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12 THE HARTFORD COURANT: Saturday, August 23, 1975 Grasso Sees Policy as Way To Fight Abortion 9W ByELISSAPAPIRNO Gov. Grasso said Friday i. a i Tniii ruriivinu in iiiiiii 1 1 ii mm abortions of Medicaid recipi- Ante M-hn ron't nrnro thoro'c mAHmol noon ic uau tho iitr nil ni ill .1 ii iii cm Liik, a 1 a i a mm state can ngm aDoruon. ponent of legalized abortion. Mrs.

Grasso told a news conference that Medicaid policy "is an area in which the judgment to block abortions can be made. It cannot be made in all other instances." Connecticut women who can afford to pay for their own abortions, don't have to prove there's a medical need to obtain them. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled three years ago that women are entitled to abortions in the first six months of turned down. A total of 1,454 abortions were approved during an 11-month period when the old policy was in effect.

But Lucy Katz, one of four attorneys who brought the class action suit on behalf of two said the state statistics are. misleading because many women who wanted abortions couldn't obtain the necessary medical approvals to submit the forms. Some welfare recipients during that period, a Planned Parenthood employe said, tried to save enough money to pay for their own Others were unable to raise the funds and had the child. Abortion fees now range from $165 to $700 for inpatient operations after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The lawyers who brought the original suit plan to challenge its constitutionality in U.S.

District Court, claiming that the policy discriminates against Medicaid recipients. The new policy will be published next week. The state Department of Social Services until last year required that Medicaid recipients prove a medical need before the state would pay for the abortion. A federal court judge then declared that policy illegal, but an appeals court' overturned his decision last: The department Thursday decided to go back to the old policy. When the old policy was in effect, 7.5 per cent of the recipients who submitted medical forms requesting state payment of abortions were QtDf9 bne also saia me new -cy, decided on by the state Social Services Department Thursday with her approval, wasn't designed to penalize Medicaid recipients.

"It's designed to maintain a situation, and the situation that is involved in that particular dispute is life," said the governor, a long-time op rUTMfl tMff mot MS I WMjMT Committee Moves To Block Sale of Channel 18 OVEt) READY "KHG OF ROASTS Ms without an independent, locally owned station. He is working with the Hartford- law firm of Ludy, Sidor and Bisine on the cent religious was attractive to a large enough audience, but failed to reach enough families. Plans to build a new facility in Avon were blocked by residents who challenged a zoning decision in court. Smidt agreed the station needs more power, but said Hartford is the only one of the 25 largest market area SELLS 0XLY TKE FIRST 4 RI3S BECAUSE TKEY ARE TKE CHOICEST SECTION AKD TKE BEST VALUE! Corporation Counsel Finds Against Civic Center Ideas BOniLESS done Channel 18, WHCT, now is owned by another religious group, faith Center of Glen-, dale, but it is broadcasting only four hours a day. Smidt said the station failed to attract viewers with its heavy religious pro- ramming and had run deeply into debt.

He said the network that wants to buy the station is planning the same type of programming and will run into the same difficulties. He said both Faith Center and the Christian Broadcast Network devote almost half the air time to religious programs. E.L. Cole, station manager for Faith Center, disputed Smidt and said the financial problems stemmed from weak transmitters. He said the station's programmingabout 30 per By BARRY SCHIFFMAN A group called the Hartford Committee for Better Broadcasting Friday filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the sale of Channel 18 to the Christian Broadcast Network of Portsmouth, Va.

Clark Smidt of Boston, a recent graduate of the University of Hartford who was active in the college's radio station, WWUH, said several Hartford businesses and educational and community groups would attempt to buy the station themselves if the FCC decides to receive their application. Smidt, who declined to identify any of the backers in the committee, said Hartford needs locally owned television station that would respond to community needs. SURE FIRE Hartford Corporation Counsel Alexander A. Gold-farb Friday issued an opinion that rejects two ideas that could save the Hartford Amateur Hockey Associa- tion. The' opinion answers several issues raised by City Councilman Richard Suis-man on behalf of several charitable groups.

Suisman asked if charitable groups could use the ice at the Civic Center for a reduced charge, if they could sell candy during professional hockey games and if they could buy tickets to center events at reduced rates. Although the opinion does not refer to the Amateur Hockey Association, the inner-city group had asked for free use of the ice or reduced rates and for the opportunity to sell candy during the professional games. The corporation- counsel said the city ordinances that concern the civic center would prevent giving a re-, duced rate for the ice or al lowing candy sales. The cost of using the ice could be lowered if the ordinance were changed, the opinion said. But the sale of candy would ''detract from the (civic center) director's duty to operate the Coliseum in the manner most, financially productive and advantages to the city," it said.

Reduced ticket prices would be possible, but only if the promoters of the events agree. The city has no authority over them. lb State School Funds Expire Advertisement Advertisement bog State funds for local school construction ran out Friday after the state Bond WITH COUPON BU0W mm Saturday OK1Y! DOHELESS Tenderloins "SWEET AS E3 Gfc3 EXTRA LARGE SIZE Commission approved $5.3 million in borrowing for school building in nine towns. Until the General Assembly raises the debt ceiling for school building grants, no more subsidies can be made. The legislature doesn't convene until February, which means a wait of more than five months for cities and towns which would normally get reimbursed routinely.

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