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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 21, 1993                   TAG: 9301210313
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: JUNEAU, ALASKA                                LENGTH: Short

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ALASKA ADOPTS LIMITS ON FUNDING ABORTIONS

Lt. Gov. Jack Coghill signed regulations Wednesday that will strictly limit state funding of abortions for poor women.

The regulations take effect in 30 days, but officials with the Alaska Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood said they planned to challenge the restrictions.

The rules, proposed by Gov. Walter Hickel, would end funding of most elective abortions paid through the Medicaid program.

The new rules would allow abortions that a doctor declared medically necessary to save a woman's life or to maintain her physical or mental health.

The state also would pay for abortions after rape or incest.

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