ABORTION-PART 1

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
United States. Congress, OF THE

Senate.

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 119

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNBORN
CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS

AND

S.J. Res. 130

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES GUARANTEEING THE RIGHT OF
LIFE TO THE UNBORN, THE ILL, THE AGED, OR THE
INCAPACITATED

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CONTENTS

WITNESSES BY DATE

March 6, 1974

Buckley, Hon. James L., U.S. Senator from the State of New York....

Helms, Hon. Jesse, U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina..........

Abzug, Hon. Bella S., U.S. Representative in Congress from the 20th

Congressional District of the State of New York.

Fraser, Hon. Donald M., U.S. Representative in Congress from the Fifth

Congressional District of the State of Minnesota__

Zwach, Hon. John M., U.S. Representative in Congress from the Sixth

Congressional District of the State of Minnesota.

Gruening, Hon. Ernest, former U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska....

March 7, 1974

Krol, John Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia. - -

Manning, Timothy Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles-

Medeiros, Humberto Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston..

Cody, John Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago...

Armstrong, A. James, Bishop, the Dakota area, north central jurisdiction

and president, the Board of Church and Society, United Methodist

Church..

McNeel, Ms. Barbara, professor, human relations and educational

psychology, Colgate Rochester/Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological School,

Rochester, N. Y

Stitt, Ms. Jane, laywoman, teacher, Abilene Christian College; member,

task force to study abortion, established by the Presbyterian Church...

Brickner, Rabbi Balfour, director of the Commission on Interfaith Activi-

ties, director of the New York Federation of Reformed Synagogues,

Union of American Hebrew Congregations..

Bennett, Hon. Wallace F., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah..

Owens, Hon. Wayne, U.S. Representative in Congress from the Second

Congressional District of the State of Utah..

Bleich, Rabbi J. David, Rabbinical Council of America, New York...

McKay, Mr. David Lawrence, president, Eastern States Mission, the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New York.

Garton, Mrs. Jean, member, National Board for Social Concern of the

Lutheran Church, Missouri synod. Accompanied by Dr. Ralph A.

Bohlmann, executive secretary, Commission on Theology and Church

Relations, Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod...

Holbrook, Rev. Robert, Baptists for Life, Halettsville, Tex..

Thompson, Mr. William, stated clerk, United Presbyterian Church in the

United States.

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Lovett, Rev. Sidney, Jr., conference minister for the Central Atlantic

Conference, United Church of Christ. Accompanied by Mr. Tilford

Dudley, director, Washington office of the United Church of Christ____

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April 10, 1974

Bartlett, Hon. Dewey, U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma.

Rees, Hon. Thomas M., a U.S. Representative in Congress from the 26th

District of California..

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Hogan, Hon. Lawrence J., a U.S. Representative in Congress from the

Fifth District of the State of Maryland, accompanied by Wiliam J.

Hogan, M.D., obstetrician/gynecologist..

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