Saturday, May 15, 197 1 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Court rules abortion agency illegal By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN Pressure from women's grouprs and agencies such as Planned Parenthood has increased the possibility that New. Yok State may ban all profit-making abortinn referral agencies. On Thursday, the New York State Supreme Court ruled the operation of one commercial abortion agency illegal. Justice Sidney Asch. agreeing with a complaint brought by State Atty. General Louis Lefkowitz that the Abortion In- formation Agency was a "broker in the sale of medical and hospital abortion services" in violation of "the public policy of this state." said the "unau- thorized activity" of the agency merited the finding of illegality, "The law which sought to emancipate women from servitude as unwilling breeders did not intend to deliver them as helpless victims of commercial opera- tors for the exploitation of their misery," declared Asch. Currently under consideration in the New York State Assembly is a bill which would bar all profit making abortion referral enterprises. The bill has already passed the Senate, but both assembly and gubernatorial approval are neces- sary before the bill becomes law. Since New York's liberalized abortion law went into effect last July 1, numer- ous abortion referral agencies have come into existence, many of them to direc't out-of-state women to accredited hos- pitals and private physicians for abor- tion operations that would be illegal in their home states, At hearings in February and March concerning the legality of the profit- making concerns, Lefkowitz explained that he felt the agencies filled an infor- mational gap, particularly for out--:f- state women. Such non-profit organizations as Plai-. ned Parenthood do not regularly adver- tise their services to the same extent as the private firms, for obvious reasons, yet there is often no way a non-resident of New York can find out about the agen- cies which make referrals at no cost. Thus Lefkowitz has recommended that until a means can be devised whereby out-of-state women can find out how to get an abortion in New York, the profit- making firms not be outlawed. Still, 22 states have laws against abor- tion advertising-which could prevent women from learning about abortion pos- sibilities-but apparently these laws are not strictly enforced. Following the July enactment of New York's new statute. several legislative restrictions have been proposed. Only last month. for example, Gvernor Nel- son Rockefeller banned mericuid pay- ments for abortions. In addition, public furor frm ngroups such as the "Right to Life ' organiza- tion continue to challenge the libertalized law. Callers to Clergy Counseling in New York City hear a recording staiig that "New York's liberal abortion law is in serious danger of being overturned." The recording urges callers to "write wire or call" their legislators to express their interest in maintaining the present law. Non-profit agencies operating in New York charge fees considerably lower than those demanded by commercial agencies which the new proposed legis- lation seeks to abolish. IeSudn' case finalized y in incident at Ad. Bldg -Daiy--Tor uottieb 'Airnrien' at C terbury Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, famed local band made good, played again to their hometown fans last night at Canterbury House. Groups stage drives to help handicapped By IDA ELROD port of these bills. WCCMSE is "If I can't change my child holding a community wide meet- ling from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon fur the sake of society, I'll at Cleary College Auditorium, change society for the sake of 'ny 2170 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti. Dc.-i child." Robert Segal, chairin'n of the This will be the cry of parer organization, calls it "'ta effort of handicapped children all over to change a system that has dis- the state of Michigan a.s the state criminated against the andi- legislature is confroniud with capped." Also, the Association for Coil- bills demanding mandatory spec- dren ial education programs in everyn school district. Difficulties is staging a bucket drive throughout Ann Arbor to The Washtenaw County Con- . mittee for Mandatory Special aid the funding of a badly needed Education (WCCMSE) is launch- central service center for the ing a petition drive today in sup- group. By CHRIS PARKS John Eustis, '73, yesterday agreed to accept $120 in fines and 72 hours of work rather than face sentencing on charges of assault and battery. Eustis accepted the fine and work after consultation with his attorney. In return, all charges against him will be dropped, even though he had been Coi- victed of the crime. Eustis plans to work off his hours at Ozone House, a local community service organization concerned with the welfare of young people. The case stemmed from an incident at a Feb. 19 demon- stration outside the Adminis- tration Bldg. Eustis was one of a group demanding entrance to an open Regents meeting, held behind locked doors, to present a list of demands. The group's demands icicud- ed an end to military research and ROTC on campus and a University-wide extension of a policy barring job recruiting by companies that have offices in countries with a policy of apar- theid, such as South Africa. Pushing and shoving developed as the crowd attempted to gain entrance to the building, during which Eustis and others were The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the tUniversity of Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Pusished daily Tues- day through sunday morning Univer- sity year. 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