Word: michigan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...minister glanced at the car that had pulled up in front of his Detroit office and wondered whether, in police parlance, he had been "set up." As one of the 75 members of Michigan Clergy for Problem Pregnancy Counseling, he had been called earlier by a man who urgently wanted an appointment. But the car outside carried the "EU 1" license-tag prefix that, the minister knew from his work around the city, is allotted to the Detroit police department. Was this a raid by policemen seeking to smash an "abortion ring...
...Detroit Council of Churches, who organized the counseling service 20 months ago. The driver of the car was indeed a police officer. But he was bringing his own unmarried, pregnant daughter for counseling. The minister sat down with the two and outlined the procedure for going outside Michigan for an abortion that would have been impossible at home...
Prosperous Clientele. The Michigan service is similar to one originated in 1967 by the Rev. Howard R. Moody of New York's Judson Memorial Church that has been copied-with modifications-by more than 100 community or state groups. Wherever new units are formed, the response is surprisingly strong. Four months ago, the Michigan ministers installed a telephone-answering service that was publicized in newspapers and through the highly efficient grapevine that connects women who have or have had unwanted pregnancies...
...medical decision, however, quickly follows. Michigan's only ground for therapeutic abortion is saving the life of the mother. As a result, most women must leave the state. Usually they are advised to go to nearby Cleveland or to Chicago, where abortions are still illegal but can be performed safely and discreetly-and sometimes they travel as far as London.* The Michigan ministers refer them to doctors on a list that has been checked out by Bielby himself or by a cooperating physician. "In this way," says Bielby, "we're not recommending people to quacks or butchers...
...Midwest, Cleveland State knocked defending co-champion Michigan State out of the tourney with a 3-0 victory...