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The Coalition stands by these charges today. As a matter of fact there are many more recent events highlighting these abuses than there were one year ago. And above all, highlighting the need for an unbiased joint Congressional investigation of federal Family Planning abuses carried out under Title X as well as many other titles and other federal Family Planning programs-both domestic and foreign.

We find it incredible that certain members of this Subcommittee wish to go for another two years without such an investigation.

In addition to the attachments mentioned with regard to Subcommittee staff and Coaliion requests to testify on Family Planning measures, I am attaching a variety of articles on some of these current abuses of Title X funds under the Tydings Bill of 1970.

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Included in these attachments are the following articles: 1

"The Pill, Planned Parenthood, a Minor and Death," the story of a sixteen year old minor who died 49 days after being given a subscription for birth control pills at a P.P. center without the knowledge or consent of her parents.

"Sterilization Without Informed Consent," selections from the Public Citizen Inc. exposé of contraceptive sterilization of clinic and other patients without full knowledge and consent of the patient.

"Medicaid Abortion Fraud"-The illegal overpayment of MEDICAID funds for abortions. (Title XIX).

"The Farce of Abortion Counseling"-How Planned Parenthood and its allies such as Clergy Counseling conduct their "abortion counseling" programs complete with maps to the nearest abortion mill.

"The Strange Case of Birth Control Czar Dr. Joseph Beasley and the Nonexistent Mobile Birth Control Clinics of the Louisiana Family Planning (Health) Foundation." The case of Dr. Beasley should be of special interest to Rep. Bingham of the U.S. House of Representatives who during the August debate on H.R. 14214 used Dr. Beasley's program as an example of a Family Planning success story.

Conclusion.-On information provided to the Subcommittee and Full Committee of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House at this and other written testimony, I thereby request that the Committee move to strike the entire Family Planning section that is Title II Part B. of H.R. 2691 and that Rep. Rogers announce the opening of fair and open hearings on federal Family Planning programs.

As this Subcommittee is aware, Title II Section B. of H.R. 2691 is simply an authorization bill to refund the original Tydings Bill. Perhaps it is time that Congress consider the phasing out of the Tydings Bill which has proven to be an anti-life $2,250,000,000 boondoggle.

We realize that such action will deprive Planned Parenthood personnel of the funds to continue the standard of living to which they have become accustomed and other anti-life groups, of their financial base. On the other hand such deprivation can be justified on the basis that other American citizens, the blind, the handicapped, the uneducated, the poor in general will have access to federal funds released by the folding of the many anti-life programs covered under Title X. (PHSA).

I trust that such hearings will be called in the very near future.
Thank you.

Mr. RANDY ENGEL,

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, D.C., November 5, 1973.

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Director, U.S. Coalition for Life, 165 Hills Church Road,
Erport, Pa.

DEAR MR. ENGEL: Thank you for your letter of October 29 requesting information concerning H.R. 6021 and H.R. 6139.

As of this time no hearings have been scheduled on either of these bills. We will let you know when they are scheduled. Thank you for writing.

Sincerely yours,

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LEE S. HYDE, M.D., Professional Staff Member.

Mr. R. V. ENGEL,

Route 3, Export, Pa.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Washington, D.C., November 1, 1973.

DEAR MR. ENGEL: This will acknowledge your postal card of October 26, 1973, inquiring as to whether any hearings will be held this year on H.R. 3381, to expand and improve the family planning services of the Federal Government.

Early this year this Committee held hearings on legislation to extend for one year, until June 30, 1974, twelve expiring health programs under the Public Health Service Act, of which family planning and population research was one. That legislation has been enacted into Public Law 93-45. For this reason I do not believe the Committee will consider H.R. 3381 or similar bills this year. At this time there is no projected program as to what health legislation may be considered in the second session of the Congress, however, in view of your interest I have had you listed to be notified at such time as this bill may be scheduled for action in 1974.

Sincerely yours,

W. E. WILLIAMSON,

Clerk.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, HON. PAUL G. ROGERS (FLA.), CHAIRMAN

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Time: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 21, 1974, room 2322.

Subject: H.R. 11511 (Rogers, Fla.) and H.R. 11845 (Rogers, Fla., et al.), Special Health Revenue Sharing Act of 1973.

WITNESSES

Hon. George E. Brown, Jr., Member of Congress from California.
Hon. Pierre S. duPont, Member of Congress from Delaware.

Panel of Family Planning

Joseph D. Tydings, national co-chairman, Population Crisis Committee, Danzansky & Dickey, 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, D.C.

Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president, Planned Parenthood-World Population, 515 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.

Mr. Russell H. Richardson, president, National Family Planning Forum, State Office Building, room 417, Atlanta, Ga.

Louise Tyrer, M.D., director, Family Planning Program, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 79 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Ill.

Sheldon Segal, M.D., vice president and director of biomedical division, Population Council, 245 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.

Thomas L. Hall, M.D., acting director of Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, University Square, room 405, Chapel Hill, N.C.

William Little, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 520875, Biscayne Annex.

Judy Senderwick, president; Joyce Tarnow, southern vice president, Zero Population Growth, 1346 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, D.C.

Rev. Msgr. James T. McHugh, director, Family Life Division, U.S. Catholic United Methodist Church, 100 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C.

A. Dudley Ward, general secretary, Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, 100 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C. Representative of Women's Lobby, Inc., 1345 G Street SE., Washington, D.C. Hon. Ronald Dellums, Member of Congress from California. Hon. Yvonne B. Burke, Member of Congress from California. National Conference on Developmental Disabilities: Jennifer L. Howse, Ph. D., director, developmental disabilities section, Division of Retardation, State of Florida, 1311 Winewood Office Plaza, Tallahassee, Fla. Accompanied by Allen Cohen, director, Developmental Disabilities, State of Virginia; Mrs. Bernetta Barrett, chairperson, Developmental Disabilities, State Planning and Advisory Council, State of Illinois; Jack Leathe, director, Developmental Disabilities, State of Texas; Clell Hemphill, director, Developmental Disabilities Program, State of Iowa.

[Mailgram, Feb. 27, 1974]

Representative HARLEY STAGGERS,
Washington, D.C.

During 6 days of hearings on Family Planning Bill 11511 by the sub-committee on Environment and Public Health shared by Representative Rogers a litany of anti-life spokesman were invited to testify to the total exclusion of citizens pro-life groups some of which were on the register of committee clerk Williamson to be notified of hearings on any Family Planning Bill for the sub-committee we ask your support for holding the hearing record open for two weeks and ask that written testimony of pro-life groups and accompanying documentation be accepted in full and inserted into the official records.

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DEAR MS. PORTMAN: Thank you for your communication asking that Congressman Paul Rogers, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment, of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, hold open the record of hearings in order that additional statements might be submitted. In an effort to be helpful I have contacted Congressman Rogers and he has indicated that he has written several individuals advising them that:

"I have been advised by my Subcommittee staff that they received no correspondence nor were they contacted by any pro-life groups or persons prior to the close of hearings, with the exception of the U.S. Catholic Conference. I can assure you that had they been contacted by pro-life groups wishing to testify, those groups would have been scheduled.

"Although the hearings record generally closes ten days after the conclusion of hearings, I have extended this deadline to March 15th so that the Subcommittee may have as much information as possible on these important measures."

I have also been advised that the hearings are now being finalized for printing but that if statements are received within the next week that every effort will be made to try to include them in the record.

It is good of you to write and I hope you will feel free to continue to communicate with me regarding matters before the Congress of interest to you.

Sincerely yours,

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WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, M.C.

FEBRUARY 18, 1975.

From: U.S. Coalition for Life, Export, Pa.

To: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee Clerk, Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C.

Subject: H.R. 2691, nurses training and other purposes.

SIRS: Our agency considers H.R. 2691 to be of critical importance. We therefore request that our agency be notified by phone or letter when public hearings will be held on the Nurses Training and Health Revenue Sharing Bill. Further that we be given ample opportunity at the hearing to discuss our agency's views on this and any other similar measure.

RANDY ENGEL, Director.

From: U.S. Coalition for Life, 165 Hills Church, Export, Pa. To: Chief of Staff Committee Clerk, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Subject: 1975 Family Planning Act.

SIRS: Our agency wishes to present oral testimony on H.R. 2133-the 1975 Family Planning Bill and any other similar measures in this area. According to Rep. Dent no hearings are yet scheduled. Please notify us when hearings will begin either by phone or by letter, We trust that you will notify us in time to

make out-of-state flight schedules and at the same time that HEW-Office of Population Affairs and such agencies as Planned Parenthood are notified lest we run into problems of last year in which pro-life representation at Rep. Rodger's hearings were insufficient.

Reply requested.
Thank you.

RANDY ENGEL, Director.

COMMENTS OF THE HONORABLE PAUL G. ROGERS ON THE STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COALITION FOR LIFE

The preceding statement of the U.S. Coalition for Life, which has been included as submitted to the Committee, makes several charges and observations which deserve comment. The Coalition was concerned that they were not extended an opportunity to testify orally on the Title X provisions of this legislation. No public witnesses were invited to present oral testimony on any provisions of this measure, because the measure was identical to one which was thoroughly considered in the 93rd Congress. The Coalition is the only organization of which I am aware that found this to be objectionable.

The Coalition should be aware that the law is very clear as to the design and content of programs funded under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. None of the funds appropriated under Title X may be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. This provision would not merely prohibit the use of such funds for the performance of abortions but would prohibit the support of any program in which abortion counseling or abortion referral services are offered. Title X further provides that the acceptance of family planning services shall be voluntary and unconditional.

The difficult issue of the appropriate design and content of Federally funded family planning programs in our society is one with which I have long struggled. The seriousness and complexity of this issue is not reflected in, nor the debate on it enhanced by, testimony such as this.

STATEMENT OF MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: Previous testimony before this committee reviewed the World Plan which was established in 1972 to provide a worldwide system for the teaching of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI). The World Plan, which has opened approximately 400 learning centers in the U.S., was discussed as a successful model for community health programs. We would like to draw to the attention of this committee the steps implemented this year to expand the programs of the World Plan through the acquisition of residential teaching facilities.

A. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS

On January 1, 1972, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inaugurated a World Plan to establish one Science of Creative Intelligence teaching center for each one million population; within a year's time, the required 200 centers for the U.S. were in operation. An additional 200 satellite centers have been opened to provide further convenient service to the entire population. These centers teach Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI), and offer an increasingly broadened follow-up program.

The effectiveness of TM and SCI as therapeutic modalities in certain problem areas of physical and mental health has been evaluated by over 300 scientific research projects in 18 countries, and has been summarized in previous testimony. Several extensive articles have appeared this year which review the use of Transcendental Meditation as an adjunct to current psycho-therapeutic modalities. Psychiatrists in Connecticut, New Jersey and California have cautioned that the observed clinical effectiveness of TM may necessitate the immediate training of several thousand TM/SCI teachers as health care paraprofessionals. To meet this growing demand, SCI teachers are currently attending special advanced teacher training courses for work in rehabilitation areas. Each local center by the end of this year will have at least one teacher specially trained in SCI/TM habilitation skills.

Essentially, World Plan Centers correspond to out-patient treatment facilities; they are staffed to handle inquiries and provide initial instruction and followup maintentnce. Dr. Harold Bloomfield of San Diego, California, noted that many of his patients were finding their needs met by the local World Plan Center, leaving him the time and energy to devote to those institutionalized patients, far more in need of his personal attention.

B. RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

A vital aspect of the World Plan is the establishment of a forest academy for each major World Plan Center. These facilities of 100-200 bed capacity will be located in secluded country settings. They will offier in-residence courses of two days to three months duration, and will be structured to provide both indepth intellectual analysis and greater experiential value of SCI. Similiar facilities will handle the specific requirements of rehabilitation and health care.

Academies for the World Plan have been acquired in northern and southern California and in New York state. The New York Academy for SCI has facilities for 500 and houses, as well, a complete video production studio and a press capable of producing course material for all the North American World Plan Centers.

Last fall, Maharishi International University (MIU) purchased a central campus in Fairfield, Iowa, capable of comfortably housing 2,000 students. The resident faculty and professional staff of MIU provide the expertize necessary to structure programs for the areas in need of qualified SCI teacher paraprofessionals.

The demand for TM/SCI projects in drug and alcohol abuse programs and in correctional institutions presently exceeds the qualified personnel available to initial full-scale programs. A demand from mental hospitals is anticipated that will require a doubling of the present 5,000 SCI teachers in the United States. The academies and central campus have been purchased, thus far, without the use of external funds and are economically self-supporting. However, in order to meet current demands for expansion, outside support will be necessary.

C. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

In light of the scientific evidence from the 300 TM research projects, the desirability to employ TM as a technique to counteract developmental disabilities is obvious. Furthermore, the structure of the World Plan is consistent with the aims of this government to provide the most effective and convenient health care services to all its citizens. In terms of the range of services offered, the health concerns encompassed and the efficiency of operation and maintenance of these World Plan facilities, they serve as a model for successful treatment centers. It is hoped, therefore, that Federal funds will be made available paricularly for the immediate acquisition and/or construction of more World Plan residential facilities.

Details concerning the operation of World Plan facilities and the special training programs currently offered can be obtained by writing Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa 52556. For information on World Plan centers located in over 60 countries, and on residential faciilties presently operating in England, Germany, France, Switzerland and India, contact the World Plan Executive Council, Hotel Kulm, CH6446 Seelisburg, Switzerland. For information on current scientile research on TM/SCI in health and rehabilitation, contact the International Center for Scientific Research, World Plan National Headquarters, 1015 Gayley Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024.

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA,
Washington, D.C., February 18, 1975.

HON. PAUL G. ROGERS,

U.S. House of Representatives,
Rayburn House Office Building,

Washington, D.O.

DEAR CONGRESSMAN ROGERS: We have been notified of the hearings to be held this week on the Developmental Disabilities Service Act (H.R. 2955). It is our hope that the new bill will receive the support needed to continue the good work that has been initiated by the original DD Act.

Attached is a statement made by James MacDonald Watson, M.D., that clearly delineates the position of the Epilepsy Foundation of America,

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