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Darren, 693-1015 after 4 p.m. 158t6/23 CHICAGO (AP) — Transplants of tissue from human fetuses offer hope in treating AIDS and other dis eases, doctors said Monday, but they acknowledged the need to resolve ethical questions surrounding the practice. Anti-abortionists have denounced procedures involving the use of tis sue from fetuses obtained through spontaneous or induced abortions. The transplants, mostly brain and glandular tissue, are supported by the American Medical Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs and its Council on Ethical and Judicial Af fairs. The councils urged continued federal funding for the transplants in a joint report discussed Monday during the AMA’s annual poli cymaking convention. The report notes that fetal-tissue transplants have “led to the devel opment of a number of important research and medical advances.” But Dr. George M. Bohigian, chairman of the science council, and Dr. Russel H. Patterson Jr., chair man of the judicial group, acknowl edge the ethical dilemmas posed by such research. At issue is the possibility that a de cision to have an abortion will be coupled with a decision to donate fe tal tissue for transplantation, they exchange for financial remunera tion above that which is necessary to cover reasonable expenses. The authors note that the acquisi tion and use of tissue obtained Irom dead fetuses is governed by the Uni on the use of the fetal tissue forrt search, the doctors note. it Fhe principal ethical concern ... is the degree to which the decision to have an abortion is separated from the decision to donate the post-mortem tissue.” And Arizona law bars post-moi tern use of fetal remains for “am medical experimentation” if the to sue is derived from an induced abor tion, they note. NORMAN, ( la’s Barry Swi itccessful coacl :ge football, lonths after iinted by N( timinal chargi rs. Switzer said day that he w lective immedi; A source ck —doctors, -AMA council In one recent study involvinghu man fetal tissue, liver cells andbitsol; f oot ball proer; thymus and lymph glands transit w | t ^ t y, e ^ planted into mice with impaired in mune systems helped make those systems function properly. The doc tors wrote that the effort may be wrote in the report. “The use of fetal tissue for trans plantation purposes is ethically per- missable” when a number of condi tions are met, they wrote. These conditions include: • The recipient of the tissue is not designated by the donor. • A final decision regarding abortion is made before initiating discussion of the transplantation use of fetal tissue. • Fetal tissue is not provided in form Anatomical Gift Act, “which has been adopted by all states and the District of Columbia.” The act permits the donation of fetal tissue for research purposes with the consent of either parent and without objection from the other. However, several states have re strictive statutes governing the dona tion of fetal tissue for research. Massachusetts and Michigan laws prohibit abortion if it is conditional norning and t lion. The source come a valuable model in studying through in tht jperence to t imposed on th( Fetal brain tissue transplants alst could offer promising advances it the treatment of diabetes and Pat kinson’s disease, they said. Fed brain cells are still capable of growt unlike adult brain cells. Transplants using tissue from fetus after spontaneous or indued abortion would appear to be anal ogous to the use of cadaver tissm and organs, the report said. [ram in Decer ate criminal barges again; arlier this yeai The source Sew Bentsen attempts to expand Medicaid WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lloyd Bentsen introduced legislation Monday that would ex pand Medicaid health-care coverage to thou sands of low-income children and pregnant women at an estimated annual cost of $ 1 billion. The Texas Democrat is attempting to provide Medicaid coverage to pregnant women and chil dren younger than age 6 in families whose in come is 185 percent of the poverty level — $22,385 for a family of four. Under legislation enacted last year and being phased in fiscal 1989 and 1990, Medicaid cover age is guaranteed to pregnant women and in fants under age 1 in families whose income is at the poverty level — $ 12,100 for a family of four. Bentsen’s bill would expand coverage to an ad ditional 300,000 pregnant women and 1.6 mil lion children younger than age 6 in fiscal years 1990 and 1991, his office said. The estimated cost of phasing in Medicaid cov erage would be $790 million the first year and $1.2 billion in 1991. “America is facing what one health group re cently called a ‘child health crisis’ and we must re spond to it,” Bentsen said in remarks accompany ing the bill. “American babies die at a higher rate than babies born in Singapore or 16 other coun tries. More than 40,000 infants die in this conn try every year.” Bentsen, chairman of the Senate Finantf Committee, said the bill is aimed at assuringthai the most vulnerable of the 37 million American; who have no health insurance will have a chance to get basic health care. Bentsen said 40 percent of children younge; than age 4 don’t even get their basic setofimmn nizations. The Finance Committee has approved an other Bentsen bill that would provide a chili health care tax credit to help pay the costol health insurance for children. I grew up lo [tew up in Te> [the favorite sp< collegiate and I But more an High Court rules railroad worker drug tests legal affections drift original favoril I was discuss Daseball’s pope sip during the ■tournament at greed that the exas, althoug football in this the changes mi I’ve seen and f turning back t< CBS recentl television rigb surely not in e: \lready the ne College World s looking like Paul sugges correct, that p; have experien WASHINGTON (AP) — The Su preme Court, in its first decision fo cusing on drug testing in private em ployment, ruled Monday that railroads may require tests for work ers without bargaining with unions over the issue. In a 7-2 ruling, the justices said Conrail — the Consolidated Rail Corp. — acted legally when it unilat erally decided to use urinalysis tests to check for drugs. The court based its ruling on an interpretation of the federal Railway Labor Act. That law applies to air lines as well, but the ruling may have limited impact for employers and their workers outside those two transportation industries. The justices, in two key decisions last March, said workers in sensitive government jobs or entrusted with public safety in federally regulated work may be forced to undergo the tests. A lawyer for railway workers said the unions will now look to Congress for help in assuring that drug tests are reliable and do not infringe on workers’ privacy rights. In the drug-testing case, Conrail decided in 1987 to check for drugs as part of a urinalysis administered to workers periodically and when they return to work after absences. The tests were adopted originally when Conrail was formed in 1976. But their primary purpose before 1987 was to check for physical fit ness, not the presence of drugs. For example, the tests would reveal whether an employee had diabetes or other health problems. Railway labor unions said adding the drug-screening component is a “major” labor-management dispute under the federal Railway Labor Act, and therefore must be sub mitted to union-management nego tiations. Minor disputes can be settled uni laterally by the railroad, although any decision is subject to arbitration. Justice Harry A. Blackmun, writ- maturity. As t( ing for the court, said the druj b ne seat and w screening change is minor becaus “the action is arguably justified b the terms of the parties’ colledvt bargaining agreement.” He added: “Conrail’s well-estal: lished recognition of the relevant; of drug use to medical fitness suit stantially weakens the union’s claiit that Conrail now, for the first drat is engaging in medical testing! reveals facts about employees' pii vate off-duty conduct.” Justices William J. Brennan aitti Thurgood Marshall dissented Mi day. Brennan, in an opinion both, said the workers are entitledts more protection . Swedish official’s widow identifies alleged killer STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — The widow of Prime Minister Olof Palme pointed her finger across a hushed courtroom Monday and identified the man accused of killing her husband. “I’m absolutely certain,” Lisbeth Palme said when asked whether de- away from earlier statements impli cating Pettersson. Pettersson, 42, was arrested in De cember. He has a long criminal re cord, which includes a conviction for manslaughter, and a history of drug and alcohol abuse. “It will be difficult to let him go af ter this. If the court lets him off, they will have to justify their decision,” said Clas Borgstom, a criminal law yer not directly involved with the case, in an interview with Swedish Radio. Defense attorney Arne Liljeroi told a news conference his client fe “distressed” after Lisbeth Palme testimony. Lisbeth Palme, walked sideways® hide her face from the 60 reportef in the room. If this thi $5C fendant Christer Pettersson was the man she saw a few feet away as Palme crumpled to the street with a fatal bullet wound. Palme, the leading figure in Swed ish politics for more than a decade, was shot and killed Feb. 28, 1986, as he and his wife were leaving a late movie downtown. Pettersson has denied his guilt. Lisbeth Palme, who appeared on edge throughout her testimony, said she clearly saw the defendant’s face but never looked at his hands to see whether he had a gun. She was slightly injured in the attack. Lisbeth Palme’s testimony was a breakthrough for the prosecution, which had suffered repeated set backs since the trial began two weeks ago. Several witnesses had backed Mexico officials hope pact lessens debt anxiety MEXICO CITY (AP) — The government is hoping early renewal of an inflation-fighting pact will ease anx iety over prolonged foreign debt negotiations and bol ster its position in the talks. The latest extension of the year-and-a-half-old pact, announced late Sunday, makes no major changes in the one that expires July 31. It says prices will be held steady and the one-peso-a-day devaluation of the coun try’s currency against the U.S. dollar will be maintained. It mentions no new minimum wage increase. An agreement between the government and foreign commercial banks on their share of the country’s $107.4 billion foreign debt had been expected before the renewal was announced. Analysts say investors were becoming nervous over what both might contain, forc ing the government to keep domestic interest rates high to keep capital in the country. “The renewed pact strengthens Mexico’s negotiatir; position” on the foreign debt, Carlos Salinas deCort* said in a televised speech after the signing of then! 1 pact. 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