Made mix ,11 ri vurdl11(AI J ItY ' Friday, August 5, 19I7 Elective Medicaid abortions nixed WASHINGTON IP') - HEW "The department will provide Secretary Joseph Califano, Jr. federal financial participation ordered an end to federal fund- in the cost of abortions only ing for elective abortions yes- where the attending physi- terday after a federal court cian . . has certified that the cleared the way for' him to act. abortion is necessary because Friday, August 5 NASHVILLE Robert Altman, 19751 6:30 & 9:15--MLB 3 Robert Altman's big funky allegorical blockbuster can be taken on many different eels, ail of them eniayable. This type of fresh, sontaneous picture is only possible when made by a maverick gambler like Altman. More enioable with each view- ino. Henry Gibson, Keith t"I'm Easy") Carradine, Lily Tomlin, Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Geraldine Chaplin, to name a few. "An orgy for music lovers ,.. a ore emotional high."-Pauline Kael, ADMISSION: STILL ONL Y$1.25 the life of the mother would be endanger-ed if the fetus were carried to term," the health, education and welfare secre- tary said in a prepared state- ment. HEW OFFICIALS immediate- ly began arrangements to in- form state Medicaid agencies, U. S. public health service hos- pitals and state medical socie- ties of the action. Federal funds for abortion have been available almost ex- clusively to poor women eligi- ble for Medicaid, a health care program administered by the states but financed largely with federal dollars. The various states may de- cide on their own whether to pay for abortions when the life of the mother is not endanger- ed. CALIFANO ACTED after U. S. District Judge John Dooling lifted his prohibition against enforcement of the so- called Hyde amendment. That law, which Congress vot- ed last October, forbids HEW from using federal Medicaid money to pay for abortions that are not necessary to save the mother's life. Soon after the amendment was enacted, Dooling declared it unconstitutional, saying it effectively took away a poor woman's right to an abortion. He said then that such a right women by the U. S. Supetaoin had been guaranteed to all wo- men by the U. S. Supreme Court's landmark abortion de- cision in 1970. A B O U T 300,100of the 1.1 million abortions performed. each year are paid for with HEW funds at an estimated cost of $50 million a year. The U, S. Supreme Court had vacated Dooling's order and asked him to reconsider his decision. Califano said federal funds will continue to be available for certain medical procedures "necessary for the termination of an ectopic pregnancy or for treatment of rape or incest vic- tims" if that treatment is pro- vided before pregnancy is de- termined. AN ECTOPIC pregnancy is a potentially dangerous develop- ment of the fertilized egg in a fallopian tube or elsewhere out- side the uterus. Such a preg- nancy cannot continue to terms and results .in a natural, spon- taneous abortion often accom- panied by hemorrhaging if not discovered. The customary treatment for women who have been raped or are victims of incest prevents conception or destroys the fer- tilized egg, and some opponents of abortion have contended that the treatment is in effect an abortion. Califano, by deciding that payments for such treatment could continue, ewas following a legal opinion given him July 27 by Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell interpreting the Hyde Amend- ment as permitting the treat- ment to be financed by federal funds. U t . I : H ELD OVER-6th SMASH WEEK SHOWN TON IGHT AT 7:00 & 9:35 Open 6:45 Sat. & Sun. at 1 :00-3:40-6:20-9:00 Open 12:45 - HELD OVER- F N 2nd Hilarious Week "hn os TONIGHT AT 7:00 &9:00 ©PEN 6:45 THE BAD NEWS BEARS ARE ONETYEAR OLDER AND ONE YEAR WILDER It's a spewing smoke- stack. It's litter in the streets. It's a river where fish can't live. You know what pollu- tion is. But not everyone does. So the next time you see pollution, don't close your eyes to it. Write a letter. Make a call. Point itoutto someone who can do something about it. People start pollution. can stop it. .~ Keep merica Beautiful 05 Prk Avsnu*, New5' Yk, N.5 5101 A ci Newyiqi 'Avrss co Starring C ATMARA tNE ERH A RDT1 ama Pke Psnt AYASO"VACATARIN ERHAFULLRTI THE EBAD NEWS BEARS " Iou A oN MwSAM UETLM S;EMAN 6DAN OKEI I IN BREAKiNG TRAINING **'m*"e l WIWUAM DEVANE CUF TON JAMs Wtevby PAULBRICMAN asedUOnCharaerscreated byBLLtLANCAsER ciCOpYi05i Ciia.mcw~i ..crlini o eOm 1PiOdu~cedbyesI LEOSARD GOWLSERG Directedby MICHAtL PRE55 .eiEaTec morE Dg P w