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

DATE: FRIDAY, July 28, 1995                   TAG: 9507280087
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                  LENGTH: Short

SENATE EXTENDS RYAN WHITE ACT

The Senate voted to reauthorize the Ryan White act supporting AIDS funding Thursday after rejecting mandatory AIDS testing of babies and pregnant women.

The bill to extend the program for five years passed by a 97-3 vote, but only after two days of assaults from Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., against funding for AIDS research and treatment.

The bill still must be taken up by the House.

The Senate reached a compromise on the issue with language that encourages but does not require states to carry out testing of pregnant women and newborns for the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

- Associated Press

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