THE NEW YORK STATE AFFILIATE OF THE NYS-NARAL Inc. NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE P.O. Box 52, New York, N. Y. 10028 President: Sharon Barnes 212- 876-0269 Executive Director: Frances Nathan Vice-President: Polly Rothstein Vol.4, No.1, January, 1977 NEW PRESIDENT, NEW SECRETARY OF HEW NEW CONGRESS, OLD LEGISLATION? Even before President Jimmy Carter was The Congress,in 1976(election year s~orn in, abortion rights groups sensed for all the House and 1/J of the touble in the proposed appointment of Senate) added to the Labor/HEW Joseph Califano as Secretary of HEW. Appropriations Bill the hotly con­ Califano's public statements that he is tested Hyde Amendment directed at personally opposed to abortion, and to cutting off federal Medicaid pay­ any federal funds for abortion, either ments for abortions except in Medicaid or National Health Insurance, cases which involved saving the caused immediate concern. woman's life. This discrimination against the inrligent abortion pa­ At the confirmation hearings, Senator tient was stopped nationwide by Javits expressed the concern of Con­ U. S. District Court Judge John F. gress about Califano's ability to 5ep­ Dooling of Brooklyn's order which arate his personal religious convic­ still stands. DHEW is required to tions from his public policy decisions. continue to pay for abortions on * Rights groups are now calling for calls, the same basis that it pays for * mailgrams and letters to Sen. Moynihan pre-natal andchildbirth-related * and Javits (add thanks for his part in services for Medicaid patients. * the hearings) and to Pres. Carter,and The other issue that effects the * for Letters to the Editor. poor patient has been the continuin The message: Those who believe in sep­ problem of publicly funded hospital aration of Church and State and equal which refuse toallow abortions. protection of the law advise concern Still only 18% of public hospitals about Mr. Califano's statements. do allow abortions. * Letters should still be sent if Califano Funding related issues and that of is confirmed because both Moynihan and unavailability were argued in the Carter say they are opposed to use of Supreme Court Jan.ll, 1977. Wash­ Federal Funds for the indigent patient ington watchers predict it unlikely who chooses abortion. that these issues will be settled' (When politicians say that, they also before the next round of appropri\ oppose including abortion in National ations discussions begins. Health Insurance. Therefore, all Amer­ Therefore, we may see the 1977 ver­ ican women of present or future child­ sion of the H~rde Amendment again bearing years are affected. It is felt * later in the year. Use the enclosed that 1977 will see more discussion of * new Congress Voting Chart to let NHI and that the piecemeal phasing 1n your Representative know your com­ of programs might be begun.) ment on his/her votes on the Hyde Amendment. Carter and Moynihan should be commended Representatives of NYS-NARAL will for their opposition to an anti-legal visit NYS members of Congress in abortion Constitutional Amendment, and Washington on Jan. )1 and Feb.l, especially for their support for Family following NARAL weekend meetings. Planning programs and research. For information call NARAL (202-546-7800). SAVE THE DATE: NYS-NARAL'S ALBANY DAY: MARCH 15,1977 Dedicated to guaranteeing tne right to a safe and legal abortion. To reach newly elected: To reach all State Legia­ State Senator Kenneth Pres. James·E. Carter, Iators: Lavalle R lSD Washington, D. C. 20500 Assembly: Albany 12248 6 Settlers Path Sen. Daniel Moynihan Senate: Albany 12224 Port Jefferson, NY 11777 Washington, D. c. 20510 Kemp Hannon R 17AD Mary Ross ~cGee D8AD Thomas Gulotta ~lJAD 19 Alice Ave., 41 Kenwood Rd. 15 Brookside Drive Garden City, NY 11530 Huntington, NY 11743 No. Merrick, NY 11566 Ivan Lafayette D34AD Raymond J.V;cGrath R.C..19AD Ralph Goldstein DL30AD r 61-20 Grand Central Pk. J0-20 90 Street 94 No. Corona Ave., Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Valley Stream, ~Y 11570 Forest Hills, NY 11375 David Greenberg D42AD Thomas s. Boyland D 54AD Clifford E. ~\li1sonDLJ7AD 3310 Nostrand Ave. 109 Christopher Ave. 59-19 71 Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11229 Brooklyn, NY 11212 Ridgewood,NY 11227 ReE. Theodore Weiss DL20CG Sheldon Silver D 6JAD Jerrold'Nadler D69 AD 32 West 87 st. 550 G Grand St. 170 W 81 St New York 10024 New York City, NY 10002 NYC 10024 George Friedman~~) AD Rep.Bruce Caputo R~2JCD Edward Sul1ivan-D70AD J57 w 195 250 Pondfield Road ~est 606 West 116 St. BX 10458 Yonkers, NY 10708 New York, N. Y. 10027 Thomas Mcinerny DL87AD William Finneran DL 89AD Edward F X Ryan,Jr. D91AI 412-14 No Broadway JO Edgewold Rd 32 West; Garden Road Yonkers, NY 10701 White Plains, NY 10602 Larchmont, NY 10538 Richard Connors Dl04AD Glenn Warren RlOOAD Joseph Bruno R 41SD 5 Rockwell Pl 31 Bonheim St. Albany, NY 12204 Bulson Road RD3 Glenham Pl 12527 Box 319A Troy,NY12l80 Hugh Farley R 44SD David O'B. Martin~ll2 H. Hooert Nortz RC ll4AD 2137 Niskayuna Drive 45 Bird St; 5274 Clinton St. Schenectady, NY 12309 Canton, NY 1)617 Lowville, NY 1J367 Leonard Bersani RC ~'liilliam E. Bush R 121AD Gary Proud DL lJlAD 121 Rugby Rd. llBAD 10 Genesee St. Syracuse, NY 13206 459 Central Park Camillus, NY lJOJl Rochester, NY 14605 Richard Keane Dl45 AD ft Robin Schimminger Dl140AI · J~me~ f. uae;.&.<::ou--~- ~ .1.,).)t\1J~~~·­ 265 Potters Road 891 Main St. 605 Niagara St Buffalo, NY 14220 E. Rochester, NY 14445 Tonowanda, NY 14150 95th CONGRESS: ABORTION-RELATED VOTES OF NYS REPRESENTATIVES (For explanation of terms and symbols, see reverse side) Q) +l r 0 > RECORDED VOTES ROOM REPRESENTATIVES CA 1 2 3 4 5 2428R l Otis Pike (UCC) DL 65 9 52 - - + 1ll6L 2 Thomas Downey (UCC) D 57 2 53.5 + + l3l3L 3 Jerome Ambro, Jr. (RC) D 52 2 428C 4 Norman Lent (M) RC 57 4 II DP A A - 2334R 5 John Wydler (E) RC 56 8 55.9 + - - A - 2463R 6 Lester Wolff (J) DL 61 7 - + + + + 2440R 7 Joseph Addabbo (RC) DRL 91 9 - + A + + 2372R 8 Benjamin Rosenthal (J) DL 78 8 + + A + + 2267R 9 James Delaney (RC) DRC 95 15 I DP 2llC 10 Mario Biaggi (RC) DR 90 5 II DP + - - 2438R ll James Scheuer (J) D 74 2 + + l23C 12 Shirley Chisholm (M) DL 86 4 + + + + + l228L l3 Stephen Solarz (J) DL 84 2 + + l533L 14 Frederick Richmond (J) DL 86 2 + + l726L 15 Leo Zeferetti (RC) DC 62 2 1027L 16 Elizabeth Holtzman (J) DL 83 3 + + + + + 2187R 17 John Murphy (RC) D 65 8 64/82 II - A A 1134L 18 Edward Koch (J) DL 75 5 + + + + + 107C 19 Charles Rangel {RC) DRL 94 4 + + + + + l229L 20 Theodore Weiss (J) DL 83 l 391C 21 Herman Badillo (Prot) DRL 99 4 A + + + + 2241R 22 Jonathan Bingham (UCC) DL 86 7 80/90 + + + + + 417C 23 Bruce Caputo (Prot) RC 52 1 240C 24 Richard Ottinger (J) D 54 2 75 + + 409C 25 Hamilton Fish, Jr. (E) RC 70 5 71 DP - - + l226L 26 Benjamin Gilman {J) R 66 3 55 - - + + + l204L 27 Matthew McHugh {RC) DL 66 2 68 2466R 28 Samuel Stratton (P) D 75 10 56 - - + ll27R 29 Edward Pattison {E) DL 48 2 A+ 2464R 30 Robert McEwen (P) RC 57 3 II l527L 31 Donald Mitchell (M) RC 70 3 II 106C 32 James Hanley (RC) D 55 7 80 206C 33 William Walsh (RC) R 68 3 58 DP 2229R 34 Frank Horton (P) R 66 8 - + + + + 2228R 35 Barber Conable, Jr. (M) R 63 7 73 - + + + A 417C 36 John LaFalce (RC) DL 67 2 55 l223L 37 Henry Nowak {RC) DL 78 2 + - l32C 38 Jack Kemp (P) RC 78 4 62 430C 39 Stanley Lundine D 62 2 + + SENATORS 321 Russell Jacob Javits R Term ends 1980, votes and leads pro-free choice legislation 304 Russell Daniel Moynihan DL Six year term begins January, 1977 In New York State: NYS - NARAL P.O. Box 52 NARAL New York, N. Y. 10028 National ) Abortion In Washington: NARAL Rights 706 Seventh Street, S. E. Action League Washington, D. C. 20003 Dedicated to guaranteeing the right to a safe and legal abortion. 95th CONGRESS: ABORTION-RELATED VOTES OF NYS REPRESENTATIVES (over) Explanation of Chart on Reverse Side: + = pro-free choice, - ~ anti-legal abortion, A = Absent Room: C = Cannon Building, L = Longworth, R = Rayburn Relig: Religion as stated by the Representative. E = Episcopalian, J = Jewish, M = Methodist, P = Presbyterian, Prot. = Protestant, RC = Catholic, UCC = Congregational Pol. Party: Political Parties in 1976 (~emocratic, ~epublican, ~beral, Conservative) % Vote: % of total vote in 1976 Term: Number of terms in office Polls: % favoring legal abortion in most recent poll of Congressional District CA: Action on bills to create a Constitutional Amendment (CA) to override the Supreme Court decisions on abortion of January, 1973 I: Sponsor of CA to outlaw abortion from moment of conception II: Sponsor of CA to outlaw abortion, with exception to save woman's life III: Sponsor of CA to return to the State legislatures the right to outlaw or restrict abortion as in pre-1973 Supreme Court Decisions. DP: Reputed signer of Discharge Petition (93rd Congress) to bypass usual Committee discussion and force CA to floor for a vote Recorded Votes: 1. 6/21/73 Vote on Amendment to Legal Services Act; amendment denies poor women representation by LSA attorneys in abortion-related cases 2. 5/29/74 Vote on Amendment to Community Services Act which denies use of Family Planning Assistance Funds under this act to pay for abortions 3.