AIDS BILLS FOCUS ON EDUCATION SPORTS FINAL, C Edition

Hopscotching his way through a maze of contradictory AIDS provisions sent him by the legislature, Gov. James Thompson Monday tried to carve out a middle-of-the-road policy to use in combatting the spread of the deadly virus. After three months of review of the proposals sought by widely divergent in...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Daniel Egler and Jean Davidson Political writer Thomas Hardy contributed to this report
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 22.09.1987
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Summary:Hopscotching his way through a maze of contradictory AIDS provisions sent him by the legislature, Gov. James Thompson Monday tried to carve out a middle-of-the-road policy to use in combatting the spread of the deadly virus. After three months of review of the proposals sought by widely divergent interests, Thompson cautiously wielded his veto pen to fashion the 17 AIDS-related measures into what he called "a strong, effective, reasonably balanced package that meets all of the issues that we know about AIDS today." Legislators, who had embraced most of the 17 bills with overwhelming majorities in a politically popular move to vote for anything that might help stop the spread of AIDS, are likely to heave a sigh of relief and accept Thompson's changes. AIDS-acquired immune deficiency syndrome-destroys the body's immune system and leaves it vulnerable to a variety of potentially fatal ailments. The virus is spread through sexual intercourse or contaminated blood.
ISSN:1085-6706