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...woman's right to choose. But the trend of recent legislation is distinctly anti-abortion, the result of an extremely well-organized and funded "Pro-life" movement (which some link to the New Right). On the federal level, the 1976-7 Hyde Amendment, a rider on the Labor-HEW appropriations bill, cut off federally funded abortions except in cases of rape, incest, and "medically necessary" instances, defined by the Supreme Court as long-lasting physical or psychological damage to the mother's health...
...concerned about the deep influence of the judiciary in HEW," Califano said. "Courts have been essential to protect rights of citizens in discrimination cases, but we need a probe of the judicial system and their management of HEW," he added...
...group of colleges that didn't like the regulations. The University, officials said, already meets Title IX requirements. The new proposals "don't really affect us," says Robin Schmidt, vice president for government and community affairs. So Harvard let the Ivy League do its talking, signing a letter to HEW that asked for "flexibility...
Some people say nothing. Like Patricia Harris, the newly-appointed HEW secretary who must do something with this mess. If Harris does have an opinion, she's not telling anyone what it is. And as far as can be determined, she believes in fairness...
While people make up their minds, Title IX remains in limbo. And nobody at HEW knows what will happen. Only one thing is for sure. The combatants, some fear, will never be happy. No regulation, as one Harvard official says, "can possibly address the idiosyncracies of every university." And I thought we knew that before last December...