European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 29,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 3military women say health care of the stars and stripes by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a most military women Are satisfied with the health care they receive according to a defense department Survey. The Survey contradicted fears about a possible obstetrical and gynaecological care crisis in the services first uncovered during Field visits in 1987 by a defense advisory committee. Overall the Survey revealed that Only 19 percent of respondents were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the medical care they received. However it also revealed some problems that women on Active duty have experienced such As Long Waits and medical staff members who refused to give birth control pills. Of the Survey questionnaires sent out in Early 1989 by the defense manpower data Center to women in the army air Force Navy marines and coast guard 11,851 completed forms were returned. The surveys final report was presented at the Spring conference for the defense advisory committee on women in the services. The Survey found that half of All Active duty women Are married and 62 percent of them Are married to other serv ice members. About 46 percent were pregnant or had children. Most reported satisfaction with the care they received but acknowledged Many delays in How the system works. After answering the forms 86 questions about half the respondents sent in additional comments mostly complaints. About 9 percent of the women Felt they were harassed when requesting contraceptives or birth control. A on my last visit when 1 saw the of gyn doctor 1 specifically requested birth control pills a one Navy enlisted woman wrote. A the female physician s response was just say no to your  needless to say 1 did not obtain birth control pills at that  a single woman said that a doctor refused to give her birth control pills because it was against his ethics to condone sexual activity for an unmarried person. The Survey found some women were harassed by their supervisors for needing time off to attend doctor appointments. Other comments focused on crowded conditions in clinics and delayed Pap smear results. A i Felt like a cow being shoved through a line of other cows a wrote an enlisted air Force woman. �?o1 often had to wait in excess of two hours Tor scheduled appointments a that is unacceptable a a Marine corps officer wrote. A the medical benefits Tor Active duty Are similar to welfare clinics the attitude is Quot a our re Lucky we re seeing of sit Down shut up and wait a an airman wrote. More than 8 percent of the respondents said that their Pap smear results were unnecessarily delayed. In i espouse the air Force said women Don t re acne notification when Pap smear results Are negative but do so Only when there is an abnormal finding. The services have taken notice of problems aired by women in the Survey by beefing up education efforts and looking at faster ways to do business which would involve computer  addresses 60,000 at anti abortion rally Washington apr president Bush told tens of thousands of abortion opponents at a rally saturday that a the widespread prevalence of abortion in America is a  but Bush addressing the a rally for life a made no reference to proposals to Amend the Constitution to outlaw abortion or to prospects for the supreme courts possible reversal of its 1973 decision upholding abortion. The president who spent the morning fishing on the Potomac River spoke by Telephone Hookup to the crowd that gathered on the mall by the Washington Monument just a few blocks from the White House. A like you i realize that the widespread prevalence of abortion in America is a tragedy not Only in terms of lives destroyed but because it so fundamentally contradicts the values we As americans hold dear a Bush said. The rally was designed to a impress the nation with the strength of an anti abortion movement that has suffered recent political setbacks. Police estimated the turnout at 60,000. Unusually hot and humid springtime weather greeted the rally goers with temperatures forecast to hit 90 degrees. Entertainment began Early in the Day Long before the afternoon program of Catholic cardinals television evangelists country and gospel singers and anti abortion leaders. The National right to life committee had hoped the rally would rival in size the abortion rights gather ing Here that was attended by an estimated 300,000 people a year ago and outstrip the 75,000 who attended a january anti abortion March in Washington. Bush made no direct reference to the anti abortion groups Effort to win passage of restrictions on abortion in state Legislatures in the Wake of last years supreme court ruling that gave states greater authority to impose those restrictions. A year ago Bush emphasized to a similar gathering that he supported a constitutional amendment to reverse the supreme courts landmark Roe is. Wade decision that effectively gave women the right to abortion on demand. Bush pointed to adoption As the appropriate alternative to abortion for problem pregnancies. A your Mission must be to help More and More americans make the right Choice the Choice for life a Bush said. A one Day your lifesaving message will have reached and influenced every american. And until then continue to work for the Day when respect for human life is sacrosanct and beyond question. I know from your Devotion and selflessness that this Day cannot be far away a Bush said. Vice president Dan Quayle appeared before the group and called Legal abortion a a terrible wound which for almost two decades has Tom at our country a  Quayle also did not directly refer to efforts to reverse the supreme court decision or to Amend the Constitution. But he asserted that a a great majority stands together against the terrible reality of unlimited abortion on demand. The pro life movement the humanitarian movement of our time a Quayle said. A Small group of counter protesters carried a keep abortion legals signs drawing honks from sympathetic Drivers passing by and exchanging Waves with abortion opponents. Catholic Cardinal James Hickey conducted mass for the abortion protesters on the eve of the rally and Cardinal John o Connor head of the Church s pro life committee planned mass at the conclusion. The event was aimed at trying to reverse the impression that anti abortion forces have been in political decline. It comes at a time when their Side has sustained a series of losses in elections and in state capitals in the Wake of the supreme courts Webster decision last summer. That gave states More authority to restrict abortions and at the same time gave new political vitality to supporters of abortion rights who depicted the debate As an attempt to take away a woman s right to make her own decisions on reproduction. A it looks As though the court is going to ultimately reverse Roc a said or. . Willke president of the National right to life committee referring to the supreme courts 17-Ycar-old Roe is. Wade decision that legalized abortions. A your Job now is to go to the 50 states and convince them to pass Laws to protect unborn  gets 4 years for assault death threat Kaiserslautern West Germany a amps a a 44th air defense arty Corporal was sentenced to four years at fort Riley kan., for assaulting and threatening to kill an officer. Cpl. Luis m. Pagan Negron 29, a Chaparral missile crewman at Ramstein a pleaded guilty to assault two counts of disrespect to an officer three counts of using provoking words and violation of a general regulation. He also was sentenced in the april 19 court martial to a bad conduct discharge and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Pagan Negron shouted threats and obscenities at a first lieutenant As they were driving near the Vogel Weh housing area in Kaiserslautern on feb. 13. He repeated the threats at their units training room and threw his Kevlar helmet at the officer. A Cut on the officers head required nine stitches. Pagan Negron had a loaded 9mm pistol under the front seat of his car when he shouted the first threats. He asked another Soldier to get the weapon to prevent him from a doing something stupid with it a according to court documents. Carrying a loaded weapon is a violation . Pagan Negron a native of puerto Rico has been in the army nearly 10 years. After injuring the lieutenant he shouted threats and obscenities at his unit commander. Drug Czar says kids need Sanctuary Orlando Fla. Apr William Bennett the nations drug Czar said Friday that orphanages and youth Camps May become sanctuaries for youngsters facing a systematic child abuse in drug plagued Homes and neighbourhoods. A we May just have to find some Way for children to get out of the environment they Are in to go to orphanages to go to boys towns to institutions where they will be raised and nurtured a Bennett told about 3,000 delegates to a world drug conference. A there Are communities in America where children Are not being raised at  but Bennett offered no details about How children would be separated from families or what facilities would be used under such As plan. �?o1 think before this is Over we will see a dramatic increase in orphanages a he said. A no one is a stronger proponent of family. But when it reaches a level of systematic child abuse we have got to do  nearly 7,000 adults and children attended the 13th annual conference sponsored by the Atlanta based Parent resource Institute for drug education. The convention ended saturday. Bennett stressed drug education for Young people but vigorously opposed any efforts to legalize drugs or weaken present Laws. He also charged the nation s colleges with shirking responsibility in the Battle against drugs. A a it a interesting How Many of these colleges want to take on ethnocentrism racism and sexism but when we ask them about drugs they say its a soviet wide problem and they can t do anything about it a he said. A they can certainly do something about it such As adopting Strong rules and Strong  . Begins closing base in Greece from wire reports Nea Makri Greece a american service members began dismantling a major . Naval communications base Friday by destroying a giant Antenna a . Embassy statement said. In january the United states announced that it would be closing the Nea Makri base and hell Nikon Abas part of a worldwide reduction of . Military installations. About 300 service members and their families greeks from neighbouring villages and greek and american military officials gathered for the toppling of the 660-foot Antenna and for a picnic afterwards. The Antenna came crashing Down folding in on itself when the base commander gave the signal and its supporting struts were released. A a today a ceremony acknowledges 27 years of harmonious relations Between greeks and . Military personnel the embassy statement said. The Nea Makri base about 26 Miles Northeast of Athens was established in 1963 As a radio transmitting and receiving relay station in support of the . 6th Fleet. It is one of four major military bases installed in Greece under terms of a defense agreement that began in the 1950s and has been renewed periodically since. The latest agreement ended in december 1988. Greece and the United states have until nov. 21 to reach a new defense agreement. Talks Are expected to begin in May the government spokesman said last week. Negotiations were suspended last May before inconclusive elections in june and november. A conservative party new democracy won the april 8 elections and has said it supports the continued . Military presence in Greece