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Court nominee opposes abortion
Committee questions O’Connor
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WASHINGTON — Sandra
O’Connor, the Arizona state
I appeals judge President Reagan
has chosen to become the first
woman Supreme Court Justice,
reiterated her opposition to abor
tion Tuesday.
While anti-abortion pickets de
monstrated outside the Senate
office building, O’Connor made a
historic appearance before the
Senate Judiciary Committee that
will pass on her qualifications.
O'Connor faced criticism that her
votes as a member of the Arizona
State Senate favored abortion.
“My own view in the area of
abortion is that I am opposed to it
as a matter of birth control or
otherwise,” she said in a firm
voice. “The subject of abortion is a
valid one in my view for legislative
action subject to any constitution
al restraints or limitations.”
O'Connor said that as a Sup
reme court justice she would base
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WASHINGTON — If a teena
ger says he is often fatigued, a
Florida doctor says it’s always a
signal that something is wrong and
should be taken seriously.
Dr. Arnold Melnick said the
fatigue may only be caused by in
adequate rest and sleep or it may
be the result of a disease or drug
use. Or there may be a psycholo
gical cause such as a conflict with
parents or just plain boredom.
Melnick, professor of pediatrics
at the Southeastern College of
Osteopathic Medicine in North
Miami Beach, said in a report in
the medical magazine Consultant
that if a teenager comes to a doctor
complaining he is tired all the
time, the doctor is being sent two
messages.
"First, T think there is some
thing wrong with me, tell me what
it is. Second, T’m scared about
something, please help me.’”
We have to pay attention to
these hidden messages,” Melnick
wrote.
He said fatigue caused by inade
quate rest, tension, dieting, pre
gnancy, too little or too much
activity is common among adoles
cents.
“Even though teenagers think
they get enough rest, they fre
quently overextend themselves,”
he said. “They stay awake to 2
a.m. watching television and then
have to get up early for school the
next day. Fatigue is a natural con
sequence.”
Melnick said intense or pro
longed stress or tension will also
cause fatigue. And so will what he
calls “stringent fad dieting.” Fati
gue can be the first indication to an
adult that a teenager is pregnant.
Melnick listed 30 diseases that
can cause fatigue. He said anemia
is probably the most often consi
dered cause of teenage fatigue,
but he said youngsters can com
pensate for mild anemia and the
red blood cell count has to be fairly
low before symptoms can de
velop.
Another overdiagnosed condi
tion, he said, is hypothyroidism, a
disorder caused by the body’s in
sufficient production of thyroid
hormone.
Melnick said teenagers fre
quently take medications,
whether prescribed or not. He
said the fatigue they can cause
often goes unrecognized. He cited
tetracyclines for acne and antihis
tamines for allergies as examples
of drugs which can cause fatigue.
Alcohol, sedatives, tranquiliz
ers, nicotine, insulin, and small
overdoses of vitamins A and D also
were among the drugs listed as
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WASHINGTON — The federal
government spent $148,600 tak
ing care of John W. Hinckley Jr. at
a federal institution at Butner,
N.C., where he was held after his
arrest on charges of shooting Pres
ident Reagan, a spokesman said
Wednesday.
Bureau of Prisons spokesman
Mike Aun said the cost for 90 days
included transportation, guards,
psychiatrists and overtime for the
staff at the facility where Hinckley
underwent more than three
months of psychiatric evaluation.
Aun said the total expenses in
cluded $5,700 to house a regular
prisoner and $142,900 provided
special services for Hinckley.
In May, Hinckley was placed
under 24-hour guard at Butner af
ter he took an overdose of
headache pills in an apparent
suicide attempt.
He was held in isolation at the
facility until his transfer last
month to the Marine Base at
Quantico, Va. No figures are im
mediately available on the cost of
keeping Hinckley at the Marine
base Aun said.
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her decisions on the facts and the
law rather than her personal lean
ings.
Answering Chairman Strom
Thurmond, O’Connor said she
opposed urging Congress to
launch an anti-abortion constitu
tional amendment in 1974 be
cause she thought the subject
needed more thoughtful consider
ation.
O’Connor testified she opposed
another anti-abortion bill while
Arizona Senate majority leader
because it had been inappropri
ately attached as a rider to an en
tirely different bill by the Arizona
House.
O’Connor said she supported a
1973 bill to widen public know
ledge of contraceptive practices.
Earlier in her prepared state
ment, O’Connor said she could
not say in advance the position she
might take on controversial social
issues.
“I do not believe that, as a
nominee, I can tell you how I
might vote on a particular issue
which may come before the
court,” she said.
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capable of causing fatigue.
Melnick said doctors should
suspect a psychologic cause of fati
gue if the parent is doing the com
plaining.
“If a young man is fatigued at
home or in school and is active
outside, or if a young lady is always
tired at home but can manage to
go out and dance half the night,
suspect psychologic fatigue.
“If the teenager is too tired
when it comes to meeting parental
requests, such as tidying up,
clearing the table, or doing the
dishes, but moves quickly for a
basketball game or going out with
the girls, you have to be suspi
cious.”
Melnick said an adolescent who
has psychologic fatigue can take a
nap and get up just as tired as
when he lay down. But if the prob
lem is caused by an illness, the
youngster will feel somewhat im
proved after a rest.
He said conflict with parents is
often a cause of psychologic fati
gue. He said there probably is no
adolescent in the United States
who doesn’t feel hassled by his pa
rents, but he said some adoles
cents do get hassled unduly.
Other causes of psychologic fati
gue, he said, can be peer group
problems, sex problems, and
boredom.
Hinckley was indicted earlier
this month on charges he tried to
kill Reagan and wounded White
House Press Secretary James
Brady and two law enforcement
officials at a Washington hotel on
March 30.
A federal judge gave defense
psychiatrists until Sept. 28 to com
plete their evaluation of him. De
fense lawyers have said they do
not know whether they will raise
an insanity defense in the case of
the 26-year-old son of a Colorado
oilman.
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