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y - AGENDA ATTACHMENT I <br /> Page 2 , <br /> The Coalition for Choice began circulating petitions, mainly in the Charlotte/ <br /> Mecklenburg area, to get individual support for its position. over 500 people <br /> signed the petitions, and on January 13 an ac. under the title "The Right to <br /> Choose" appeared in The Charlotte Observer Listing individuals and organizational <br /> supporters. <br /> Can January 17, the State Social Service Commission met in Winston Salem and <br /> approved a proposal by the Department of human Resources to use state funds <br /> to cover the medical costs for women who choose to have an abortion. The money <br /> was appropriated from February 1 through June 30, 1978. The guidelines for use <br /> of this money are the same as the federal guidelines were prior to cut-off of <br /> funds. The Social Service Commission made it quite clear that any money used <br /> for this purpose after :Tune 30th would have to come from the State Legislature. <br /> We are presently devising strategy to work with the State Legislature on this <br /> issue and to .Lobby the federal government to abolish the "Hyde Amendment" in <br /> the 1978 NEW-Labor Appropriations Bill. <br /> The Coalition believes that worsen have the right to choose a medically safe <br /> abortion. We will continue to work to make sure that this right is protected. <br /> If you want to support, this right, please join us. <br /> JO Blum <br /> Planned Parenthood of Greater Charlotte <br /> 951 S. indepenapnce Boulevard <br /> Charlotte, NC: 28202 <br /> 377-0841 r <br /> January, 1978 <br />