Page 6-Wednesday, May 16, 1979-The Michigan Daily From staff and UPI reports SState Senate Health Committee Pierc' e asks Chairman Edward Pierce (D-Ann Ar- bor) yesterday called for a 10-week delay in action on a bill that would ban publicly-funded abortions for poor women. Pierce suggested holding a series of detailed public hearings on the bill historical, legal, legislative, moral, and economic aspects of the highly emotional issue. According to Pierce aide Terry Red- i ford, the committee could decide after the hearings whether it wanted to send the bill to the floor of the Senate for abortions debate. "I THINK IT'S a very important issue that should be studied as thonrouhlv as nnssihl" Piera sad "The issue has not been studied thoroughly by the legislature in several years." Pierce, who is known to be against the bill, said he expects the bill to be passed even if his proposed hearings are held. "I expect to lose on this issue," he said. "The handwriting is on the wall. If I lose after everybody is fully informed, I'd accept that." THE CONTROVERSIAL bill was in- troduced by Sen. Edgar Fredericks (R- Holland), and would ban state funded abortions unless the woman's life were in danger. Similar legislation has been vetoed by Gov. William Milliken on three different occasions, and it is fairly certain that he would do so again should the bill reach his desk. Pierce's suggestion that the conx sideration of the bill be prolonged was not received well by at least two com- mittee members. "My feeling is, that's an awful lot of time," said Sen. William Sederburg (R- East Lansing). Last year, an identical anti-abortion bill was forced from the health commit- tee by discharge and eventually was sent to Milliken. FREDRICKS SAID he may be willing to wait one week for further committee action-but not much longer-before again pushing for a discharge. Pierce, however, said he is not at all bothered by the 10-week delay. New kidney stone treatment reported From UPI with staff reports University researchers yesterday reported development of an improved procedure for treating painful kidney stones using a surgical gell made-from a blood plasma concentrate. The gell, which traps the stones and allows their removal through a small incision at the base of the kidney, could mean better treatment for about half the patients requiring surgery for the ailment, University urologists said. THE GELL, which has been used in the past on hemopheliacs, was suggested by a urologist during the 1940s, according to Dr. L. Paul Sonda. Attempts were made to use it on removal of kidney stones, but there was not much success at the time. Use of the gell in surgery is not com- plicated and it can. be applied by any trained urologist, said Dr. C. Peter Fischer, who detailed the technique in the Journal of Investigative Urology. Fischer, along with Sonda and Dr. Ananias Diokno, reported a 91 per cent success rate in removing kidney stones from 15 patients treated with the gell method alone at University Hospital during the past 14 months. Although not applicable in all cases of- kidney stone surgery, Fischer said the gell could provide useful results for 40-50 per cent of patients. THE GELL IS available through. community blood banks at a cost of about $11 and, since it can be supplied through screened blood donors, there is virtually no hepatitis risk, Fischer said. University urologists now use the technique routinely in applicable cases, the researchers said. The gell mixture-a combination of the plasma concentrate, calcium and sterile cowthrombine-is injected into the cavity at the base of the kidney where urine and stones collect. THE MATERIAL firms up in about 30 seconds and can be removed in three minutes with surgical forceps. Any gell that might remain inside the kidney would dissolve completely in urine within 24 hours, Fischer said. Doctors said the gell treatment is particulrly effective in removing "floating" stones, which move around inside the kidney, causing blockage of the organ, leading to infection and severe pain. Sonda said, the coagulum produces a clot "stronger than what the body would normally produce." In 40 per cent of the cases, Sonda stated, small stones trapped in the coagulum hadn't shown up on x-rays. He said the coagulum "provides more complete removal" of the stones. He also said that there may be some application of the gell to gall stone cases. The gell will dissolve in bile, he said, but there have been no develop- ments thus far. 1:10. U.S. recalls ambassador (Continued from Page3) to C hile over the decision. tment is "committed to ensuring that Chilean Supreme Court President this case sets no precedent for this type Israel Borquez cited insufficient of terrorist act." evidence Monday in rejecting the U.S. Spokesman Carter said the strength request for the extradition of the three of the U.S. evidence against the three officers-retired Gen. Manuel Con- officers was confirmed last February treras Sepulveda, Col. Pedro Espinoza when a Washington jury convicted two Bravo and Capt. Armando Fernandez other defendants in the case. Larios. "WE DO NOT believe that Monday's Letelier, a socialist Chilean exile decision was consistent with inter- leader, was killed ina 1976 car-bombing national norms of justice," Carter said. in Washington. On Monday, Borquez The U.S. case against the three rested said the United States had presented in- largely on the testimony of Michael sufficient evidence in its request for the Townley, a U.S. citizen who had worked extradition of the three army officers. for the Chilean secret police. He con- DISPUTING BORQUEZ'S finding, fessed his involvement in the slaying Carter told reporters, "The evidence and was sentenced to 40 months to 10 submitted by the United States to the years injail. - Chilean Supreme Court was clearly suf- Carter also said the United States will ficient tosupport extradition." appeal and urge reversal of the At the Justice Department, Attorney Borquez decision. He said the ad- General Griffin Bell issued a similar ministration hopes the panel of the statement. He called Letelier's murder Supreme Court conducting the review 'a )'heinous .crime'. andsaid thedepar , will order extradition.-. .