tamihiko TONOMURA, Senior Staff Writer Berkeley (From Asahi Shimbun) Ronald Aqua U.S.-Japan Foundation Norman Cousins University of California Some American women join mutual-support groups to overcome Los Angeles Frank Gibney post-abortion depression, but open discussion of such matters Pacific Basin Institute is rare in Japan. On the other hand, Asahi Shimbun reporter Walter Hoadley Tamihiko TONOMURA describes how many of the 1 million Japanese Hoover Institution women who have abortions each year turn to little-known and William Hosokawa Rocky Mountain News often costly Buddhist services to assuage their guilt. He Everett Kleinjans recounts the findings of two American researchers. Hawaii Pacific College David MacEachron Japan Society Crocker Snow WorldPaper Ezra Vogel Harvard University Haydn Williams (ex-officio) The Asia Foundation Robert Schwantes (ex-officio) The Asia Foundation
Contact: HOPE M. ANDERSON P.O. Box 3223 San Francisco, CA 94119 (415) 982-4640
Credits: Translated from the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun by The Asia Foundation's Translation Service Center. Tear sheets requested.
By translating Japanese writing for publication in the English-language press, the Translation Service Center seeks to provide American readers with insight into Japanese views on important international issues. The Center was established by the Asia Foundation in 1978 with financial support from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Japan Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Toyota USA Twentieth Anniversary Fund and other private contributors. Recent corporate contributors include I.B.M . Japan, Ltd., General Motors Overseas Corp., Burlington Northern Foundation, Dow Jones Publishing Co. (ASIA) Inc., RICOH Co. Ltd., and AT&T Japan. ATONING FOR ABORTION
by Tarnihiko TONOMURA, Senior Staff Writer (From Asahi Shirnbun)
Japanese women who have aborted, miscarried or had stillborn babies find solace in religious services, called "mizugo kuyo," for the repose of the dead child's soul. Since about 1 million abortions are performed annually, this is a common -- and lucrative -- sideline for some Buddhist temples.
"Anguished by their loss but guilt-ridden, most Japanese women are unable to talk about their abortion with anyone else. But they are comforted by this ancient rite," said Elizabeth Harrison, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of
Chicago who is studying the practice.
Harrison recently discussed mizugo kuyo and contemporary Japanese percep- tions of life at a seminar for inter-religious dialogue in Kyoto attended by
Christian clergy, Buddhist monks and scholars in related fields. Very little research has been done on the subject.
Harrison's interest in the custom was piqued by an advertisement in a train for a mizugo kuyo doll, and she soon realized that the practice met a very real need for women. Harrison initially focused her field research on the Kyoto-Osaka region and later extended it to western Japan and the Tokyo area.
At the seminar, Harrison described different memorial services and the role played by the Buddhist deity of mercy and the guardian of children.
Some bereaved women, for example, spend a day at a temple in Kyoto's
Yamashina ward and pray for the repose of the fetus. Although they mingle with female college students who are there from curiosity about convent life, personal motivation is not discussed. The time is devoted to religious observances.
TONOMURA - 1 In another sect, the unborn child is given a name and the woman carries a small wooden tablet inscribed with the name for one month. She is instructed to talk to the tablet, to place it on the table at mealtime, and to take it with her wherever she goes. She even bathes with the memorial, wrapping it carefully in a plastic bag.
After a month, the woman deposits the tablet at her temple. If she does not yet feel at peace with herself, the therapy is continued for another month.
Bardwell Smith, a specialist on Asian religions at Carlton College who is studying this custom, also spoke at the seminar. Harrison and Smith have found at least three women who, based on their own tragic experience, organized therapeutic groups. One group holds an annual retreat at a hot springs area.
The two American scholars agreed that Japanese women practice the ritual to atone for losing a child. In the U~ited States, women who have had abor tions or miscarriages often join support groups and discuss their innermost
feelings. Japanese women tend to keep their agony private and seek comfort
through purchasing a small Buddhist icon or having prayers said in perpetuity.
In Japan, Smith and Harrison opined, past misdeeds are believed to affect what a person is now and to have evil consequences in the future.
This fear of retribution can be exploited by unscrupulous religious
groups out to make money from mizugo kuyo. A temple in Osaka, for example,
charges $5,000 for a Buddha image and perpetual prayer.
But Harrison reported that judging from the responses to her question naire, very few women are afraid of being cursed by the spirit of the unborn.
They act from remorse.
TONOMURA - 2 Harrison and Smith said that although only a small percentage of women perform memorial services, their suffering shows the need for much better sex education and government approval of birth-control methods used elsewhere.
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Credits: Translated from the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun by The Asia Foundation~s Translation Service Center. Tear sheets requested.
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STATE CENTIW.. OFFICE 920 Cheny, S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49506 616/451-0601
S. E. MICHIGAN OFFICE 43000 Nine Mile Rd .. Ste 215 Nov!, MI 48050 313/347- 1601
March 21, 1989
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE Suite 588 Knapp's Centre 300 S. Washington Lansing, MI 48933 Dear Editor: 517/487-3376 Please find enclosed an opm1on piece that deals with public funding of abor.tion, an issue that is again in the news.
I sincerely hope you will consider publishing this piece in an upcoming edition of your newspaper. If you have any questions about the issue addressed in the enclosed opinion piece, please contact Margaret Baker, Administr ative Assistant, (616) 4-51-0601 .
"' Thank you, 6~~ Barbara Listing, President Right to Life of Michigan
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For More Information Contact: April 27, 1989
Barbara Listing, President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(517) 487-3376
Edward Rivet, Legislative Director (517) 487-3376
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN APPLAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF
PATIENT RIGHTS BILL
"Right to Life of Michigan is elated with the wide margin
of Senate approval of the Patient Advocate Bill," said
Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing Thurs day following the passage of Senate Bill 293. The bill,
sponsored by Senator Fred Dillingham (R - Fowlerville) , moved out of the Senate Thursday around noon after
considerable debate. The 29-5 vote in favor of the
measure sends a clear message to the House regarding the
STATECENTRALOFFICE extent and strength of Senate sentiment concerning this 920 Cherry S.E. Grand Rapids, MI49506 (6 16)45 1-0601 crucial legislation.
"We are particularly pleased with this victory in light of
S.E. MICHIGAN OFFICE Suite 205 the length and involvement of debate among Senate 27830 Orchard Lake Road Farmington Hills, Ml48018 (313)855-400 I members," Listing said. Intensive and substantive
dialogue concerning several proposed amendments contrary
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE Suite 588 Knapp's Centre 300 South Washington Square RIGHT Te LIFE Lansing, MI48933 (5 17) 487-3376 to Right to Life's positions failed to produce any new changes in the bill's content. The ultimate approval of
Sen. Dillingham's version of S.B. 293 amid these attempts at derailment evidences widespread Senate support of the principles of patient rights.
Despite questions raised that the proposed legislation is an abortion issue, the emphatic passage of the proposal left no doubt that the Senate sees it as a much needed patient's rights bill. Sen. Dillingham reiterated that pro-abortion opposition to language pertaining to fetal advocacy had not been voiced until very recently in the two years since its original inclusion in the proposal.
Right to Life of Michigan urges the House of Repre sentatives to follow the Michigan Senate's lead in passage of effective legislation designed to protect basic patients' rights.
Right to Life of Michigan represents 115 local affiliates and over 150,000 members statewide.
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STA'IE CEN'rnAL OFFICE 920 Cheny, S.E. Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 616/451·0601
S. E. MICHIGAN. OFFICE 43000 Nine Mile Rd .. Ste 215 August 4, 1989 Novt. Ml 48050 313/347-1601
Attn: Editorial Page Editor
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE Enclosed is an approximately 600-word opm10n piece addressing the Suite 588 Knapp's Centre 300 S. Washington "religious imposition" argument so often raised in the abortion debate. Lansing, MI 48933 I hope you will find an opportunity to present this additional 517/487-3378 perspective as part of your ongoing dialogue concerning the abortion issue. ·
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to write or call me.
Sincerely, ~~ Barbara Listing, Presi~t Right to Life of Michigan
Enclosure NOT A RELIGIOUS ISSUE
by
Barbara Usting, President Right to llfe of Michigan
People who favor unrestrained access to abortion claim opposition to abortion is
·a religious issue. "You have no right to impose your religion on others!" they shout.
As far as imposing religious beliefs goes, quite ·frankly, they're right. Our
Constitution protects us from having a religion foisted upon us. We are free to choose a
deity or deny one, we may worship with rock style mu_sic or silent meditation, and we
choose for ourselves whether we will pray using "Thee's" and "Thou's." These are
religious issues and none of us has the right to make choices for another. Abortion is not a religious issue. It is a life issue. The Fourteenth Amendment to
our Constitution states clearly that no one may be denied his or her most fundamental
right - the right to life: "No state shall ••• deprive any person of life, liberty or
property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws." Clearly in our nation of many religions and freedom of belief, we will not come
to. agreement on the theological questions surrounding abortion. In our pluralistic
society we must make laws based on medical facts and scientific evidence. The question a secular society must anwer is whether or not the developing entity within a
woman's womb is or is not a human being.
When does human life begin? According to biologists, it begins at conception. The
human ovum was discovered in 1827. By the middle of the nineteenth century, it was
medically established that the life of each individual begins at conception. In response to this discovery, the newly formed American Medical Association began lobbying for
laws against taking fetal life. listing- 2 Religious Issue
One report filed by a committee of the AMA in 1859 stated: There is
"widespread popular ignorance of the true character of the crime (abortion) - a belief even among mothers themselves that the fetus is not alive until after the period of quickening." The report went on to say: Laws permitting abortion until quickening "are based, and only based, upon mistaken and exploded medical dogmas."
Geneticists discovered that each of us is unique from the moment of conception.
Fetologists know that an unborn child's heartbeat can be detected at 18 days, brain waves can be recorded at 4-0 days, and by the time an unborn child is 7 weeks old, it has unique fingerprints.
Research and technological advances continue to teach us about our experience before birth. Medical researchers have documented the stages of human development: zygote, embryo, fetus, infant, child, adolescent, adult. There is not one piece of scientific evidence suggesting the developing entity in or out of the uterus is anything other than a human being.
Even the Religious Coalition for Aborti~n Rights admits, "No one disputes the fact that a physical human being is created at fertilization." They explain the logic that leads to accepting abortion, "But to describe a human being strictly in terms of the physical ignores the essential aspect of the spiritual."
Foisting religious opinion on the unborn is at the center of the debate. No longer is it enough to simply be human. Abortion rights advocates now require that an individual meet some religious criteria to qualify as having "personhood" or
"meaningful" life.
We cannot capitulate life and death decisions to a few religions who view life as something that can be discarded or redefined at will. To do so opens the door to revoking all ·laws against taking human life.
END __ t.J:om 1989 National Right to Life Committee Convention handbook Abortton.• .... Before & After Roe Stattsttcs. •
ublic opinion polls have clearly and con· P sistently shown that the overwhelming majority of the American people do not believe abortion should be legal except under a few, very rare, circumstances: when the mother's life is endanger~d by cont:nuing the pregnancy, when the pregnancy results from rape or incest, and, to a lesser extent, when the baby will be born with a handicap. Pro· abortion organizations such as NOW, Planned Parenthood, and NARAL, of course, vehemently support the Supreme Court~s 1973 Ru v. Wadi decision allowing a woman to have an abortion for any reason whatsoever. But they also can read the polls and ~very time one of their spokespeople steps up to a mike, she talks almost exclusively about abortion for TIN 22 million llborlioru ftnt:fl 1973 eqt.UJU tiN ~these few. "hard" cases. In an outrageous J1o11u1tatiora of IM 11 11G1u ira py. attempt to distort reality to conform to public opinion, a~rtion supporters strive to make the American people believe that women t•.irr, to aoortion only rel•lctantl;r when they literally have no other "choice." But the statistics on abortion • • compiled by pro-abortion organizations • • tell the true story. The sheer enormity of the number of abortions alone reveals the absurdity of the claim that abortion is chosen only by women who find themselves in the most desperate of circumstances. Even a cursory review of the statistics shows that abortion is not, in fact, the option of last resort. Since legalization abortion has, instead, become the first choice • • indeed, often the only choice • • for women who, in the words of abor tion supporter Dr. Irvin Cushner, "do not wish to be pregnant at this particular time." (Dr. Cushner made that statement before a Senate subcommittee in 1981.)
• Over 22 million un~m babies have been aborted since 1973. Twenty-two million equals the com· bined populatiou of 11 Midwest and Western states (see map). e In 1985, 1,588,550 abortions were recorded, an increase of well over 100~ since 1973, when the annual fipre wu 74+,600. • Every 20 secondl a baby is aborted. 181 abortions are done every hour. 4,352 every day. 30,549 every week, and 132,379 every month. • At least 30" of all pregnancies are now ended by abortion. For unmarried women, the figure more than doubles· • 63" of pregnancies to unmarried women are aborted. For teenagers, 41·46" of prepancies are aborted. • Approximately 50" of women undergoing abortion reported that they had not used any method of contraception at the time they had become pregnant, according to a March 19, 19891As A.,_, Tirul poll. Clearly, the ready availability of abortion has taken away much of the incentive for couples to make any attempt to prevent a pregnancy they do not want.
76 from NRLC Com.renLion l QHG handbook. e Between 1974 and 1983 the repeat abortion rate has soared drastically · · 166%. 39% of women ' having abortions in 1983 had already had at least one previous abortion. Such a high rate of repeat abortions shows that women are choosing abortion more and more as a method of birth control than as a last resort in times of intense personal crisis.
Pro·abortionuu grossly exaggerate th. number of illegal abortions and deaths bejor~ B~e v. Wade.
One of the major ongoing lines of defense offered to keep abortion on demand legal is to insist that the Rot ''In NA.JUL fth. acronymfor the decision did not result in an increase in abortion: that th.n·National Allociationfor the the same number of abortions are now done legally Reform Abortion Laws] we which were formally done illegally. Significantly, of however, the minute they are asked for data to back up generally empluuized the drama of their charges, in their typical "hit and run" debating th. individual ctUe, not th. mtUS style they rush off to another topic. statUtics, but when we spok. of the An·all·too·common example of this mode of attack appeared in an article by Suzanne Gordon in the April latter it was always '5, 000 to 4, 1989 Wt.r.rhington Post Health Magazine. She stated 10,000 deatlu a year.' I confess that ''more than 1. 2 million women are estimated to tha.t I knew the figures were totally have had illegal abortions each year before Roe v. Welli6, and approximately 5,000 died annually as a result." false. . . But in the 'morality' of Obviously, no official record of the number of illegal our revolution, it WtU a useful abortions exists. Such estimates of more than figure, widely accepted, so why go 1 million illegal abortions and 5,000 deaths annually, however, may be made by those skilled in public out of our way to correct it with relations ploys on behalf of lel!lal abortiGal, but not by honest statUtics?" anyone who looks at' the figures we do have on the · number oflegal abortions after 1973 and the number of Dr. Btmard Ntlllr4tuon, ,,., of tM forJ.Nim of NAIUL all pregnmcy·related maternal deaths before 1973. aNi Dfttl the dirmor of tM bwiut a/Jortitm clini& in tlu Wtslml world. Frrnn Aboning America, DouJJIM/iq, These statistics prove that the pro-abortion estimates 1979. have no basis in either fact or logic.
• During 1973, after the Supreme Court had legalized ~bortion .on demand nationwide in January of that year, 74+,600 abortions were done (according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, an afTtliate of Planned Parenthood, which surveys abortion providen and compiles abortion statistics). If abortion supporten want to claim that more than 1.2 million illegal abortions took place before 1973 then they must also explain why the legalization of abortion caused in immediate drop of more than 450,000 in the number or abortions! e The numberoflepl abortions did not reach 1 million unti11975, the third year of legalization. It was not until 1977 • • four years after Rot and with 2,688 abortion providen in operation -- that the number exceeded 1.2 million, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. The total number of legal abortions today is over 1.6 million. . • As for the number of deaths from illegal abortions, in 1960 the total number of all pregnancy-related deaths (&om abortion as well as from childbirth and other problems during pregnancy) was 1,579 (according to the Vital Statistics of the United States, Yo. II, Mortality, Part A. 1960-77). The pro· abortion argument that over 5,000 women died every year from illegal abortions strains tredibility beyond the breaking point. In order to reach a figure of 5,000 illegal abortion deaths, one must believe that all of the 1,579 officially recorded maternal deaths were Qjl caused by illegal abortions and
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an additional 3, 421 deaths were also caused by illegal abortions but the death certificates were falsi fied to attribute the death to something such as "heart attack" or "cirrhosis of the liver," and that no women died from any other pregnancy-related cause. But in fact, for 1960 Vital Statistics attributes 289 of those 1,579 deaths to abortion (legal and illegal). • In 1968, Vital Statistics reports 859 total pregnancy-related deaths; 133 of the 859 attributed to abortion. • By 1972, the year before the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand nationwide, there were 24 deaths from legal abortions and 39 from illegal abortions (according to the Centers for Disease Control Abortion Surveillance, Annual Summary 1978).
Not only have pro-abortionists grossly exaggerated the number of illegal abortions and deaths, they misrepresent what caused the decline in the number of abortion-related deaths. It had nothing to do with legalization of abortion. The number had been dropping steadily long before the first states legalized abortion. The real explanation are such factors as the availability of better antibiotics, such as Penicillin, the establishment of intensive care units, and better surgical techniques.
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~ 300- .. ~ .. 21.. ~ g 200- ~ ~ c: ~ !!. u 100- 4!1 2 " 8. 1940 1950 1960 1980 1990 Year SOURCES: 1940-1972: Data from U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, published In Thomas W Holgers. MD and Dennis O'Here, "Abortion Related Maternal Mortality: An In-Depth Analysis," New Perspectoves on Human Abortion, ed. Hilgers, Horan and Malt (Frederick, MD: University Pubhcatoons. t98t). p. 82. 1973-1983: US Centers lor Disease ContrOl. "Abortion Survaoltance, 1982-1983" (February 1987). MMWR 1987, 36 (No ISS). paga 41SS.
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·'W~ U.S. Congress Roll Call Votes on Abortion: 1989
Published by the Federal Legislative Office of the National Right to Life Committee December 1, 1989 For further information, contact: NRLC Federal Legislative Office 419-?th Street, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 626-8820
his is a compilation of roll call votes in Congress on took the pro-life position on those specific abortion-related key abortion-related issues during 1989, which was issues which were brought to a vote. the first half of the 101st Congress. T That balance of forces was at least temporarily disrupted This record includes nine roll call votes by the full by political currents emanating from the U.S. Supreme House of Representatives, and two by the Senate, as well Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. The as key committee votes. In addition, we have noted which Court's ruling, handed down on july 3, appeared to permit members of Congress sponsored bills, or signed briefS to legislative bodies to restrict abortion to some degree. The the Supreme Court, on either the pro-life or pro-abortion Court's consideration of the case, and the ruling itself, side during 1989. generated an upsurge in pro-abortion political activism, as well· as a flood of pro-abortion propaganda by many It is important to note that, while roll call votes on the organs of the mass media. floor of the House and Senate determine the outcome on many important pro-life issues, they do not tell the whole The political effects were most evident in the House of story. Many critical issues are resolved, for good or ill, Representatives, where pro-abortion forces gained the without floor votes-through negotiations which modify abili ty to muster majorities, at least on specific issues which legislation before it comes to the floor, through commit were carefull y selected by the pro-abortion lobby. Between tee votes, or through congressional inaction. the Webster ruling and the end of the session on November 29, there were eight abortion-related votes in the House, In order to be well informed regarding the overall pic on which the pro-life side was in the majority only once. ture of abortion-related events in Congress, readers are advised to subscribe to the twice-monthly National Right to As a result of the shift in the House, Congress sent to Life News (annual fee $16 for 23 issues), and to read the President Bush four appropriations bills which would have chapters on Congress in NRLC's annual year-in-review loosened restrictions on funding of abortion through the books. These sources provide detailed information on the federal Medicaid program, permitted funding of abortion context in which various House and Senate floor votes on demand by the city government of the District of occur. Columbia, and restored funding to a U.N. agency which supports a program of compulsory abortion in China. As noted in the explanatory text below, some of the President Bush vetoed all four bills. Pro-abortion con votes recorded here were on so-called "procedural" gressional leaders attempted to override his veto on only motions. Such "procedural" votes are reported whenever one issue-Medicaid funding of abortion in cases of rape they were, in practical terms, votes on the disposition of a and incest-and fell 51 votes short of the two-thirds major substantive policy issue. "Procedural" votes very often ity required to override. [House vote #6] determine the outcome of important issues in both houses of Congress, and a representative's real position on an The second session of the 101st Congress will convene in issue is often most clearly demonstrated by his votes on January, 1990. (Unlike some state legislatures, Congress oper such critical "procedural" motions. ates on a two-year cycle.) Both houses will vote on a number of important abortion-related measures during 1990- in cluding, possibly, a bill which would prohibit states from Overview of 1989 Session restricting abortion (see the box on the "Freedom of Choice Act"). These votes will set the stage for the critical Novem The pro-life movement suffered a number of reverses in ber 1990 congressional elections, in which abortion will be Congress during 1989. However, no pro-life law was a more visible issue than ever before. repealed or weakened, thanks to President Bush, who The National Right to Life Committee has also pub vetoed four bills which contained pro-abortion provisions. li shed a compilation of key right-to-life votes in the House In recent years, the pro-life side has been in the minor from 1983-88, and a companion volume for the same ity on most abortion-related issues in the Senate. Neverthe period for the Senate. For information on obtaining these less, pro-life forces won a number of significant victories brochures, see the box titled "Bulk Copies of Congres because a majority of the House of Representatives usually sional Voting Records Are Available."
1 Roll Call Votes in the Funding of Abortion House of Representatives • in the District of Columbia ~ ~ I Under the Constitution, the District of Columbia Mexico City Policy and Anti-Coercion Law is a federal jurisdiction. The entire annual D.C. budget, The U.S. "population assistance" program provides consisting of both funds contributed by the federal treas 1I over $200 million annually for "family planning" ury and funds generated through local taxes-is approp projects in foreign nations. At one time, this program was riated by Congress. the major source of funding for a network of organizations From 1979-88, the annual D.C. approp1iations bi ll con which work to legalize and promote abortion in less tained a provision which baned the city government from developed countries. However, beginning in 1985, the using "federal" funds for most abortions, but placed no program has been governed by two important pro-life restriction on the use of so-call ed "local funds" (even policies. though these "local" funds are also congressionally ap propriated). This provision did not prevent a single tax The first of these, the "Mexico City Policy," was adopted funded abortion, since it required no more than a simple on the authority of President Reagan, and has been con bookkeeping exercise by the city government. Throughout tinued by President Bush. The Mexico City Policy states this period, the D.C. city government paid for abortion on that in order to qualify for U.S. "population assistance" demand using the unrestricted "local funds." funds for overseas use, private organizations must stick to promoting contraceptives, and may not "perform or actively Finall y, in 1988 Congress approved, as part of the Fiscal promote abortion as a method of family planning." Any Year 1989 D.C. appropriations bill, the Dornan-Nickles promotion of abortion-except to save the life of the Humphrey Amendment, which prohibited the D.C. govern mother, or in cases of rape and incest-disqualifies an ment from paying for abortions with any funds, except to agency from receiving the U.S. funds. save the life of the mother. Some 300 family-planning organizations have accepted However, in July, 1989, the House Appropriations Com U.S. funds under these conditions. However, the London mittee reported out a Fiscal Year 1990 D.C. appropriations based International Planned Parenthood Federation bill (HR 3026), which would have restored the pre-1988 law, (IPPF), which is militantly committed to the legali zation of allowing D.C. to use "local" funds to pay for abortion on abortion in less-developed nations, refused to comply and demand, and "federal" funds to pay for abortions in cases has received no U.S. funding since 1985. of rape, incest, and life endangerment. The second policy, the "Kemp-Kasten Amendment," is a On August 2, 1989, during consideration of the bill on rider to the annual foreign aid appropriations bill. This the House floor, pro-life Rep. Robert Dornan (R-Ca.) law denies population assistance funds to any organization offered an amendment to prohibit any funding of abortion which "supports or participates in the management of a by the D.C. government. The pro-life Dornan Amendment program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterili zation." was defeated, 219 to 206, shown here as vote #2. After thorough investigation, the U.S. Agency for Interna President Bush vetoed HR 3026, stating that he wished tional Development (AID) formally determined that the to preserve the pro-life policy enacted in 1988. No attempt participation of the United Nations Population Fund was made to ovenide this veto. Instead, the Appropriations (UNFPA) in China's coercive population-control program Committee reported out a second version of the D.C. violated the Kemp-Kasten Amendment. This determina appropriations bill (HR 3610). This bill prohibited the use tion was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Dis of "federal" funds for abortions, except to save the life of trict of Columbia. Consequently, the UNFPA has received the mother, but-like the first bill-placed no restrictions no U.S. funds since 1985. on the so-call ed "local" funds. On June 22, 1989, during House consideration of the On November 15, 1989, pro-life Rep. Bill Emerson (R foreign aid authorization (policy) bill (HR 2655), pro-life Mo.) attempted to amend HR 3610 to restrict the "local" leaders Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Henry Hyde (R-11.) funds, but his amendment was struck down on a point of offered an amendment to write both the Mexico City Policy order. House pro-life leaders then urged the defeat of the and the Kemp-Kasten Amendment into the permanent entire bill because of the pro-abortion provision. However, U.S. foreign aid statute. Pro-abortion Rep. Peter Kostmayer HR 3610 passed over the pro-life objections, 229 to 191, (D-Pa.) offered a hostile amendment which, as Congres shown here as vote #3. On November 19, President Bush sional Quarterly accurately reported, "would in effect under vetoed the bill, again objecting to the lack of a pro-life mine the Smith amendment by, among other things, restriction on "local" funds. making it subordinate to the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade Congressional pro-abortion leaders then gave up, quickly decision allowing abortions in the United States." In effect, passing a third version of the bill (HR 3746) which con the Kostmayer Amendment would have nullified the entire tinued the 1988 law-no funding of abortions in D.C., Mexico City Policy. However, the Kostmayer Amendment except to save the life of the mother. was rejected, 229 to 163 (shown here as vote #1)-a pro life victory. The Smith-Hyde Amendment was then for mally adopted on a voice vote. C Health a. nd Human Services •U Appropriations The full Senate took no action on a foreign aid authori 4. I Pri~r to 197o, the federal Medicaid program zation bill during 1989. But the UNFPA issue surfaced p 2 ces (DHHS) have contained restncuons on funding of compulsory abortion and sterili zation, in vi olation of th e abortion by Medicaid and other DHHS programs. Since Kemp-Kasten Am endment. For this reason, the UNFPA 198 1, the language has permitted DHHS funding of abor has received no U.S. funds since 198!1. tions only "where the life of the mother would be endan On September 20, 1989, during considerati on of the for gered if the fetus were carried to term." This provision is eign assistance appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1990 known as the "Hyde Amendment," after its sponsor, Con (HR 2939), the Senate adopted an amendment offered by gressman Henry Hyde (R-11 .). pro-aborti on Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to exempt Because the Hyde Amendment is a "rider" to the DHHS the UNFPA from the Kemp-Kasten law, and provide $ 15 funding bill, it must be renewed each year. In September, million to the UNFPA, provided merely that the UNFPA 1989, the Senate (without a roll call vote) approved lan technicall y "segregates" the U.S. funds from China in it s guage to require Medicaid funding of abortion "for victim s bookkeeping. of rape or incest, wh en such rape or incest has been On November 14, 1989, the House first voted in favor reported promptly to a law enforcement agency or public of the Senate position, by voting 244 to 178 to "recede health service." This language came to be known as the from" the pure Kemp-Kasten Amendment; this pro-abor "Boxer Amendment," after its House sponsor, pro-abortion tion win is shown here as vote #7. Rep. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.). However, the House in effect immediately reversed itself [NRLC noted that this language could allow federal by voting to add to the Mikulski Amendment an (\dditional funding of abortions (I) based on verbal claim s of rape · amendment proposed by pro-life leader Rep. Chris Smith made to an abortion provider (" public health service") (R- Nj ), providing that the UNFPA would not receive the weeks or months after pregnancy is established; and (2) for U.S. funds unless the President ceit ified that the UNFPA minors who become pregna nt in consensual sexual rela was not supporting a program of coercive abortion or invo tionships which violate state age-of-consent laws (so-called luntary sterilization in China. The Smith Amendment was "statutory rape"). Moreover, because the Boxer Amend adopted on a vote of219 to 203. This pro-life win is shown ment lacks a "states' rights" clause, it could invalidate here as vote #8. dozens of state laws whi ch do not contain rape and incest Unfortunately, on November 15 the Senate rejected the exceptions, thereby forcing these states to pay for abortion Smith Amendment and reaffirmed its support for the on demand with state funds.] Mikulski Amendment [see Se nate vote #2]. The bill then O n October 11, 1989, during House considerati on of returned to the House, which on November 16 again rev the Fi scal Year 1990 appropriations bill for DHHS (HR ersed itself by voting 207 to 200 to drop the Smith 2990), Rep. Boxer made a motion that the House accept the Amendment. This pro-abortion win is shown here as vote Senate language. The House first voted 216 to 206 to "re #9. cede from" the Hyde Amendment (shown here as vote #4), Thus, HR 2939 as sent to the President contained the and then voted 212 to 207 to "concur in" the Boxer Amend Mikul ski Amendment. Preside nt Bush vetoed the bill, stat ment (shown here as vote #5)-both pro-abortion wins. ing that it "would fatall y weake n the integrity of the Kemp As a result of these votes, HR 2990 included the Boxer Kaste n anti-coercion provi sion by earmarking funds for Ame ndment when it was sent to President Bush. The Pres the United Nati ons Fund, the only organizati on that has ident vetoed the bill, stating that he wished to preserve the been determined to violate that provision. The Fund par Hyde Amendment policy (that is, federal funding of abor ticipates in and strongly defe nds the program of a particu tion only in life-of-mother cases). lar foreign governme nt [China's] which relies heavil y O n October 25, 1989, pro-abortion congressional lead upon compulsory abortion." ers attempted to override the President's ve to of HR 299?. Congressional leaders made no a tt e ~npt to override ~ h e A majority, 231 to 191, voted to override the veto, but this veto. Instead, they quickl y sent the President a new version was 51 votes short of the two-thirds majority required to of th e bill (HR 3743) which continued the traditional override. (The vote on whether to override the veto is Kemp-Kasten la nguage, a nd did not earmark funds for the shown here as vote #6.) UNFPA, and this bill was signed into law. Because the President's veto was sustained, HR 2990 was dead. T he House Appropriati ons Committee then reported out a new version of the DHHS appropriati ons bill (HR 3566), which contained the Hyde Ame ndment. T his ve r sion passed Co ngress without flllther .abOition-related votes, a nd was signed into law by the Preside nt. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) • As explained above, in the secti on on Vote # I, 1~ t since 198!1 the annual foreign aid appropriati ons bill has contained a provision kn own as the "Kemp-Kasten Ame ndment," whi ch deni es U.S. "populati on assistance" funds to any organizati on which "suppons.or parti c.ipates in the management of a program of coeruve abOit iO n. or in voluntary sterilization." The United Nations Population Fund (UN FPA) participates in and stro.ngly endorses China's populati on-control program, which rehes heaVIl y upon 3 KEY TO FLOOR VOTES 1989 COMMITTEE VOTES X Pro-life floor vote This voting record includes symbols denoting two 0 Pro-abonion floor vote important committee votes which occurred during ? Not voting 19R9. P Voted "present"-did not count o n either side On june 27, 19R9, the House Education and Labor # Not a member at time of vote Committee considered a bill to creme a new federal S Speaker of House (usuall y does not vote) child-care program (HR 3). Pro-life Rep. Tom Tauke (R-I owa) offered an "abortio n-neutral" amendment to in sure that anti-sex-discrimination language in the KEY TO COMMITTEE VOTES bill coul d not be construed to require agencies which * Pro-life committee vote receive federal child-care funds, including church • Pro-abonion committee vote affili ated agencies, to provide abortion-related servi ? Did not vote in committee ces (s uch as health insurance coverage for abor ti ons) . The Tauke Amendment fai led, 15 to 16, with fo ur committee members not voting. However, the Sponsorship of Pro-Life Legislation House Rul es Committee later added similar language or Supreme Court Brief to the bill. Congress took no fin al action on HR 3 H Co-sponsor of a Human Life Amendment, to amend during 19R9. the U.S. Constitution to protect unborn chil dren by On September 12, 19R9, the Senate Appropriatio ns prohibiting abonion, except to save the li fe of the Committee voted 15 to 12 to adopt an amendme nt mother (one or more of the following joint resolu offered by pro-abortion Se n. Barbara Mikul ski (D tions: HJR 25, HJR 86, HJR 97, HJR 103, HJR 11 4, HJR Md .) to the Fiscal Year 1990 foreign aid appropria 155, SJR 3, SJR 21 ). tions bill (HR 2939). As described in the explanatory R Signer of a friend-of-the-coun brief to the Supreme text for House fl oor votes #7-9 a nd Senate flo or votes Court in the case of Webster v. Reproductive Health # 1-2, the Mikul ski Amendment would have granted Services, urging the Coun to ovenurn the 1973 Roe v. $ I 5 million to the Uni ted Nations Population Fund Wade ruling, which legalized abonion on demand. (UNFPA), even though the UNFPA continues to sup pon and applaud China's coercive population-control program. The Mikulski Amendment cl eared Con Sponsorship of Pro-Abortion gress, but was dropped after Preside nt Bush vetoed Legislation or Supreme Court Brief the entire bill to prevent the amendment from be ..,.. Co-sponsor of the "Freedom of Choice Act of 1989" coming law. (HR 3700, S. 1912), a bi ll to prohibit states from pl acing any significant restrictions on abortion (see text elsewhere in this publication). $ Co-sponsor of the "Reproductive Health Equity Act" ABOUT THE HOUSE (HR 857), a bill to require federal funding of abortion, without restriction, throughout pregnancy, in all major The U.S. House of Representatives consists of 435 federal health programs (for example, Medicaid). voting members, each representing about one-half million persons. Members of the House are elected ~ Signer of a pro-abortion friend-of-the-court brief to to two-year terms. The Democrats have controlled the Supreme Court in the case of Webster v. Repm the House and its committees since 1954. As of ductive Health Services, urging the Court to reaffirm its 1973 December 1, 1989, the Democrats held 258 seats, ruling in Roe v. Wnde, which legali zed abortion on demand. the Republicans 176 (with one seat vacant). ABOUT THE SENATE The U.S. Senate consists of 100 members, two from each state, elected to staggered six.-year terms. As of December 1, 1989, the Democrats control the Senate and its committees, holding 55 seats to the Republicans' 45. 4 1989 U.S. House of Representatives Votes 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes ALABAMA 1 Sonny Cal lahan (R) X X X X X X X X X 2 William Dickinson (R) X 0 X 0 0 0 0 X X 3 Glen Browder (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 4 Tom Bevill (D) X X X X X X X X X 5 Ronnie Flippo (D) X 0 X 0 0 0 X X ? 6 Ben Erdreich (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 7 Claude Harris (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 X X X ALASKA Don Young (R) X X X X X X X X X H ARIZONA 1 John Rhodes Ill (R) X X X X X X X X X 2 Morris Udall (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 3 Bob Stump (R) X X X X X X X X X 4 John Kyl (R) X X X X X X X X X H 5 Jirn Ko lbe (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 1 Bill Alexander (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... 2 Tommy Robinson (R) X X X X X X X X X 3 John Hammerschmidt (R) X X X X X X X X X 4 Beryl Anthony, Jr. (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CALIFORNIA 1 Doug Bosco (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Wally Herger (R) 0 X X X X X X X X H R 3 Robert Matsui (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 4 Vic Faz io (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 5 Nancy Pelosi (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 6 Barbara Boxe r (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 7 George Miller (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ • 8 Ronald Dellums (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 9 Fortney Stark (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 10 Don Edwards (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 11 Tom Lantos (D) 0 0 0 .J 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 12 Tom Campbell (R) 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Norman Mineta (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ? 0 ... ~ 14 Norman Shumway (R) X X X X X X X X X R 15 Gary Condit (D) # # 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 Leon Panetta (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Charles Pashayan (R) X X 0 X X 0 X X X 18 Richard Lehman (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 19 Robert Lagomarsino (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 20 Bill Thomas (R) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Elton Gallegly (R) X X X X X X X X X R 22 Carlos Moorhead (R) X X X X X X X X X R 23 Anthony Beilenson (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 24 Henry Waxman (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 25 Edward Roybal (D) 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 26 Howard Berman (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ... $ ~ 27 Mel Levine (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ... ~ 28 Julius Dixon (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 29 Augustus Hawkins (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ... ~ • 30 Matthew Martinez (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ • 31 Mervyn Dymally (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 32 Glenn Anderson (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 33 David Dreier (R) X X X X X X X X X 34 Esteban Torres (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... ~ 35 Jerry Lewis (R) X X X X X X X X X 36 George Brown (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 37 AI McCandless (R ) ? 0 X 0 0 X 0 X X 38 Bob Dornan (R ) X X X X X X X X X R 39 Will iam Dannemeye r (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 40 Chris Cox (R ) X X X X X X X X X R 41 Bill Lowery (R ) X X X X X X X X X 42 Dana Rohrabacher (R) X X X X X X X X X R 43 Ron Packard (R) X X X X X X X X X 44 Jim Bates (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... $ ~ 45 Duncan Hunter (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes COLORADO 1 Patricia Schroeder (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 2 David Skaggs (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 3 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 4 Hank Brown (R) X 0 X 0 0 0 X X X 5 Joel Hefley (R) X X X X X X X X X 6 Dan Schaefer (R) X X X X X X X X X CONNECTICUT 1 Barbara Ke nnelly (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sam Gejdenson (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 3 Bruce Morrison (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 4 Christopher Shays (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 5 John Rowland (R) X X 0 0 0 0 X X X R 6 NancyJohnson(R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ DELAWARE Thomas Carper (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ FLORIDA 1 Earl Hutto (D) X X X X X X X X X R 2 Bill Grant (R) X X X X X X X X X 3 Charles Bennett (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 4 Craig James (R) X 0 X X X X X X X 5 Bill McCollum (R) X X X X X X X X X R 6 Cl iff Streams (R) X X X X X X X X X R 7 Sam Gibbons (D) 0 0 0 X X 0 0 0 0 ~ 8 Bill Young (R) X X X X X X X X X 9 Michael Bilirakis (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 10 Andy Ire land (R) ? X X X X X X X X H 11 Bill Nelson (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 12 Tom Lewis (R) X X X X X X X X X 13 Porter Goss (R) X X X 0 X X X X X 14 Harry Johnston (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 15 Clay Shaw (R) X X X X X X X X X 16 Larry Sm ith (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 17 William Lehman (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) # # X X X X X X X 19 Dante Fascell (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ GEORGIA 1 Robert Lindsay Thomas (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2 Charles Hatcher (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Richard Ray (D) X X X X X X X X X 4 Ben Jones (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ~ 5 John Lewis (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 6 Newt Gingrich (R) X X X X X X X X X A 7 George "Buddy" Darden (D) X 0 0 X X 0 0 X X 8 Roy Rowland (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 9 Ed Jenkins (D) X 0 0 X X X 0 0 0 10 Doug Barnard (D) X X 0 X X X X X X HAWAII 1 Patricia Saiki (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 2 Daniel Akaka (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ IDAHO 1 Larry Craig (R) X X X X X X X X X 2 Richard Stallings (D) X X X X X X X X X H 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes ILLINOIS 1 Charles Hayes (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ • 2 Gus Savage (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Marty Russo (D) ? X X X X X 0 0 0 H R 4 George Sangmeister (D) X 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 William Lipinski (D) ? 0 X X X X 0 0 0 6 Henry Hyde (R) X ? X X X X X X X H R 7 Cardiss Collins (D) ? ? 0 ? ? 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 8 Dan Rostenkowski (D) X X X X X X ? ? X 9 Sidney Yates (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 10 John Porter (R) 0 0 X X X X 0 0 0 ~ 11 Frank Annunzio (D) X X X X X X 0 0 0 12 Philip Crane (R) X X X X X X X X ? R 13 Harris Fawell (R) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 J. Dennis Hastert (R) X X X X X X X X X *H R 15 Edward Madigan (R) X X X X X X 0 X ? R 16 Lynn Martin (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Lane Evans (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 18 Robert Michel (R) X X 0 X X X ? X X 19 Terry Bruce (D) X X X X X X X X X 20 Dick Durbin (0) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jerry Costello (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 22 Glenn Poshard (0) X X X X X X X X X * INDIANA 1 Peter Visclosky (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 2 Philip Sharp (D) ? 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 3 John Hiler (R) X X X XI X X X X X R 4 Jill Long (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jim Jontz (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ • 6 Dan Burton (R) X X ? X X X ? ? X H R 7 John Myers (R) ? X X X X X 0 X X 8 Frank McCloskey (D) X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Lee Hamilton (0) X X 0 X X 0 0 0 0 10 Andy Jacobs (0) 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 X X IOWA 1 Jim Leach (R ) ? X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tom Tauke (R) X X X X X X X X ? H R 3 David Nagle (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 4 Neal Smi th (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jim Lightfoot (R) X X X X X X X X X R 6 Fred Grandy (R) X X X X X X X X X R * KANSAS 1 Pat Roberts (R) X X X X X X 0 X X 2 James Slattery (D) X 0 X X X X 0 X X 3 Jan Meyers (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dan Glickman (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 5 Bob Whittaker (R) X X X 0 X 0 0 X X KENTUCKY 1 Carroll Hubbard, Jr. (D)** X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2 William Natcher (D) X X 0 X X 0 X X X 3 Romano Mazzoli (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 4 Jim Bunning (R ) X X X X X X X X X H R 5 Harold Rogers (R) X X X X X X X X X 6 Larry Hopkins (R) X X X X X X X X X H 7 Chris Perkins (D) X X X X X 0 X X X R * LOUISIANA 1 Robert Livingston (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 2 Lindy Boggs (D) X X X X X X X X X 3 W.J. (Billy) Tauzin (D) X X X X X X X X ? H R 4 Jim McCrery (R) X X X X X X X X X R 5 Jerry Huckaby (OJ ? 0 X X X X X X X 6 Richard Baker (R) X X X 0 0 0 X X X 7 Jimmy Hayes (D) X p X X X X X X X R 8 Clyde Holloway (R) X X X X X X X X X H R ** In press interviews during October, 1989, Rep. Carroll Hubbard (0 -Ky.) sa id he had changed his longstanding pro-life position, and would in the future support federal funding for abortion. He also said that if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, "Congress should and will move to pass laws keeping abortion legal." 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes MAINE 1 Joseph Brennan (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Olympia Snowe (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 MARYLAND 1 Roy Dyson (D) X X X X X X X X X 2 Helen Bentley (R) X X X 0 X X 0 X ? 3 Ben Cardin (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 4 Thomas McMillen (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Steny Hoyer (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 6 Beverly Byron (D) X X X X X X X X X 7 Kweisi Mfume (D) 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 .... • 8 Constance Morella (R) 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 MASSACHUSETTS 1 Silvio Conte (R) X X 0 X X X 0 ? 0 2 Richard Neal (D) X X 0 X X ? 0 X 0 3 Joseph Early (D) ? X 0 X X ? 0 X X 4 Barney Frank (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 5 Chester Atkins (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 6 Nicholas Mavroules (D) X X 0 X X X 0 0 0 R 7 Edward Markey (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 8 Joseph P. Kennedy (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 9 Joe Moakley (D) X X 0 X X X 0 0 0 10 Gerry Studds (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 11 Brian Donnelly (D) X X 0 X X X 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 1 John Conyers, Jr. (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ? 0 .... 11 2 Carl Pursell (R) X 0 X 0 0 0 0 X 0 3 Howard Wolpe (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 4 Fred Upton (R) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 5 Paul Henry (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 6 Bob Carr (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 7 Dale Kildee (D) X X X X X X X X X H 8 Bob Traxler (D) X X X X X X 0 X 0 H * 9 Guy Vander Jagt (R) X X X X X X X X X 10 Bill Schuette (R) X X X X X X X X X 11 Robert Davis (R) X X X X X X 0 0 X 12 David Bonior (D) X X 0 X X X 0 X 0 R 13 George Crockett, Jr. (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 14 Dennis Hertel (D) X X 0 X X X 0 X X 15 Wi lliam Ford (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 16 John Dingell (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Sander Levin (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 18 William Broomfield (R) X X X X X 0 X X X MINNESOTA 1 Tim Penny (D) X X X X X X 0 0 0 H R 2 Vin Weber (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 3 Bill Frenzel (R) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 Bruce Vento (D) X 0 0 X X 0 0 0 0 5 Martin Sabo (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 11 6 Gerry Sikorski (D) X X 0 0 0 0 X X X H 7 Arlan Stangeland (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 8 James Oberstar (D) X X X X X X X X X H R MISSISSIPPI 1 Jamie Whitten (D) X X 0 X X 0 X X X 2 Mike Espy (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 3 Sonny Montgomery (D) X X X X X X X X X R 4 Mike Parker (D) X X X X X X X X ? 5 Gene Taylor (D) # # X # # X X X X MISSOURI 1 William Clay (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 • 2 Jack Buechner (R) X X X X X X X X X 3 Richard Gephardt (D) 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ike Skelton (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 5 Alan Wheat (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ 11 6 Thomas Coleman (R) ? 0 X X X X X X X ? 7 Mel Hancock (R) X X X X X X X X X R 8 Bill Emerson (R) ? X X X X X X X X H R 9 Harold Volkmer (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes MONTANA 1 Pat Wi lliams (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ • 2 Ron Marlenee (R) ? X X X X X X X X NEBRASKA 1 Doug Bereuter (R) X X X X X X 0 0 0 2 Peter Hoagland (D) 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Virginia Smith (R) X X X X X X X X X H R NEVADA 1 James Bilbray (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2 Barbara Vucanovich (R) X X X X X X X X X R NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 Robert C. Smith (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 2 Chuck Douglas (R) X X X X X X X X X NEW JERSEY 1 James Florio (D) ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? ~ 2 William Hughes (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Frank Pallone, Jr.*** X X 0 X X 0 0 0 0 R 4 Chris Smith (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 5 Marge Roukema (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ 6 Bernard Dwyer (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 7 Matthew Rinaldo (R) X X X X X X X X X R 8 Robert Roe (D) X X X ? X X ? ? X R 9 Robert Torricell i (D) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 ~ ~ 10 Donald Payne (D) 0 0 ? 0 0 0 ? ? 0 ~ ~ • 11 Dean Gallo (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jim Courter (R) X X 0 ? ? ? 0 0 0 R 13 James Saxton (R) X X X X X X X X X R 14 Frank Guarini (D) 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW MEXICO 1 Steven Schiff (R) 0 0 0 X X X 0 X X 2 Joe Skeen (R) X X X X X X X X X 3 Wi lliam Richardson (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 1 George Hochbrueckner (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 2 Thomas Downey (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 3 Robert M~azek (D) 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 ? ~ ~ 4 Norman Lent (R) X X X X X X X X X R 5 Raymond McGrath (R) X X X X X X X X X 6 Floyd Flake (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Gary Ackerman (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 8 James Scheuer (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 ~ $ ~ 9 Thomas Manton (D) X X X X X X X X X R 10 Charles Schumer (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ~ $ ~ 11 Edolphus Towns (D) 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 ~ ~ 12 Major Owens (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ • 13 Stephen Solarz (D) 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 14 Guy Molinari (R) X X ? X X X ? ? ? H R 15 Bill Green (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 16 Charles Rangel (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 17 Ted Weiss (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 18 Robert Garcia (D) ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 19 Eliot Engel (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 20 Nita Lowey (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ • 21 Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R) X X X X X X 0 X 0 22 Benjamin Gilman (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 23 Michael McNulty (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 24 Gerald Solomon (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 25 Sherwood Boehlert (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 26 David O'B. Martin (R) X X X X X X X X X 27 James Wa lsh (R) X X X X X X 0 0 0 28 Matthew McHugh (D) 0 0 0 X X 0 0 0 0 29 Frank Horton (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Louise Slaughter (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ~ ~ 31 Bill Paxon (R) X X X X X X X X X H 32 John LaFalce (D) X X X X X X X X X R 33 Henry Nowak (D) X X X X X X X X X 34 Amory Houghton (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ***On October 24, 1989, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) abruptly reversed a career-long pro-life position, saying he would in the future support legal abortion and Medicaid funding of abortion. 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes NORTH CAROLINA 1 Walter Jones (D) 0 0 0 ? ? 0 0 0 0 2 Tim Valentine (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Martin Lancaster (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 4 David Price (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 5 Stephen Neal (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 ~ 6 Howard Coble (R) X X X X X X X X X 7 Charlie Rose (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ 8 W.G. (Bill ) Hefner (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 9 J. Alex McMillan (R) X X X X X X X X X R 10 Cass Ballenger (R) X X X 0 0 0 X X X R * 11 James McClure Clarke (D) 0 X 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH DAKOTA Byron Dorgan (D) X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OHIO 1 Thomas Luken (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 2 Willis Gradison, Jr. (R) X 0 0 X X X 0 X 0 3 Tony Hall (D) X X X X X X X X X R 4 Michael Oxley (R) X X X X X X X X X 5 Paul Gillmor (R) X X X X X X X X X 6 Bob McEwen (R) X X X X X X X X X R 7 Michael DeWine (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 8 Donald "Buz" Lukens (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 9 Marcy Kaptur (D) X X ? X X ? 0 X 0 10 Clarence Mi ll er (R) X X X X X X X X X R 11 Dennis Eckart (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 12 John Kasich (R) X X X X X X X X X 13 Donald Pease (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Tom Sawyer (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 15 Chalmers Wylie (R) X X X X X X X X X 16 Ralph Regula (R) X 0 0 X X X 0 X X 17 James Traficant (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 18 Douglas Applegate (D) X X X 0 0 0 X X X R 19 Edward Feighan (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Mary Rose Oakar (D) X 0 ? X X X 0 0 0 21 Louis Stokes (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ ~ OKLAHOMA 1 James lnhofe (R) X X X X X X X X X R 2 Mike Synar (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Wes Watkins (D) X 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dave McCurdy (D) 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Mickey Edwards (R) X X X X X X X X X H 6 Glenn English (D) X X X X X X 0 X X OREGON 1 Les AuCoin (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ ~ 2 Robert F. Smith (R) X X X X X X X X X 3 Ron Wyden (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ ~ 4 Peter DeFazio (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ ~ 5 Denny Smith (R) X X X X X X X X ? R PENNSYLVANIA 1 Thomas Foglietta (D) 0 0 0 ? ? 0 0 0 0 $ 2 Wi ll iam Gray (D) 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ 3 Robert Borski (D) X X 0 X X X 0 0 0 4 Joseph Kolter (D) ? X 0 X X X X X X H R 5 Richard Schulze (R) X X X X X X X X X 6 Gus Yatron (D) X X X ? ? ? X X X 7 Curt Weldon (R) X X X X X X X X X R 8 Peter Kostmayer (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ ~ 9 Bud Shuster (R) X X X X X X X X X 10 Joseph McDade (R) ? X X X X X X X ? 11 Paul Kanjorski (D) X X X X X X X X X H 12 John Murtha (D) X X 0 X X X X X X R 13 Lawrence Coughlin (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 William Coyne (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 15 Don Ritter (R) X X X X X X X X X 16 Robert Walker (R) X X X X X X X X X R 17 George Gekas (R) X 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 18 Doug Walgren (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 William Goodling (R) X X X X X X 0 X X ? 20 Joseph Gaydos (D) X X 0 X X X X X X * 21 Thomas Ridge (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 22 Austin Murphy (D) ? X X X X X X X X H ? 23 William Clinger, Jr. (R) X X 0 X X X X X X 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes RHODE ISLAND 1 Ron Machtley (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ 2 Claudine Schneider (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... $ ~ SOUTH CAROLINA 1 Arthur Ravenel , Jr. (R) X X 0 0 0 0 0 X X R 2 Floyd Spence (R) X X X X X X X X X 3 Butler Derrick (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 4 Elizabeth Patterson (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 5 John Spratt, Jr. (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Robin Tallon (D) X X X X ? X X X X SOUTH DAKOTA Tim Johnson (D) X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 TENNESSEE 1 James Quillen (R) ? X X X X X X X X 2 John Duncan, Jr. (R) X X X X X 0 X X X 3 Marilyn Lloyd (D) X X X X X X 0 X X 4 James Cooper (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Bob Clement (D) X X X X X X 0 0 0 6 Bart Gordon (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Donald Sundquist (R) X X X X X X 0 X X H R 8 John Tanner (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Harold Ford (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ TEXAS 1 Jim Chapman (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2 Charles Wilson (D) 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 X 0 .... $ ~ 3 Steve Bartlett (R) X X X X X X X X X H R 4 Ralph Hall (D) X X X X X X X X X * 5 John Bryant (D) ? 0 ? ? ? 0 0 0 ? .... ~ 6 Joe Barton (R) X X X X X X ? X X H R 7 Bill Archer (R) X X X X X X X X X 8 Jack Fields (R) X X X X X X X X X R 9 Jack Brooks (D) 0 0 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ? 10 J.J. Pickle (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 11 Marvin Leath (D) ? X X X X X 0 X ? 12 Pete Geren (D) # # 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 Bil l Sarpalius (D) X X X X X X X X X 14 Greg Laughlin (D) X X X X X X X X X 15 E. "Kika" de Ia Garza (D) X 0 0 X X ? X 0 X 16 Ronald Coleman (D) 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Charles Stenholm (D) X X X X X X X X X R 18 VACANT 19 Larry Combest (R) X X X X X X X X X R 20 Henry Gonzalez (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 21 Lamar Smith (R) X X 0 X X ? 0 X X 22 Tom Delay (R) X X 0 X X X X X X R 23 Albert Bustamante (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ 24 Martin Frost (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ 25 Michael Andrews (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Richard Armey (R) ? X X X X X X X X H R 27 Solomon Ortiz (D) X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 X * UTAH 1 James Hansen (R) ? X X X X X X X X R 2 Wayne Owens (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Howard Nielson (R) X X X X X X X X X R VERMONT Peter Smith (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ • VIRGINIA 1 Herbert Bateman (R) X 0 0 X X X X X X R 2 Owen Pickett (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 3 Thomas Bliley, Jr. (R) X X X X X X X X ? H R 4 Norman Sisisky (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Lewis Payne (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jim Olin (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 D. French Slaughter (R) X X X X X X X X X 8 Stan Parris (R) ? X X X X X X X X R 9 Frederick Boucher (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... ~ 10 Frank Wolf (R) X X X X X X X X X R 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes WASHINGTON 1 John Mi ller (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 AI Swift (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 3 Jolene Unsoeld (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ • 4 Si d Morri son (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Th omas Foley (D) s s s s s s s s s 6 Norm an Dicks (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 7 Jim McDermott (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 8 Rod Ch andler (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEST VIRGIN IA 1 Alan Mollohan (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 2 Harley Staggers, Jr. (D) X X X X X X X X X H R 3 Robert Wise, Jr. (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Nick Joe Rahall (D) X X 0 X X 0 X X X * WISCONSIN 1 Les Aspin (D) 0 0 0 ? ? 0 X X X 2 Robert Kastenmeier (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ $ ~ 3 Steve Gunderson (R) X X X X X X X X X H 4 Gerald Kleczka (D) X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H * 5 Jim Moody (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ ~ 6 Thomas Petri (R) X X X X X X X X X 7 Dav id Obey (D) ? 0 0 0 0 0 X X X * 8 Toby Roth (R) X X X X X X X X X 9 F. James Sense nbre nner (R) X X X X X X X X X R WYOMING Craig Thomas (R) X X X 0 0 0 X X X 12 U.S. Senate Votes United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) As explained in the section on House votes #7, 8 As explained in the section dealing with House II and 9, on September 20, 1989, during considerati on ~ I vote # 8, on November 14 the House added to the of the fo reign assistance appropriations bill for Fi scal Year Mikul ski Am endment a n additional amendment, spon 1990 (HR 2939) , the Senate adopted an amendment offered sored by pro-life Rep. Chris Smith (R- NJ), stating that the by pro-abortion Senato r Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to ex UNFPA would not receive funds unless the Preside nt certi empt the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from fi ed that the UNFPA was not supporting a program of the Kemp-Kaste n anti-coercion law, and provide $ 15 mil compulsory abortion or involuntary sterilization in China. li on to the UNFPA, provided merely that the UNFPA tech On November 15, the Senate voted 52 to 44 to reject the nicall y "segregates" the U.S. funds from China in its Smith language and to reaffirm its support for the Mikulski bookkeeping. Amendment; this is shown here as Senate vote #2. Pro-life Senator Bob Kaste n (R-Wi .) offered a second HR 2939 then returned to the House, which dropped the degree amendment, supported by NRLC, which would Smith Am endment on November 16 [House vote # 9]. have permitted the UNFPA to receive the $15 million only if Thus, the bill as sent to the White House contained the the Preside nt first certified that the UNFPA was no longer Mikulski Am endment. However, President Bush vetoed the supporting coercive abortion in China. bill rather than allow the Mikulski Am endment to become law. Congress then passed a new foreign aid bill (HR 3743) T he Kasten Amendment narrowly survived an initial which continued the Kemp-Kasten Amendment, and which moti on by Sen. Mikulski to table (kill) it, but the Senate did not contain any pro-UNFPA language. immedi ately voted 52-47 "to reconsider" the initial vote. The Senate then tabled (killed) the pro-life Kasten Amend [A packet of information documenting the UNFPA's ment on a vote of 52-48, which is the roll call shown deep involve ment in and defense of China's coercive here as Senate vote #1. [Note: Se nator Harkin (D-Iowa) populati on-control program is avail able upon request to and Boren (D-Ok.) voted with Sen. Kasten on this ro ll call , the NRLC Federal Legislati ve Office. ] but they had previously voted for the "moti on to recon sider," the success of which exposed the Kasten Amend me nt to th e second and fatal tabling motion.] Following the defeat of the Kasten Am endment, the Mikulski Amendme nt was adopted on a voice vote, and HR 2939 was sent to the House. 1989 U.S. Senate Votes 2 Notes 2 Notes ALABAMA DELAWARE Howell Heflin (D) X X Joseph Biden, Jr. (D) X X Richard Sh elby (D) X 0 Willliam Roth, Jr. (R) X X ALASKA FLORIDA Frank Murkowski (R) X X Bob Graham (D) 0 0 Ted Stevens (R) 0 0 .... ? Connie Mack (R) X X R ARIZONA GEORGIA Dennis DeConcini (D) X X H Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D) 0 0 • John McCain (R) X X * Sam Nunn (D) 0 0 ARKANSAS HAWAII Dale Bumpers (D) 0 0 • Daniel Inouye (D) 0 0 .... ~ e Davi d Pryor (D) 0 0 Spark Matsunaga (D) 0 ? .... ~ CALIFORNIA IDAHO Alan Cranston (D) 0 0 .... ~ James McClure (R) X X H Pete Wilson (R) X 0 .... Steve Symms (R) X X H *R COLORADO ILLINOIS Tim Wirth (D) 0 0 .... ~ Alan Di xon (D) X X William Armstrong (R) X X R Paul Simon (D) 0 0 .... ~ CONNECTICUT INDIANA Christopher Dodd (D) 0 ? ~ Dan Coats (R) X X R Joseph Lieberman (D) 0 0 Richard Lugar (R) X X H 13 2 Notes 2 Notes IOWA NORTH CAROLINA Tom Harkin (D) X X • Terry Sanford (D) 0 0 Charles Grassley (R) X X H * Jesse Helms (R) X X H R KANSAS NORTH DAKOTA Bob Dole (R) X X Quentin Burdick (D) 0 0 ... ~ • Nancy Kassebaum (R) 0 0 ... Kent Conrad (D) X X KENTUCKY OHIO Wendell Ford (D) X X H John Glenn (D) 0 0 ... ~ Mitch McConnell (R) X X H R Howard Metzenbaum (D) 0 0 ... ~ LOUISIANA OKLAHOMA John Breaux (D) X X H David Boren (D) X X J. Bennett Johnston (D) X X * Don Nickles (R) X X H R * MAINE OREGON George Mitchell (D) 0 0 Mark Hatfield (R) 0 0 H • William Cohen (R) 0 0 ... ~ Bob Packwood (R) 0 0 ... ~ MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA Barbara Mikulski (D) 0 0 ... ~ • John Heinz (R) 0 0 Paul Sarbanes (D) 0 0 Arlen Specter (R) 0 0 • MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND Ted Kennedy (D) 0 0 ... ~ Claiborne Pell (D) 0 0 ... ~ John Kerry (D) 0 ? ... ~ John Chafee (R) 0 0 ... ~ MICHIGAN SOUTH CAROLINA Carl Levin (D) 0 0 ~ Ernest Hollings (D) 0 0 • Donald Riegle (D) 0 0 ~ Strom Thurmond (R) X X R MINNESOTA SOUTH DAKOTA Rudy Boschwitz (R) X X Thomas Daschle (D) 0 0 David Durenberger (R) X X Larry Pressler (R) X X H MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE Thad Cochran (R) X X Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 0 0 Trent Lott (R ) X X *R Jim Sasser (D) 0 0 • MISSOURI TEXAS Kit Bond (R) X X R Lloyd Bentsen (D) 0 0 John Danforth (R) X X H R Phil Gramm (R) X X H * MONTANA UTAH X X H R Max Baucus (D) 0 0 ~ Jake Garn (R) Conrad Burns (R) X X Orrin Hatch (R) X X H * NEBRASKA VERMONT J. James Exon (D) X X Partick Leahy (D) 0 0 ~ • J. Robert Kerrey (D) 0 0 • James Jeffords (R) 0 0 ~ NEVADA VIRGINIA Richard Bryan (D) 0 0 Charles Robb (D) 0 0 ... Harry Reid (D) X X R * John Warner (R) X X NEW HAMPSHIRE WASHINGTON Gordon Humphrey (R) X X H R Brock Adams (D) 0 0 ... ~ • Warren Rudman (R) 0 0 ? Slade Gorton (R) X X NEW JERSEY WEST VIRGINIA Bill Bradley (D) 0 0 ~ Robert Byrd (D) 0 0 • Frank Lautenberg (D) 0 0 ... ~ • Jay Rockefeller (D) 0 0 NEW MEXICO WISCONSIN Jeff Bingaman (D) 0 0 ... ~ Herb Kohl (D) 0 0 Pete Domenici (R) X X * Robert Kasten, Jr. (R) X X H * NEW YORK WYOMING Daniel Moynihan (D) 0 0 Alan Simpson (R) X 0 Alfonse D'Amato (R) X ? R * Malcolm Wallop (R) X X 14 Abortion-On-Demand Bill LETTERS TO CONGRESSMEN Introduced in Congress Effective letterwriting campaigns are essential to On November 17, 1989, over 100 members of Con many pro-life legislative efforts. When such grass gress introduced the "Freedom of Choice Act" (HR roots campaigns are required, the pro-life movement 3700, S. 1912), a bill which woulct forbid the states is alerted by the NRLC Legislative Office through from placing any signifi cant restrictions on abortion. Legislative Alerts-mailed to local right-to-life groups The co-sponsors of the bill as of Nov. 28, 1989, are nationwide-and through the Action Box feature in noted in this voting record. the twice-monthly National Right to Life News. It is important that such alerts be disseminated and Sponsors of the bill said that it was intended to acted upon promptly, since the letters will have little write into federal law the legal principles of the effect if they arrive after members of Congress have Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling-the deci already committed themselves, or voted, on a par sion which invalidated the abortion laws of all 50 ti cular issue. states. This abortion-on-demand bill could come to a Letters should be: shon; specific, including bill title vote in both the House and the Senate during 1989. and number when possible; confined to one subject; The bill provides that "a state may not restrict the and firm but couneous in tone. right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy Sign ificant pro-life record votes are promptly re (I) before fetal viability; or (2) at any time, if such ported in NRL News. Such votes should also be dis termination is necessary to protect the life or health of semin ated in local pro-life newsletters, church publi the woman." [emphasis added] ("Viability" refers to cations, etc. It is imponant that members of Congress the time when a baby could survive independently of receive letters thanking them, or criticizing them, for the mother-beginning about 23 weeks after the specific votes on the floor or in committee. Too often, woman's last menstrual period.) members of Congress who consistently vote pro-life are taken for granted by their pro-life constituents; as In Doe v. Bolton, the 1973 companion case to Roe v. a consequence, they receive a disproportionate Wade, the Supreme Court defined "health" to include amount of pro-abortion mail. "all factors-physical, emotional, psychological, fami The address for your congressman is: lial. and the woman's age-relevant to the well-being of the patient." The Court gave the abortionist unlim The Honorable ______ited discretion in · determining whether a woman's House Office Building emotional "health" would be enhanced by a third Washington, D.C. 20515 trimester abortion. The "Freedom of Choice Act" The address for your two U.S. senators is: appears to confer such unlimited discretion on the Senator ______woman seeking an abortion after viability. Senate Office Building Under the bill, a state would be permitted to enact Washington, D.C. 20510 only "requirements medically necessary to protect Please send a copy of any letter received from a Mem the life or health of women" who seek ab011ions. ber of Congress on a pro-life issue, or any newspaper This provision might permit a state to require, for clipping dealing with the position or votes of a mem example, that abortions be performed by a li censed ber of Congress (or candidate) on a pro-life issue, to: physician, but restrictions on reasons for abortions Douglas Johnson would clearly be impermissible. Legislative Director National Right to Life Committee According to preliminary analysis by NRLC attor neys, the bill could also invalidate all parental notifi 419 Seventh Street, Northwest cation or consent laws; all spousal notification laws; Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 all waiting periods or other legal "barriers" to imme diate abortion upon demand; and all laws all owi ng hospitals not to perform abortions. Restrictions on state funding of abortions would be placed in grave Telephoning Your Congressman jeopardy, as would "conscience laws" which permit physicians and nurses to refuse to participate in You can reach the Washington office of any member abortions. of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard and asking for the office of your congressman or senator, by name: Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Often, however, it is more effective to direct calls to the local offices of yo ur elected representatives. In either case, be sure to leave your name and mailing address, and request a written response from the congressman on the subject of your call. 15 Legislative Update Recording: (202) 393-LIFE For further information on federal pro-life legislation, contact: Douglas Johnson Federal Legislative Director National Right to Life Committee 419-7th Street, N.W Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 BULK COPIES OF CONGRESSIONAL VOTING RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE Copies of this voting record are available for $:1 for I 0 copies, or ify whether yo u wa nt the "six-year Senate voting record" or the $ 1!"i for I 00 copi es. Payment must accompany orders; make checks "six-year House voting record." out to "NRLC." Sorry, we cannot accept telephone orders. Street This publication copyright © 19R9 by the National Right to Life address is required for UPS delive ry. Orders, comments, and ques Committee, Inc. 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Ml49s:x3 ' soo oav~d s226 PAID oetrol.· t Ml 4 __ vcand Rapids, MI -- PmnitNo. 682 Right to Lrt·e of Michigan VOL.14 N0.5 OCfOBER/NOVEMBER 1989 Crnference89 Attorney Andrew Puzder addresses the RLM banquet crowd. A portion of the banquet throng that filled Banquet crowd hears the Grand Ballroom at Weber's Inn. Headlining the list of RLM Conference '89 speakers was the attorney responsible for the historic preamble ·to the Missouri law returning rights to regulate abortions to the 50 states. Andrew Puzder, Esq., addressed a full Grand Ballroom at Friday night's banquet at Weber's Inn of Ann Arbor. The law Mr. Puzder helped cowrite was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier tqis summer. The preamble he inserted in that statute says~ "The life of every human being begins at conception." Mr. Puzder both challenged and encouraged those in attendance, as he tackled the issue of "Where to From Here With Webster?" While warning against relaxing in the fight against abortion, Puzder nevertheless discounted media proclamations of the eminent triumph of the pro abortionists. Dr. Eric Chevlen spoke of the need to protect the terminally Jane Muldoon presents Regional Directors iii and the comatose. with corsages for their dedicated service.