The Nation - News from Oct. 7, 1985
A Dallas hospital has temporarily halted all non-emergency abortions after anti-abortionists threatened to boycott the facility. Bill Mays, a spokesman for Presbyterian Hospital, said that until the hospital board reviews its policy, the facility will perform abortions only if the mother’s life is threatened. Bill Price, head of the Greater Dallas Right to Life Committee, said a meeting with hospital officials Friday averted a planned demonstration outside the hospital Saturday.
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