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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jews Are Accused of Leading California Pro-Abortion Fight
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)
— Anti-abortion groups in
California have accused the
Jewish community of lead-
ing a pro-abortion fight in
the state legislature, with
an unaffiliated Jew acting
as a leading spokesman for
that charge, according to a
report scheduled for publi-
cation last week in the San
Francisco Jewish Bulletin.
The Jewish State Assem-
bly floor leader, Howard
Berman, called the charges
"revolting and disgusting,"
and "racist."
The Jewish Community
Relations Council (JCRC) of
San Francisco received
three mailgrams and a
number of telephone calls
within a few days from
three anti-abortion groups:
Mobilization for the Un-
named, Crusade for Life and
the Pro-Life Medical As-
sociation of California, Phil
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Bronstein, Bulletin assis-
tant editor, reported.
Anti-abortion spokes-
men threatened, in the
telephone calls, to picket
Jewish organizations if
the "Jewish community"
did not "change its posi-
tion on abortion," Brons-
tein wrote. The mail-
grams charged the "polit-
ical support for abortion
funding" by the state
came "mainly from vari-
ous Jewish organiza-
tions" and that "political
pressure" was applied by
"the Jewish community"
on legislators to include
abortion funding in the
state budget..
The mailgrams also cited
"Gentile support for Jewish
issues," mentioning Israel
specifically and asked for a
Jewish return of that
"favor."
Some legislators had
proposed inclusion of funds
for abortions in the state
budget, but after a lengthy
and bitter debate the legis-
lature eliminated funds for
abortion from the budget
with a few exceptions, the
Bulletin reported. These in-
cluded state-funded abor-
tion for rape victims and
cases where the mother's
life would be endangered by
her pregnancy.
The Jewish anti-abortion
spokesman, one of those cal-
ling the JCRC here, is Tom
Mitzner of Torrance, Calif.,
who is connected with the
California Pro-Life Council,
an umbrella agency for
some 26 anti-abortion
groups.
Mitzner reportedly told
the JCRC that
"everyone, " Jews and
non-Jews, " knows Jews
are behind the pro-
abortion drive" in Sac-
ramento, the state capi-
tal, and that Assembly
Speaker Leo McCarthy
and Gov. Jerry Brown,
who both favored
liberalized abortion
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funding, "are supported
by Jewish money."
He reportedly said "the
Jewish community" should
"call off' pro-abortion legis-
lation or Jewish hospitals
and organizations would be
picketed and Jews would be
accused of "genocide."
Earl Raab, JCRC execu-
tive director, told the Bulle-
tin that the JCRC had no
position on abortion, does
not advocate a position and
does not discuss the issue
with legislators.
Mitzner, an aerospace
scientist in southern
California, is a special ad-
viser to Raoul Silva, presi-
dent of the Pro-Life Council.
Mitzner, contacted by the
Bulletin, said seven Jewish
groups — including the
American Jewish Congress,
the National Council of
Jewish Women and the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations (UAHC) —
belong to the National Coal-
ition for Abortion Rights.
But, according to the
Bulletin, these groups do
not favor unrestricted
abortion but suggested
that decisions on abor-
tion should be left to the
woman, her doctor and
her rabbi, if she is
Jewish. Mitzner said the
Pro-Life Council position
is that abortion should be
illegal except where the
life of the mother is di-
rectly threatened.
Berman, a Democrat, who
led the fight for liberalized
abortion funding in the
legislature, and who called
Mitzner's charges "revolt-
ing and disgusting," said his
action and that of other
legislators who shared his
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