CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
RELATING TO ABORTION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 17, S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 19,
and S.J. Res. 110

BILLS PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WITH RESPECT TO

ABORTION

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OCTOBER 5, 14, 19, NOVEMBER 4, 5, 12, 16,
DECEMBER 7 and 16, 1981

Volume 1

Serial No. J-97-62

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1983

CONTENTS

OPENING STATEMENTS

Page

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, chairman,

Subcommittee on the Constitution..

1, 107, 257, 303, 409, 547, 751, 887, 1063

DeConcini, Hon. Dennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona.
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont..

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S.J. Res. 17, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States

for the protection of unborn children and other purposes...

20, 411

3, 411

6

S.J. Res. 18, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States

with respect to the right to life.

8

S.J. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States

guaranteeing the right to life.

10

S.J. Res. 110, to amend the Constitution to establish legislative authority in

Congress and the States with respect to abortion.

12

Statement from the Congressional Record, Sept. 21, 1981

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1981

Packwood, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon

Noonan, Prof. John, professor of law, School of Law, University of California,

Berkeley, Calif.

Tribe, Prof. Laurence, professor of law, School of Law, Harvard University,

Cambridge, Mass

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1981

Tyler, Carl W., Jr., M.D., assistant director, Science Center for Health Promo-
tion and Education, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga...

Cushner, Irvin M., M.D., M.P.H., University of California, School of Medicine

and School of Public Health, Los Angeles, Calif..

Nathanson, Bernard, M.D., obstetrics and gynecology, New York City.

Hilgers, Thomas W., M.D., associate professor, Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology, Creighton University School of Medicine, and director,

Creighton University Natural Family Planning Education and Research

Center, Omaha, Neb....

109

152

169

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1981

Schmidt, Richard T. F., M.D., FACOG, clinical professor of obstetrics and

gynecology, University of Cincinnati, and director, Department of Obstet-

rics and Gynecology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.....

Ryan, George M. Jr., M.D., FACOG, president, American College of Obstetri-

cians and Gynecologists.

258

261

Williams, Jasper F. Jr., M.D., chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gyne-

cology, Bernard Hospital, and obstetrician and gynecologist, Williams

Clinic, Chicago, Ill..

266

Kazazian, Haig, M.D., professor of pediatrics, John Hopkins University.

Beresford, Terry, director, Professional Training Institute, Planned Parent-

hood of Maryland, Baltimore, Md..

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