�
The infant mortality ... for
Mia· AD· 10.9 per 1,000.
Wayae CouDty • fa of
15.5. ,0 St
Clair counties:we «7.8;
8.8 d9.5�.
-n.e IDen ha\le to to
take of these serWa
that the state provides fOl' he, •
Fr co said. "We already baYe
e services, aced to
mo· te the people..
State figures 1 0
of 3 me OIl Medicaid 0
fOl' aD abortioD r deliver
the baby aDd that .
more . the te t be
prepared to deal with, WIeDel'
. said.
"Comprehensfve prenatal
. eare i a right of aD •
Wicoer said. Abortion· a �
of the overall are . wiD
be denied to poo Do" I
A for dollar fIgUre the
a\1erage cost for Medicaid to
provide an bortion for
recipie . �150 to 300. The
\1e t for prenatal care . I .
. abo t $600. If the baby i
deliYered d i DOt "healthy, the
a\1er cost i $1,(XX) a day to
properly take care of the child.
Marilyn Glidden, director of
community health in Macomb
County, . d that in recent years
. t mortality has been recog­
nized a community p'oblem,
o . t someth· that public
e lth departments have to
tackle on their own.
She id that Propo I A
defmately will have imp ct,
especially with pregnant teens,
on infant mortality. She id that
I eve e will ba\1e to k har-
der to reach wo n need
pre tal care bu j can af-
ford·
Four foe points reeom- I
ded by a ta� ppo. ed
k force re bei g imple-
ted:
- Identify the hig -risk
d . aparapro
to take care of the·
CO\W. � • fro
tr portatioD to d fr the
docto , to buyiDg proper
,
- - Deer of
• e ded pregnancies. nus
iDe. d�s teen �repa",cJ
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