COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON

ABORTION

FEBRUARY 4, 5, MARCH 22, 23, 24, 25, AND 26, 1976

Serial No. 46

Part 2

Appendix

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman
JACK BROOKS, Texas

EDWARD HUTCHINSON, Michigan
ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois
DON EDWARDS, California

TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois
WILLIAM L. HUNGATE, Missouri

CHARLES É. WIGGINS, California
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan

HAMILTON FISH, JB., New York
JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania

M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
WALTER FLOWERS, Alabama

WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina

CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland

JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio

HENRY J. HYDE, Ilinois
GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
BARBARA JORDAN, Texas
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York
EDWARD MEZVINSKY, Iowa
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
EDWARD W. PATTISON, New York
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut
WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey
MARTIN A. RUSSO, Illinois

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EARL C. DUDLEY, Jr., General Counsel
GARNER J. CLINE, Staf Director

HERBERT FUCHS, Counsel
WILLIAM P. SHATTUCK, Counsel

ALAN A. PARKER, Counsel

JAMES F. Falco, Counsel
MAURICE A. BARBOZA, Counsel
THOMAS W. HUTCHISON, Counsel
ARTHUR P. ENDRES, Jr., Counsel

DANIEL L. COHEN, Counsel
FRANKLIN G. POLK, Counsel
THOMAS E. MOONEY, Counsel
ALEXANDER B. Cook, Counsel
CONSTANTINE J. GEKAS, Counsel
ALAN F. COFFEY, Jr., Counsel

KENNETH N. KLEE, Counsel
RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA, Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

DON EDWARDS, California, Chairman
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio

M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut

ALAN A. PARKER, Counsel
CATHERINE LEROY, A88istant Counsel

KENNETH N. KLEE, Associate Counsel
Roscoe B. STAREK III, A88ociate Counsel

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Hearings held on-

February 4, 1976..
February 5, 1976,
March 22, 1976.-
March 23, 1976.
March 24, 1976-
March 25, 1976.

March 26, 1976.
Witnesses-
Bender, Paul, professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School....

Prepared statement..
Bernardin, Joseph L., archbishop of Cincinnati, President of the

National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Catholic
Conference...

Prepared statement.
Bernstein, Irving.C., M.D., professor of psychiatry, obstetrics and
gynecology, University of Minnesota Medical School.

Prepared statement
Brickner, Rabbi Balfour, director, New York Federation of Reform
Synagogues---

Prepared statement..
Byrn, Robert W., professor, Fordham University Law School.

Prepared statement-
Connell, Elizabeth B., M.D., associate director for health sciences of
The Rockefeller Foundation.

Prepared statement..
Cooke, Terence Cardinal, archbishop of New York.

Prepared statement
Cushner, Irvin M., M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gyne-

cology in the School of Medicine, associate professor of public
health in the School of Public Health, University of California at
Los Angeles.--

Prepared statement..
Danforth, John C., attorney general of Missouri.

Prepared statement..
Flemming, Arthur S., chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights---

Prepared statement..
Garton, Jean, secretary, Social Concerns Committee, Lutheran
Church, Missouri Synod..

Prepared statement...
Homans, William P., Jr., attorney, Featherston, Homans & Griffin..

Prepared statement..
Hoover, Theressa, associate general secretary, women's division,
Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church...

Prepared statement...
Jefferson, Mildred F., M.D., assistant professor of surgery, Boston

University School of Medicine, President, the National Right to
Life Committee, Inc-.-

Prepared statement..
Keenan, William J., M.D., professor of pediatrics and obstetrics and
gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical School

Prepared statement...
Linse, Dr. Eugene W., Jr., chairman, Social Concerns Committee,
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod..--

Prepared statement.--
Louisell, David W., professor, University of Virginia Law School..
Prepared statement.

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