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Box 1 - JGR/Abortion (1) - Roberts, John G.: Files SERIES I:
Subject File
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Document No. 044262CS
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
2/2/82
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: c.o.b. February 4
SUBJECT:
LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL RE RIGHT TO LIFE
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
GERGEN
MEESE
HARPER
BAKER
JAMES
DEAVER
JENKINS
STOCKMAN
MURPHY
ANDERSON
ROLLINS
CANZERI
WILLIAMSON
CLARK
WEIDENBAUM
DARMAN
P
SS
BRADY/SPEAKES
DOLE
ROGERS
DUBERSTEIN
FIELDING
FULLER
Remarks:
May we have your comments by c.o.b. Thursday, February 4. Thank you.
Richard G. Darman
Assistant to the President
and
Deputy to the Chief of Staff
(x-2702)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CABINET AFFAIRS STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 2, 1982 NUMBER: 044262CA
DUE BY: February 4, 1982
SUBJECT: Legislative Referral Re: Right to Life
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
ALL CABINET MEMBERS
Baker
Deaver
Vice President
State
Anderson
Treasury
Clark
Defense
Darman (For WH Staffing)
Attorney General
Interior
Jenkins
Agriculture
Gray
Commerce
Beal
Labor
HHS
HUD
Transportation
Energy
Education
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OMB
CIA
UN
USTR
CCNRE/Boggs
CEA
CCHR/Carleson
CEQ
CCCT/Kass
OSTP
CCFA/McClaughry
CCEA/Porter
Please advise us of any policy considerations ASAP.
REMARKS:
RETURN TO:
Craig L. Fuller
Assistant to the President
for Cabinet Affairs
456-2823
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20503
Jan 22, 1982
LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL MEMORANDUM
TO:
Legislative Liaison Officer
Department of Health and Human Services
SUBJECT: Department of Justice proposed report on
S. J. Res. 19, a proposed amendment to the
Constitution guaranteeing the right to life.
Please also provide your views on Justice's
proposed reports on:
S.J. Res. 17 (see LR Referral Memo of 10-30-81)
S.J. Res. 18 (see LR Referral Memo of 10-30-81)
S.J. Res. 110 (see LR Referral Memo of 11-16-81).
The Office of Management and Budget requests the views cf
your agency on the above subject before advising on its
relationship to the program of the President, in accordance
with OMB Circular A-19.
A response to this request for vour views is needed
no later than Friday, February 5, 1982.
Questions should be referred to Bob Pellicci
( 395-4702 ) or to
T,
the legislative analyst in this office.
(Signed) Naomi R. Sweeney
Naomi R. Sweeney for
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
Enclosures
cc:
Craig Fuller
Mike Uhlmann
Mike Horowitz
Don Moran
Emily Rock
Lynn Etheredge
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Legislative Affairs
Office of the Assistant Attorney General
Washington. D.C. 20530
Honorable Strom Thurmond
Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This is in response to your request for the views of the
Department of Justice on S. J. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution "guaranteeing the right to life". The resolution
reads in full:
The paramount right to life is vested in each human
being from the moment of fertilization without regard
to age, health, or condition of dependency.
The resolution appears primarily designed to ban abortions.
On the wisdom of Congressional adoption of a constitutional
amendment to prohibit abortions, we defer to other agencies.
However, we believe that S. J. Res. 19 is overly broad and a more
narrowly drawn resolution could accomplish the stated purpose
without the potentially significant consequences which might ensue
from adoption of the language at issue. Comments concerning the
probable legal effect of the resolution, and suggestions for
clarification in the legislative history of certain ambiguities in
the event the resolution is adopted by the Congress, follow.
(a) As noted, the resolution is apparently intended to
preclude abortions. In stating that the right to life is vested
in each human being from fertilization, the resolution implies
that the fetus is a "human being," and therefore vested with the
right to life, from the moment of conception. In providing that
the right to life is "paramount," the resolution further implies
that the unborn child's right to life. should prevail against any
countervailing interest of the mother. The only case involving
abortion in which the resolution does not seem to provide a rule
of decision is that in which an abortion is required to save the
life of the mother. Since the mother also enjoys a "paramount
right to life" under the resolution, the unborn child's interest
would not necessarily prevail in this situation. The legislative
history might well establish what procedures, if any, are to be
permitted to save the mother's life.
(b) The resolution establishes a right, but does not state
what parties bear the obligation. In this respect, the resolution
is similar in concept to the Thirteenth Amendment, which outlaws
slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment has been held to impose obliga-
tions on private parties as well as governmental entities;
similarly, we assume that S. J. Res. 19, if proposed and ratified,
would impose duties on governments and private parties alike. The
resolution therefore prohibits not only state involvement with
abortions, but also the private conduct of abortions. Abortions
would become illegal throughout the nation in all situations
except possibly those in which the mother's life is threatened.
(c) While it clearly outlaws abortion, the language of this
particular resolution might impose certain other duties to protect
the life of an unborn child. It could, for example, bar the use
of birth control techniques such as the morning-after pill or the
intrauterine device which kill the fertilized ovum after the
technical moment of conception. It could prohibit the use of
medical procedures designed to improve the mother's health (but
not necessary to save her life) which create a foreseeable risk of
death to the unborn child. It could create a federal remedy for
medical malpractice or other wrongful conduct which kills the
unborn child. And it could outlaw a variety of additional actions
other than directly performing abortions which are a relatively
direct cause of an abortion.
More generally, the rights created by the resolution are not
limited to those enjoyed by the unborn child. The paramount right
to life is vested in "each human being. Depending on the guid-
ance provided by the legislative history, the resolution could
have a relatively profound effect on the existing structure of
state and federal law. For example, the resolution would probably
prohibit murder and other varieties of homicide. While because of
due process constraints it would not be read as imposing criminal
penalties, it would probably create a civil cause of action for
damages. Moreover, the resolution might be held to authorize the
federal government to create a uniform federal homicide law by
enacting implementing legislation. Arguably, such a law could
preempt the homicide statutes now existing in the various states.
(d) The resolution could be held to prohibit merely negli-
gent conduct causing the death of another human being. If so, it
could authorize the creation of a federal common law of wrongful
death. It is not inconceivable that a fatality arising out of an
ordinary traffic accident could, upon the ratification of this
proposed amendment, amount to a violation of the victim's consti-
tutional rights giving rise to a cause of action in federal court
for money damages.
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(e) The resolution could also cast doubt on decisions in
some states permitting the families of comatose patients to peti-
tion the court for an order terminating the use of life support
systems. See Matter of Quinlan, 70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 642 (1976).
Under ordinary principles of interpretation, constitutional rights
may be waived by a knowing, conscious, and deliberate act. Since
a comatose patient is unable to waive his right to life, it is
uncertain whether the right could be waived by another in this
circumstance.
(f) The resolution could generate serious constitutional
questions as to the validity of capital punishment laws. It vests
the right to life in "each human being," including, presumably,
persons who have committed capital offenses, and states that the
right to life shall be "paramount." If the right is paramount, it
could be construed to prevail over any interests, such as deter-
rence or retribution, which the government might seek to vindicate
through imposition of capital punishment.
(g) Finally, it is possible--although we believe unlikely--
that the right to life recognized by the resolution could be held
to include more than a right not to be killed by another. Read
most broadly, the right to "life" might arguably encompass a
certain minimum "quality" of life. If so, S. J. Res. 19, if
proposed and ratified, could arguably impose a responsibility of
uncertain scope on governments to assure that persons within their
jurisdictions enjoy at least the minimum of material benefits
necessary to live a relatively comfortable existence. While we
believe that this argument would be weak, we would anticipate that
it would be asserted. The legislative history should help to
establish whether any protection of the quality of life is
intended by S. J. Res. 19.
The foregoing discussion has suggested that the amendment
proposed by S. J. Res. 19 could be read quite broadly. Our
uncertainty as to the resolution's scope stems from its sweeping
and open-ended terms. Congress could attempt to limit the meaning
of these terms through legislative history, but this attempt would
not necessarily be successful. Although arguments from history
can be treacherous, it is worth noting the expansive meaning given
to the open-ended terms of the Fourteenth Amendment despite
historical evidence indicating that the Amendment was designed
primarily or wholly to deal with problems of slavery and race
relations. If, as seems likely, the purpose of S. J. Res. 19 is
only to prohibit abortions, we suggest that a more narrowly drawn
amendment might have the desired effect without potentially
granting substantive new rights to persons who have already been
born.
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The Office of Management and Budget has advised that there is
no objection to the submission of this report from the standpoint
of the Administration's program.
Sincerely,
Robert A. McConnell
Assistant Attorney General
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97TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 19
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing
the right of life.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1981
Mr. HELMS introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States guaranteeing the right of life.
1
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That the following article is proposed as an amendment to
4 the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to
5 all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution only if
6 ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
7 States within seven years from the date of its submission by
8 the Congress:
2
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"ARTICLE XXVII
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"The paramount right to life is vested in each human
3 being from the moment of fertilization without regard to age,
4 health, or condition of dependency.".
S.J. Res. 19-10
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 28, 1985
Dear Dr. Dreisbach:
This will acknowledge and respond to your recent letter to the
President enclosing a copy of the anti-abortion photographic
exhibit your organization wishes to display in Washington,
D.C., and requesting an opportunity to show the exhibit to the
President.
The President will be unable to accommodate this request for a
personal meeting. In addition, we must protest the reproduc-
tion on this exhibit of the President's letter of May 5, 1982
and ask that your Association cease to use any reproduction of
that letter either on this poster or in any of your literature.
As you know, the White House did not grant permission for this
use of the President's letter. More generally, Presidential
messages of this sort are not intended to be reproduced by
their recipients for recruiting, promotional or fundraising or
other extranecus purposes. Finally, as you were advised by
Peter Rusthoven of our staff in his letter of August 13, 1984,
the President, despite his frequently articulated personal
opposition to abortion, cannot comment on matters pending
before State courts -- something which the inclusion of this
1982 letter in your photographic exhibit suggests he is doing.
I will appreciate your prompt written assurance of intent to
comply with the requests set forth above, and trust you can
understand the reasons for those requests.
Sincerely,
Original signed by RAH
Richard A. Hauser
Deputy Counsel to the President
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
California Pro Life Medical Association
Post Office Box 99
Palm Springs, California 92263
RAH: PJR:ph 1/25/85
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 25, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD A. HAUSER
FROM:
PETER J. RUSTHOVEN 646
SUBJECT:
Letter from Philip Dreisbach about
Anti-Abortion Photographic Exhibit
Attached for your signature (in Mr. Fielding's absence from
the office) is the response to Dr. Dreisbach's most recent
letter.
The response has been revised to incorporate the phrase Fred
wanted added to the last paragraph. When the letter has been
signed, I will send an informational copy to Fred Ryan.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Patting Dear Dr. Dreisbach:
January 25, 1985
This will acknowledge and respond to your recent letter to the
President enclosing a copy of the anti-abortion photographic
exhibit your organization wishes to display in Washington,
D.C., and requesting an opportunity to show the exhibit to the
President.
The President will be unable to accommodate this request for a
personal meeting. In addition, we must protest the reproduc-
tion on this exhibit of the President S letter of May 5, 1982
and ask that your Association cease to use any reproduction of
that letter either on this poster or in any of your literature.
As you know, the White House did not grant permission for this
use of the President's letter. More generally, Presidential
messages of this sort are not intended to be reproduced by
their recipients for recruiting, promotional or fundraising or
other extraneous purposes. Finally, as you were advised by
Peter Rusthoven of my staff in a letter dated August 13, 1984,
the President, despite his frequently articulated personal
opposition to abortion, cannot comment on matters pending
before State courts -- something which the inclusion of this
1982 letter in your photographic exhibit suggests he is doing.
I will appreciate your prompt written assurance of intent to
comply with the requests set forth above and truet you undertad
the for that request.
Sincerely,
Fred F. Fielding
Counsel to the President
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
California Pro Life Medical Association
Post Office Box 99
Palm Springs, California 92263
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 25, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
PETER J. RUSTHOVEN 646
SUBJECT:
Letter from Philip Dreisbach about
Anti-Abortion Photographic Exhibit
Dr. Dreisbach, who is Secretary-Treasurer of the California
Pro Life Medical Association, wrote the President in late
December enclosing "a large portable photo exhibit that we
hope to display in an appropriate place in Washington, D.C. in
1985," and asking permission to show him the exhibit.
The background of this matter involves the discovery of the
undisposed remains of some 17,000 fetuses in California, for
which Dreisbach's organization has been attempting to arrange
formal burial and about which he wrote to the President in
1982. In reply, he received a very supportive Presidential
dated May 5, 1982 (copy attached), which appears to have been
drafted in Anne Higgins' office and autopenned. Our office
had no knowledge of this earlier correspondence.
In 1984, Dreisbach again wrote the President, reporting that
the attempt to arrange for burials was held up in litigation
still pending in California State courts, and asking that
Arlington National Cemetery be made available for the burials.
This letter was referred to our office, and received the
attached reply from me (discussed and reviewed with Dick).
The current "photo exhibit" features a reproduction of the
President's 1982 letter surrounded by pictures of aborted
fetuses. It is, to say the least, a gruesome presentation.
Use of the President's letter in this fashion was certainly
not authorized. In addition (and despite my personal views on
abortion), I believe it inappropriate to have the President
associated in quite so personal a way with this particular
tact of pro-life supporters, particularly when (to the best of
my knowledge) the "burial litigation" may still be pending.
Accordingly, attached for your review and signature is a reply
to Dreisbach advising that the use of the President's letter
on this poster is unauthorized and inappropriate, especially
in light of the pendency of State court litigation.
Attachments
CC: Richard A. Hauser
RESTRICTED
29/08/19
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date: 1/8/85
TO: Dick Houser
FROM: FREDERICK J. RYAN, JR.
Director
Presidential Appointments and
Scheduling
Per our discussion
II
Decibach
May S 1982
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RECEIVE
CALIFORNIA PRO LIFE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
3
1985
12-29-84
SCHEDULING
Executive Director
Albert Lorincz, M.D.
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Los Gatos
President
Dear President Reagan:
Nancy T. Mullan, M.D.
Psychiatry
Burbank
Vice-President
Frank Hyatt, M.D.
I have enclosed a documentary which contains a letter
Family Practice
San Jose
you sent us two years ago.
Secretary-Treasurer
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
We have prepared a large portable photo exhibit that
Oncology/Hematology
Palm Springs
we hope to display in an appropriate public place in Washing-
ADVISORY BOARD
James Brennan, M.D.
ton, D.C. in 1985.
Long Beach
John Livoni, M.D.
If your schedule permits, I would be honored to show you
Sacramento
James Ford, M.D.
Downey
the exhibit while you are here in Palm Springs.
A.F. Forster, M.D.
Long Beach
The 17,000 bodies of abortion victims have never been
David Gasman, M.D.
Redding
buried because the ACLU went to court to block the burial
Walter Gillogley, M.D.
San Mateo
Allen Kelly, J.D., M.D.
and ask for incineration. Los Angeles Supervisor, Mike Anton-
Sunnyvale
Robert Kelly, M.D.
ovich, a personal friend and soo-to-be Chairman of the California
Cupertino
William Levonian, M.D.
Santa Cruz
Republican Party, has been our most staunch assistant.
George Maloof, M.D.
San Francisco
John J. McGroarty, M.D.
Burbank
Albert Monterastelli, M.D.
Sincerely,
Pomona
Gerald Navarre, M.D.
Westminster
Edward Novak, M.D.
Redwood City
Philip B. Dreeibach,MD.
Edward Obeji, M.D.
Long Beach
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Dale Ritter, M.D.
Secretary
Chico
John A. Robertson, M.D.
Medical Association
Sierra Madre
John Samson, M.D.
Long Beach
Rafael Solari, M.D.
San Francisco
Offices: 619-568-3613
John Warburton, M.D.
619-327-5158
Westminster
Leonie Watson, M.D.
Richard Watson, M.D.
San Francisco
Harry Weiss, M.D.
Vista
POST OFFICE BOX 99, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92263 / PHONE 619/327-5158
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 13, 1984
Dear Dr. Dreisbach:
This will acknowledge and respond to your recent letter to the
President requesting that he make Arlington National Cemetery
available for burial of the remains of 17,000 unborn infants,
which the California Court of Appeals has recently ruled may
not be buried.
The President has no legal authority to interfere with the
decision of the State court in this matter, and any attempt to
reverse that decision would have to proceed through the normal
channels of judicial review. In addition, eligibility for
interment in national cemeteries is governed by a Federal
statute (38 U.S.C. $ 1002), and is generally limited to those
members of the Armed Forces and their dependants who meet the
requirements specified in that law.
I can and do appreciate that this is matter of great importance
to you and other members of the California Pro Life Medical
Association. Though we cannot comment on pending State court
proceedings, the President has, as I am sure you are aware,
repeatedly stated his opposition to abortion on demand and his
support for efforts to bring it to an end.
Sincerely,
Acter
Peter J. Rusthoven
Associate Counsel to the President
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
California Pro Life Medical Association
Post Office Box 99
Palm Springs, California 92263
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CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS
38 § 1002
Code of Federal Regulations
Advisory committee. see 38 CFR 1.601.
§
1002.
Persons eligible for interment in national ceme-
teries
Under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe and
subject to the provisions of section 3505 of this title, the remains of
the following persons may be buried in any open national cemetery
in the National Cemetery System:
(1) Any veteran (which for the purposes of this chapter includes
1 person who died in the active military, naval, or air service).
(2) Any member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces,
and any member of the Army National Guard or the Air National
Guard, whose death occurs under honorable conditions while he is
hospitalized or undergoing treatment, at the expense of the United
States, for injury or disease contracted or incurred under honorable
conditions while he is performing active duty for training, inactive
duty training, or undergoing that hospitalization or treatment at the
expense of the United States.
(3) Any member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the
Army, Navy, or Air Force whose death occurs under honorable con-
ditions while he is-
(A) attending an authorized training camp or on an autho-
rized practice cruise;
(B) performing authorized travel to or from that camp or
cruise; or
(C) hospitalized or undergoing treatment, at the expense of
the United States, for injury or disease contracted or incurred
under honorable conditions while he is-
(i) attending that camp or on that cruise;
(ii) performing that travel; or
(iii) undergoing that hospitalization or treatment at the
expense of the United States.
(4) Any citizen of the United States who, during any war in
which the United States is or has been engaged, served in the armed
forces of any government allied with the United States during that
war, and whose last such service terminated honorably.
(5) The wife, husband, surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the
discretion of the Administrator, unmarried adult child of any of the
persons listed in paragraphs (1) through (4).
(6) Such other persons or classes of persons as may be designat
ed by the Administrator.
Added Pub.L. 93-43, § 2(a), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 75.
Historical Note
Effective Date. Section effective June Legislative History. For legislative
18, 1973. see section 10(a) of Pub.L. 93-43. history and purpose of Pub.L. 93-43,
set out as a note under section 1000 of 1973 U.S.Code Cong. and Adm.News,
this title.
1401.
Code of Federal Regulations
Ellgible persons. see 38 CFR 1.620.
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CALIFORNIA PRO LIFE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Executive Director
President Ronald Reagan
Albert Lorincz, M.D.
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Los Gatos
White House
President
Nancy T. Mullan, M.D.
Washington, D.C.
July 3, 1984
Psychiatry
Burbank
Vice-President
Frank Hyatt, M.D.
Family Practice
San Jose
Dear Mr. President:
Secretary-Treasurer
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Oncology/Hematology
Palm Springs
ADVISORY BOARD
With tremendous disappointment we must report to you that the
James Brennan, M.D.
Long Beach
John Livoni, M.D.
California Appeals Court in Los Angeles has refused us the
Sacramento
James Ford, M.D.
opportunity to bury the 17,000 bodies of unborn infants found
Downey
A.F. Forster, M.D.
Long Beach
in the Weisberg cargo container in 1982.
David Gasman, M.D.
Redding
Walter Gillogiey, M.D.
San Mateo
We turn to you for urgent assistance.
Allen Kelly, J.D., M.D.
Sunnyvale
Robert Kelly, M.D.
Cupertino
William Levonian, M.D.
As Commander in Chief, could you offer the use of the National
Santa Cruz
George Maloof, M.D.
San Francisco
Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, for the proper disposal of
John J. McGroarty, M.D.
Burbank
these human remains? This would be well-received by the entire
Albert Monterastelli, M.D.
Pomona
Gerald Navarre, M.D.
community which has been outraged at the thought that Los Angeles
Westminster
Edward Novak, M.D.
will become the Dachau ovens of the 80's. Keep in mind that the
Redwood City
Edward Obeji, M.D.
abortion lobby wants the bodies incinerated with the trash---not
Long Beach
Dale Ritter, M.D.
Chico
cremated in human dignity. Your offer would be readily welcomed
John A. Robertson, M.D.
Sierra Madre
by the County of Los Angeles and the District Attorney, Robert
John Samson, M.D.
Long Beach
Philibosian.
Rafael Solari, M.D.
San Francisco
John Warburton, M.D.
Westminster
Leonie Watson, M.D.
Richard Watson, M.D.
We are prepared to assist you in this urgent matter. God bless
San Francisco
Harry Weiss, M.D.
and keep you.
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Sincerely,
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Secretary
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Dear Dr. Dreisbach:
I have received your letter and I want you to know
of the great horror and sadness evoked by the inci-
dent you described. When all is said and done,
being confronted with the reality of abortion and
its consequences removes all trace of doubt and
hesitation. The terrible irony about this sudden
discovery is not that SO many human lives were
legally aborted, but that they are only a tiny
proportion of the 1.5 million unborn children
quietly destroyed in our nation each year. This
is the truth many would rather not face.
Your decision to hold a memorial service for these
children is most fitting and proper. On such an
occasion, we must strengthen our resolve to end
this national tragedy. I am hopeful that evidence
like that found in California will move those who
have thus far preferred silence or inaction and
encourage them to agree that something must be done.
I have expressed my anticipation that Congress act
expeditiously on this matter and approve a measure
which will remove this evil, and all its vestiges,
from our society.
Thank you for writing, and may God bless you in all
your efforts.
Sincerely,
RONALD REACAN
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Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Secretary
X California Pro Life Medical Association
Post Office Box 99
Palm Springs, California 92263
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CALIFORNIA PRO LIFE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
President Ronald Reagan
February 23, 1982
White House
Executive Director
Albert Lorincz, M.D.
Washington, D.C.
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Los Gatos
President
Nancy T. Mullan, M.D.
Dear President Reagan:
Psychiatry
Burbank
On February 4, 1982 a storage container was being retrieved
Vice-President
Frank Hyatt, M.D.
from Mal Weisberg's Medical Analytic Laboratories when the winch
Family Practice
San Jose
broke under the heavy weight of the container. When the workmen
Vice-Presldent
unloaded a few boxes in order to lighten the load, a few boxes
Sheila Beirne, M.D.
broke open and spilled their contents---small human arms, legs,
Internal Medicine
Van Nuys
and whole bodies. Investigators report that there were more than
Secretary-Treasurer
500 small human beings crammed into individual containers and
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Oncology/Hematology
cardboard boxes. The odor of the opened boxes was so foul and the
Palm Springs
sight so grotesque that the workmen were physically overwhelmed.
ADVISORY BOARD
Mel Grussing, district supervisor of Los Angeles County Health
James Brennan, M.D.
Long Beach
Department said, "I've never seen anything like this."
William Dignam, M.D.
UCLA
James Ford, M.D.
The Los Angeles County coroner and the health Department are
Downey
A.F. Forster, M.D.
conducting an investigation after they carefully removed all contents
Long Beach
David Gasman, M.D.
from the storage container in Wilmington, California. It is our
Redding
understanding that more than 500 bodies---some dismembered and some
Walter Gillogley, M.D.
San Mateo
intact---were discovered. The coroner's office plans to release at
Allen Kelly, J.D., M.D.
Sunnyvale
least 31 of the bodies which were very large babies in order that
Robert Kelly, M.D.
Cupertino
we might provide a burial.
William Levonian, M.D.
Santa Cruz
George Maloof, M.D.
Enclosed with the bodies were extensive records which provided
San Francisco
John J. McGroarty, M.D.
information about the identity of the bodies, names of doctors,
Burbank
Albert Monterastelli, M.D.
and clinics and pathological results. Some of the bodies came
Pomona
from abortion mills in Los Angeles such as Inglewood Hospital and
Gerald Navarre, M.D.
Westminster
Planned Parenthood while some came from as far away as Missouri.
Edward Novak, M.D.
Redwood City
The records also disclosed payment from Medi-Cal and computer print
Edward Obeji, M.D.
Long Beach
outs of procedures done for doctors. We are asking that all this
Dale Ritter, M.D.
information be made public once the investigation is completed.
Chico
John A. Robertson, M.D.
Sierra Madre
John Samson, M.D.
It is doubtful that the district attorney will be able to
Long Beach
find any criminal action since, as you know, abortion is legal
Rafael Solari, M.D.
San Francisco
at anytime during pregnancy under the 1973 United States Supreme
John Warburton, M.D.
Westminster
Court ruling. As one Los Angeles reported with a testy voice,
Leonie Watson, M.D.
Richard Watson, M.D.
"I don't see what all the fuss is about. The only problem is that
San Francisco
the container was opened." Indeed, if the container had not been
Harry Weiss, M.D.
Vista
opened, the public would not have had to confront the horror of
hundreds of mutilated victims of the abortion holocaust. Otherwise,
the small bodies would have been incinerated with pathological
debris or processed through garbage disposal grinders to become part
of the sewage system. No body count. No burials. No lamentation.
No vision of the human gore---except for this case.
POST OFFICE BOX 99, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92263 / PHONE 714/327-5158
CALIFORNIA PRO LIFE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Executive Director
We are cooperating with several public officials and a Coalition
Albert Lorincz, M.D.
Obstetrics/Gynecology
to Bury the Aborted in order to arrange a massive memorial service
Los Gatos
at a Los Angeles mortuary and cemetery. Until the coroner releases
President
the bodies (we expect sometime in March), we will be unable to set
Nancy T. Mullan. M.D.
Psychiatry
a definite date.
Burbank
Vice-President
Frank Hyatt. M.D.
In behalf of the victims and in behalf of our citizens who plead
Family Practice
San Jose
for the restoration of the most fundamental human right, we request
your attendance and participation at the Memorial Service for
Vice-President
Sheila Beirne, M.D.
Abortion Victims in Los Angeles.
Internal Medicine
Van Nuys
Secretary-Treasurer
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Oncology/Hematology
Palm Springs
Sincerely, Philip B. Drustach MD
ADVISORY BOARD
James Brennan, M.D.
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Long Beach
William Dignam. M.D.
Secretary
UCLA
James Ford, M.D.
Downey
PBD:jd
A.F. Forster, M.D.
Long Beach
David Gasman. M.D.
Redding
Walter Gillogiey. M.D.
San Mateo
Allen Kelly, J.D., M.D.
Sunnyvale
Robert Kelly, M.D.
Cupertino
William Levonian, M.D.
Santa Cruz
George Maloof. M.D.
San Francisco
John J. McGroarty. M.D.
Burbank
Albert Monterastelli. M.D.
Pomona
Gerald Navarre, M.D.
Westminster
Edward Novak, M.D.
Redwood City
Edward Obeji, M.D.
Long Beach
Date Ritter, M.D.
Chico
John A. Robertson, M.D.
Sierra Madre
John Samson, M.D.
Long Beach
Rafael Solari, M.D.
San Francisco
John Warburton, M.D
Westminster
Leonie Watson, M.D.
Richard Watson, M.D.
San Francisco
Harry Weiss, M.D.
Vista
POST OFFICE BOX 99, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92263 / PHONE 714/327-5158
wads are inadigate
to express the Lorm and
the shock of the situation
you described,
till daid is most fitting also
of he memorial to service honor
these dead and it must
strengthen our
resolve to end this national
tragedy.
The markges have been too many.
Our efforts must not clase.
#2
Torrance
Daily Breeze
California
Sun., Feb. 7, 1982 A10
Officials continue removing
fetuses from shipping box
Man kill,
hurt in
Los Angeles County investigators Sat-
Workers from the Coroner's Office, the
urday continued removing hundreds of
Department of Health Services and Dis-
human fetuses from a Wilmington shipping
trict Attorney's Office sorted through as
container and transferring them to the
many as 500 fetuses, which were packed
Coroner's Office to determine if they had
in individual plastic containers and card-
been aborted legally.
board boxes and jammed into the con-
"I can't say there is a violation of the
tainer.
law
until they get through with the
The contents were discovered Thursday
investigation," said Al Albergate,
when a worker became suspicious of the
spokesman for county District Attorney
foul odor emanating from the container.
John K. Van de Kamp.
The container had been repossessed
The fetuses, as many as 500 of them,
from Medical Analytic Laboratories in
are being removed for further analysis
Santa Monica, a defunct clinic that report-
by the Coroner's Office to determine
edly was owned by Mel Weisberg of Wood-
whether they had been older than 20 weeks,
land Hills. The clinic closed last May or
the time limit for legal abortions.
June.
"It's a grueling operation out here,"
"I think there are several things that
said John W. Finken, a senior coroner's
are being attempted that have to be
investigator, as workers sorted through
clarified," said health department official
the 20-foot-long metal container at Martin
Ralph Lopez. "The most immediate is to
Container Service Inc. at 1531 N. Blinn
inventory and assess what's actually in
St. in Wilmington.
there."
The Los Angeles Fire Department was
The sorting-out process was unsettling
called in Saturday afternoon because the
to many.
fumes from the formaldehyde in which
"I've never seen a container like this,"
the fetuses were packed were over-
said Mel Grussing, district supervisor of
whelming, Fire Department spokesman
the health facilities division of the health
Steve Ventura said.
department.
Amtrak train strikes car; 5 people die
COMMERCF (AP) - An Amtrak train
recognition.
had driven around
Klugman said the train
nto the-tracks
sengers and six crewm
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DRAFT/Date 15 April 1982
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Enclosures:
(Drafter) (Rev. I) (Rev.II)
of
Other: all brought
Dear
Dr. Chas Dreisbach: It Tells abotion M has
Words cannot adequately express the shock and horror that we feel
when we are suddenly confronted by the ugly eonsequences of the prac-
tite of abortion among us The evidence recently uncovered in California
is merely an accidental addition to the accounts of babies who survive
saline procedures, the back-alley practices now carried out in legally-
protected clinics, and the recurrent accounts of the psychological
damage inflicted on women, and some medical practitioners, who
face the results of legalized abortion.
I have emphasized that those who oppose this evil in our society must
engage in public education about the full nature of abortion. Hearings,
such as those conducted in the Senate, cause us to consider the legal
humanity of the unborn. Evidence such as that found in California forces
us to confront the inhumanity of the results of what is being done.
I hope that the Congress will act on some measure to remove this evil
from our society, soon.
With my prayers and best wishes.
Sincerely,
RR
Torrance
Daily Breeze
California
Mon., Feb. 8, 1982 A3
County, state to join in
tracing origin of fetuses
By Rex Dalton
than 24 weeks pregnant - a point at
which a fetus can survive outside the
Medical writer
womb.
County and state agencies will be asked
According to the state Penal Code, abor-
to join forces in investigating the source
tions are not to be performed beyond 20
of hundreds of fetuses in Wilmington, some
weeks. However, officials say that law is
30 of which may have been the result of
essentially unenforceable because abor-
prohibited, late abortions.
tions are frequently performed beyond
The state Board of Medical Quality
the 20th week.
Assurance and the county grand jury,
The jars holding the fetuses were
Health Department and District Attorney's
marked with patient names and, in some
Office will be requested by County Su-
cases, the names of the physicians, giving
pervisor Mike Antonovich to investigate
investigators indications of the source of
events leading to the discovery last
the medical waste.
Thursday of the medical waste in a ship-
Records found in the shipping container
ping container.
showed the pathological specimens came
Antonovich, who oversees the county
from doctors and clinics throughout the
Health Department, will request the broad
state, with some records showing the Santa
investigation at Tuesday's Board of Su-
Monica clinic did testing for facilities as
pervisors meeting.
far away as Missouri.
The grisly discovery was made after
Medi-Cal patients identification records,
employes of Martin Container Service Inc.
computer printouts of procedures done
repossessed the 20-foot-long metal con-
for physicians and clinics and records
tainer from the home of a Woodland Hills
showing pathological results from tests
man who once operated a pathological
were found in the shipping container.
clinic in Santa Monica.
Authorities also are investigating
The container was repossessed Wednes-
whether laws requiring storage of medical
day from the home of Mel Weisberg, who
records have been violated, since some
owned the now-defunct Medical Analytic
records are required to be safely kept
Laboratories Inc. The clinic closed nearly
for five years and many of the documents
a year ago.
in the container were from 1979 and 1980.
Investigators from the Coroner's Office
The Coroner's Office has taken posses-
and the county Department of Health Ser-
sion of the more well-developed fetuses,
vices working through the weekend culled
and health department authorities are
more than 30 well-developed fetuses from
guarding the remainder of the waste and
the hundreds in the container.
records.
The fetuses were stored in formalde-
Officials of the various agencies met
hyde in plastic jars. Also in the container
today to review the information they've
were various types of medical waste and
accumulated todetermine if criminal
confidential patient records stacked eight
charges are warranted.
a student-
feet high.
At a mimimun, there may be misde-
Officials of the Coroner's Office say
meanor violations of the state Health and
hdar which
some of the fetuses apparently are larger
Safety Code since recognizable human
) copies.
than 4 pounds, indicating abortions may
parts are required to be cremated or
have been performed on women more
buried.
hit with calendar of handsome faces
go is men's briefs.
February (Bill Woodward), and Mr. No-
Neiman-Marcus in Ras
lothes for Playgirl
vember (Greg Smith), all fellow frat
port Beach. rival
brothers. "You get a bad name. People
Gammas were
didn't have
criticize you."
bookstores
THE
AMERICAN
HOLOCAUST
"One of the boxes fell out of the container, spilling its contents on the ground. I stared at
a large object but couldn't tell what it was. I called my boss to come over and take a look.
All
of
a
sudden
WA
realized
with
great
horror
that
It
was
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DOCTOR AS
AMERICAN HOLOCAUST IN CALIFORNIA?
BEILENSON, Anthony-author of 1967 Abortion Act, abortion
advocacy leader in Congress, represents Beverly Hills.
HIPPOCRATIC OATH
BERMAN, Howard-abortion advocacy leader in Sacramento, rep-
resents Beverly Hills.
FLEISCHMANN, Norman-former director of LA Planned Parent-
hood.
I swear by Apollo and Asclepius and Hygleia and
WAXMAN, Henry-abortion advocacy leader in Washington, pri-
Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them
mary advocate for Planned Parenthood, represents
Hollywood.
my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and
BIRD, Rose-Chief Justice State Supreme Court, coerces unap-
judgment this oath and covenant:
propriated $ millions for abortionists.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if ask-
MYERS, Beverlee-Director of California Health Department,
Chairman of Guttmacher Institute, distributes more than
ed for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect.
$200 million of state funds to abortionists.
Similarly I will not give a woman an abortive remedy. In
BURTON, Philip-abortion advocacy leader in Congress, repre-
purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.
sents San Francisco.
BURTON, John-abortion advocacy leader in Congress, repre-
If I fulfill this oath and do not violate it, may it be
sents San Francisco.
granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with
BROWN, Edmund "Jerry"-as Governor he budgeted more than
fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it
$300 million for abortionists.
ALLRED, Gloria-feminist attorney.
and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.
ALLRED, Edward-abortionist who owns 12 abortion centers,
made $12 million in 1980.
SIEROTY, Alan-abortion advocacy leader in Sacramento.
BELOUS, Leon-early abortion pioneer, pushed cases through
the courts to overturn parental authority.
GRAHAM, Helen-ZPG, Zero Population Growth lobbyist.
CLEVENGER, Norma-Planned Parenthood lobbyist.
DOCTOR AS
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN-Julia Gertler, LA
president.
LEAR, Norman-TV producer, finances abortion advocacy
groups.
California Medicine
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION-Carol Sobel and Dorothy
Lang, defenders of the abortionists.
The Western Journal of Medicine
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION-Martha Gorman, lobby.
September 1970, 113, 3
ist for abortion advocacy. Testified against bill to prohibit
(Editorial)
abortion on viable infants in womb, 1982.
MARMET, Joseph-Beverly Hills M.D., abortionist charged with
32 counts of Medi-Cal fraud.
The process of eroding the old ethic and substi-
"The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its
BALLARD, Charles-directs allarge public funded abortion cen-
tuting the new has already begun. It may be seen most
infant members is to kill it."
Margaret Sanger
ter at Los Angeles County-University Southern California
clearly in changing attitudes toward human abortion. In
Founder of Planned Parenthood
Medical Center.
defiance of the long held Western ethic of intrinsic and
BARKE, Morton-abortionist, owner of Inglewood Hospital abor-
tion center, late term abortions.
equal value for every human life regardless of its stage,
KRINGS, Thomas-director of Los Angeles Regional Family Plan-
condition or status, abortion is becoming accepted by
ning Council which furmels more than $10 million of public
society as moral, right and even necessary. It is worth
funds per year to abortion centers.
noting that this shift in public attitude has affected the
GOLDSMITH-GREENE, Sadja-abortionist and proponent of late
term D and E abortion at University of California, San
churches, the laws and public policy rather than the
C
reverse. Since the old ethic has not yet been fully displac-
Copyright 1982
Francisco Medical Center.
GOLDBERG, Merle-pioneer abortion activist, fugitive from Los
ed it has been necessary to separate the idea of abortion
Anyone with documentation regarding any person, physician, or
Angeles County Indictment for illegal abortions.
from the idea of killing, which continues to be socially
institution involved with the deliberate killing of innocent human
KARMAN, Harvey-illegal abortion pioneer, abortion en-
abhorrent. The result has been a curious avoidance of the
beings, including the human before birth, the handicapped, the
trepreneur.
scientific fact, which everyone really knows, that human
elderly, or the very sick, contact:
CASADY, Nancy-lobbylst for California Abortion Rights League.
FEMINIST WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER-advocales of self-
life begins at conception and is continuous whether intra-
induced abortion, who received over $1 million for abortions
CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION
or extra-uterine until death. The very considerable
from Office of Family Planning per year.
OF THE AMERICAN HOLOCAUST
LEVINE, Mel-abortion advocate In Sacramento, represents
semanic gymnastics which are required to rationalize
Post Office Box 99
Beverly Hills.
abortion as anything but taking a human life would be
Palm Springs, California 92263
ABRAMOVITZ, Irving-deceased, manufacturer of abortion tools
ludicrous if they were not often put forth under socially
and suction machine.
Impeccable auspices. It is suggested that this
FRAZIN, Rabbi Lester-primary spokesman for abortion advo.
cates at Sacramento press conference, January 21, 1982.
schizophrenic sort of subterfuge is necessary because
CUSHNER, Irvin-abortion advocate, UCLA Medical Center.
while a new ethic is being accepted the old one has not
STATUS OF WOMEN, COMMISSION-public funded agency that
yet been rejected.
lobbies for abortion.
"dramatic changes In technology and culture make it possible to ensure that every child is a wanted child."
California Office of Family Planning.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 5, 1982
Dear Dr. Dreisbach:
I have received your letter and I want you to kn
of the great horror and sadness evoked by the in
dent you described. When all is said and done,
being confronted with the reality of abortion an
its consequences removes all trace of doubt and
hesitation. The terrible irony about this sudde
discovery is not that so many human lives were
legally aborted, but that they are only a tiny
proportion of the 1.5 million unborn children
quietly destroyed in our nation each year. This
is the truth many would rather not face.
(1 lb. 1 oz.), age
Your decision to hold a memorial service for the
di hand in lower
children is most fitting and proper. On such ar
occasion, we must strengthen our resolve to end
this national tragedy. I am hopeful that evider
like that found in California will move those wl
have thus far preferred silence or inaction and
I have expressed my anticipation that Congress i
expeditiously on this matter and approve a measi
"It Is not too early for our profession to examine this new ethic (of death control and death solection) and
Malcolm Walls, M.D., California Medical Association.
encourage them to agree that something must be (
which will remove this evil, and all its vestig
from our society.
Thank you for writing, and may God bless you in
your efforts.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagon
Philip B. Dreisbach, M.D.
Secretary
prepare to apply 11 "(1970)
California Pro Life Medical Association
Post Office Box 99
Palm Springs, California 92263
m (1 lb. 5 oz.), age
821901
Rose Bird, California Supreme Court, Chief Justice: for funded abortion.
Whose morality was Imposed on this Individual?
Some bables die by chance, none should die by choice
fundamental at issue is the right to private procreative
"The right choice ** arguing public
VWR
BABY BOY, Coroner's case #82-1901-42 weight of
fragments 420 gm (15 oz.), 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.) foot
length, cause of death: total dismemberment by Dr.
Gordon Goei.
"dramatic changes in technology and culture make it possible to ensure that every child is a wanted child."
California Office of Family Planning.
Modern medicine calls this individual POC - product of conception.
BABY BOY, Coroner's case #82-1901-4, weight after abortion 480 gm (1 lb. 1 oz.), age
22-27 weeks, cause of death-massive hemorrhaging. Note severed hand in lower
left corner.
and
And said;
Hear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel
Is
It not for you to knowjustice?
You who hate the good and love the sell
Who tear the skin from off my people
and their flesh from off their bones,
who eat the flesh of my people
and flay their skin from off. them
and break their bones In pleces
and/chop them to like meats in a kettle,
flosh in a caldron.
Mican
"There are no legal rights of a felus. State Senator Anthony Beilenson, author of 1967 Abortion Art. now a US Congressman Ir. 111 Deverty Hills
unnamed, Coroner's case #82-1901-1, weight after abortion 900 gm (2 lbs.), age 27-29 weeks,
tth: dismemberment by Dr. Scott Ricke (now doing business in Arizona).
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 5, 1982
Dear Dr. Dreisbach:
I have received your letter and I want you to know
of the great horror and sadness evoked by the inci-
dent you described. When all is said and done,
being confronted with the reality of abortion and
its consequences removes all trace of doubt and
hesitation. The terrible irony about this sudden
discovery is not that so many human lives were
The poor are "a growing number of uneducated people who can become neither worthwhile employees nor
legally aborted, but that they are only a tiny
proportion of the 1.5 million unborn children
quietly destroyed in our nation each year. This
customers. Planned Parenthood, Pasadena.
is the truth many would rather not face.
Your decision to hold a memorial service for these
children is most fitting and proper. On such an
BABY B(
of death
occasion, we must strengthen our resolve to end
this national tragedy. I am hopeful that evidence
like that found in California will move those who
have thus far preferred silence or inaction and
encourage them to agree that something must be done.
I have expressed my anticipation that Congress act
expeditiously on this matter and approve: a: measure
To show these photos is "A sleary, Ca was
"Any legislation (against the legalized killing of the unborn) would pose a serious threat to our Constitutional right to practice our
There are (M) legal rights
NCJW. National Council Jewish Women/L A. 1981
relapon
BABY GIRL, Coroner's case #82-1901-2, weight after
abortion 825 gm (1 lb. 13 oz.), age 25-26 weeks, cause
of death - salt poisoned by Dr. Gordon Goei.
BCH
Do: [*** are "a growing mumber " 10004 about
customers Planned Parenthood, Pasadena
Population control is too important to be stopped by some right wing prolite types Take the new influx of Hispanic
unnequants I hope I can do something to stem that Dide - Edward Allred, millionaire abortions
BABY BOY, weight after abortion (320 gm - fragments only), age 20-22 weeks, cause
of death - total dismemberment by Dr. Gordon Goei.
they applied well within
need
was made to offset the wage loss of a
time limit, their applications
parent who suffered a nervous break-
akenly processed as "late
down after learning his child had been
THE line' to
THE THE 'hard
molested.
liberals from creating a crime-rid-
Venice woman who
Most of the others have heard nothing
den society are pure hogwash. The
beaten by a burglar fought
or have been notified only that their
conservative states have been hit
to have her medical and
applications have been received but not
harder by crime than have the
costs reimbursed. She suf-
acted on.
progressive ones." He concluded
nose and her neck and
One family, for example, received a
that "the 'lock 'em up' solution
severely injured in the attack,
letter early this month from the state
affords us even less protection and
aid caused her to resign from
Please see VICTIMS, Page 3
at greater cost than the alterna-
tives." President Reagan says, "Ameri-
cans are forced to suffer ill effects
st
of crime because so many of our
K-
Appeal Court
e,
political leaders stick to old, dis-
credited, liberal illusions about
r-
crime." Not so. Historian Ysabel
ses
Rennie points out that historically
to
Bars Disputed
there have been recurring cycles of
to
of
progressively harsher punishment
ned
of crime. Ultimately, the severity
him
of the penalties has been relaxed, in
Plan to Bury
recognition that the harsh mea-
CRY
sures were not providing adequate
eles
protection. England at one point prescribed
the death penalty for more than 350
16,000 Fetuses
kson
offenses, many of them trivial ones.
if, as
The number of capital offenses was
ckson
finally reduced in response to thou-
Le but
sands of petitions from shopkeep-
By GENE BLAKE, Times Staff Writer
lity,"
ers, manufacturers and bankers, of
who urged that "in the interest
More than 16,000 fetuses stored by Los Angeles
County since they were found in a repossessed
rd
for
public safety, milder punishments
shipping bin in 1982 cannot be given burial as human
ates is
should be imposed."
invited
Rennie reminds us that those
remains, the state Court of Appeal has ruled.
The decision was hailed by feminist activists who
who disregard the past are con- is
defend the free choice of abortions but was decried by
by this
demned to repeat it. "There
hld all
nothing more' disconcerting," she
anti-abortion groups that wanted to bury the fetuses
with funeral services.
sk. We
says, "than the realization: that
For the court to permit burial would show a state
ues.
what is being proposed now for the
MUELS
better management of crime and
preference for a belief not universally held and would
neneme
criminals-to get tough, to increase
be inappropriate, the court said in an opinion filed late
sentences and make them manda-
Friday and made public Moaday.
tory, and to kill more killers-has and
Ruling Reversed
America
been tried over and over again
The decision reversed a ruling by Los Angeles
pre drug
abandoned as unworkable."
Passing harsh laws is politically
Superior Court Judge Eli Chernow, who authorized
ERMAN
popular, and it is emotionally satis-
burial of the fetuses in December, 1982. However, the
Angeles
fying. But we could never outdo
fetuses have remained stored while the case has been
our ancestors in the administration
appealed.
/ Los Angeles Times
of punitive sanctions, and/if they
Carol Downer, director of the Los Angeles Feminist
unch
developed.
hore im-
did not succeed with the aidof rack,
Women's Health Center, which appealed Chernow's
a way to
thumbscrew and whipping post,
ruling with the help of American Civil Liberties Union
alers into
what makes us imagine that a
lawyers, said she was thrilled by the appellate court
mandatory fixed sentence will do
ruling.
WARREN
the trick?
for
"T'm very relieved that the courts are seeing this in
Pasadena
MAYGENE GIARI
the way we do, which is that it's entirely inappropriate
Pasadena
for the religious forces to enter into this situation,
Case
Downer said.
"Every week we have abortion clinics. Every week
we take the tissue cups or fetuses to our local
Los Angeles Times
crematorium and they are cremated We don't see any
Daily Founded Dec. 4,1881
reason why those fetuses would have been treated any
differently."
concurring
that
en 1 turned
Business and Editorial Offices
basis
for
argument,
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Phone (213)972-5000
However, the decision was denounced by Janet
rprised to see
are
talking
about
Dreisbach of Palm Springs, representing the Center for
the street. Is
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added
that
this
did
"I'm convinced we'll have to go as far as the U.S.
agenta stripe
Orange County Offices
situation
at
the
Supreme Court with this," Dreisbach said. "These are
looked very
Nar Zacchino, Editor
which
was
attended
and
the
human remains. For the courts to come down and say
reeze. Then I
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that even in death these living human entities that are
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Someone put
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was
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a
to the kind of progress we'd like to make in civil
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embers
his
family
Attorney Paul Freese, president of the local chapter
excited. Soon
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of
covering
the
case
of the Catholic League, described the appellate court
to be the focal
Domestic Bureaus
was
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after
the
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Not since 1932,
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where
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FETUSES: Court
Exploitation
mes and penalties assessed against
Prohibits Burial
40 taxpayer money is involved. The
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Continued from Page 1
ind about 22% of the state's master
making it a religious issue)," Freese said. "We strongly
It is regrettable that
which supports several criminal
disagree."
Reagan is using crime as:
he victims' restitution fund will
Freese said he will ask the court for a rehearing and
paign issue (Times, Jun
26 million to $36 million to spend
if that fails, will go to the state Supreme Court and the
"Reagan Blasts Liberal
end against anticipated revenues.
U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.
Views." Crime is too Berior
e process involves verifying that
The Feminist Women's Health Center had charged
problem to continue to be exploi
time victims (a crime report will
that allowing the involvement of anti-abortion groups
for political advantage.
art is not necessary), that they
in this case violated the separation of church and state.
The President blames liber
ce and were not involved in the
The appellate court tended to agree by referring to the
and that they are California
Catholic League in its opinion.
and inseudo-intellectuals.com
rise and
"It is clear from the record that the Catholic League
1970s." Not SO. William G. Nagel,
is a religious organization which regards a fetus as a
former prison warden, is a leading
human being and abortion as murder," wrote Presiding
advocate of a moratorium on prison
een injured (physically or emo-
Justice Arleigh Woods.
construction until alternatives to
with injury or, until recently,
"While this specific belief may well cross sectarian
incarceration have been fully de:
hen a family member (or person
lines, it is a belief not universally held. Consequently
veloped. When prison overcrowd-
close relationship) was injured to
any state action showing a preference for this belief
ing began to build up, Nagel decid-
Relatives of victims must have
will be strictly scrutinized and must be invalidated
to rethink his moratorium
e victim for support to be eligible
unless it is justified by compelling government
ed position to see if he had been
id.
interest.
amily member or person with a
The court noted that the district attorney's office has
mistaken. On the basis of an exhaustive
that "all the
said it does not intend to commence any criminal
prosecution in connection with the fetuses and has no
further need of them as evidence.
THE TOTAL THE
THE THE pronouncements abour
emendous, unanticipated
Fetal remains of abortions performed at public
medical facilities are incinerated without ceremony,
liberals from creating a crime-rid-
the court added. There is no compelling state interest
den society are pure hogwash. The
-Fred Buenrostro,
to dispose of the fetuses in a private cemetery, it added.
conservative states have been hit
Director of California's
"We perceive that the intended burial ceremony will
harder by crime than have the
Victims of Crime Program
enlist the prestige and power of the state," Woods
progressive ones." He concluded
wrote. "This is constitutionally forbidden."
that "the 'lock 'em up' solution
E
Concurring were Justices Robert Kingsley and
affords us even less protection and
KS
the victim is eligible for medical
Eugene McClosky.
at greater cost than the alterna-
didn't witness the crime if such
The fetuses, preserved in formaldehyde, were found
ed necessary to the successful
in a repossessed container at the Woodland Hills home
tives." President Reagan says, "Ameri-
of Malvin Weisberg, owner of a defunct pathology
ist
cans are forced to suffer ill effects
laboratory in Santa Monica.
of crime because so many of our
End medical expenses must be
K-
sources of insurance. Persons
Weisberg had contracts with various physicians,
he,
political leaders stick to old, dis-
credited, liberal illusions about
no thus have no loss of income,
clinics and hospitals that provided for pathology
4
ment is covered by Medi-Cal,
reports on embryonic and fetal tissues sent to him. The
crime." Not SO. Historian Ysabel
ses
court noted that while he stored the tissue properly, he
Rennie points out that historically
edical expenses, cannot claim
to
did not dispose of it, apparently due to financial
there have been recurring cycles of
m.
to
difficulties.
of
progressively harsher punishment
ember Board of Control, which
ks, must approve the staff's
The case became a cause celebre. Several politicians
ned
of crime. Ultimately, the severity
indation.
urged a "decent burial" of the fetuses, and even
him
of the penalties has been relaxed, in
President Reagan wrote the California Pro-Life
recognition that the harsh mea-
Medical Assn., congratulating it on its decision "to hold
ERY
sures were not providing adequate
a memorial service for these children."
egory remains ineligible; par-
teles
protection. England at one point prescribed
en do not qualify for anything
the death penalty for more than 350
benses. "There is still a gap
Visits, Recreation Halted At Prison
kson
offenses, many of them trivial ones.
nitted. "There is no help for
ck together."
if, as
The number of capital offenses was
WALPOLE, Mass. (P)-Visitors were barred and
District of Columbia and the
ckson
finally reduced in response to thou-
work and recreation programs were canceled at
ollowed California's lead in
Le but
sands of petitions from shopkeep-
Massachusetts' only maximum security prison Monday
flity,"
manufacturers and bankers,
ation programs. Most of them,
after officials used dogs and tear gas to quell a rampage
ers, who urged that "in the interest of
ns as awareness of the pro-
by 400 inmates. Officials did not know what caused the
Ird for
public safety, milder punishments
ng to simplify and streamline
incident Sunday night, during which prisoners set fires
ates is
should be imposed."
ests.
and broke furniture.
it
invited
Rennie reminds us that those
who disregard the past are con-
by this
demned to repeat it. "There is
ild
all
nothing more' disconcerting," that she
EDIT
k. We
"than the realization; the
says, is being proposed now for and
ies.
UELS
what management of crime
eneme
better criminals-to get tough, to increase
sentences and make them manda-
and to kill more killers-has and
KING
merica
tory, been tried over and over again
re drug
abandoned as unworkable."
Passing harsh laws is politically
ERMAN
popular, and it is emotionally satis- outdo
Angeles
fying. But we could never
ancestors in the administration
OFF."
our of punitive sanctions, and/if rack, they
hore im-
did not succeed with the aid of
a way to
thumbscrew and whipping post,
alers into
what makes us imagine that a
mandatory fixed sentence will do
WARREN
the trick?
Pasadena
MAYGENE Pasadena GIARI