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Abortion Funding Sparks Virginia General Assembly Debate
The 1978 Virginia General Assembly faces a heated clash over using state funds for abortions after Congress cut federal Medicaid money and the Virginia Board of Health proposed halting funding unless pregnancy endangers life. Proponents warn of rising welfare costs and inequity for the poor, while opponents fear a taxpayer-funded moral issue.
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Richmond
General Assembly
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Congress
Virginia Board of
Health
Department of Health
Mills Godwin
State Board of Health
John Dalton
Warren Stambaugh
Darlington
Lechner
Ralph Axselle
Dhenrico
Stambaugh
William Grossman
Jack Spiro
Walter F. Sullivan