Testimony concerned: (1) difficulties and successes in obtaining private and public medical services experienced by Illinois citizens with health problems during pregancy; (2) Illinois' efforts to deal with high infant mortality, including descriptions of intervention programs, excerpts from the data report of Illinois' 1988 Human Services Plan, and the Illinois Birth Certificate Survey on Access to Prenatal and Well Child Care; (3) infant mortality in south central Illinois; (4) difficulties pregnant, low income women face in obtaining public medical care services; (5) a nonprofit agency providing pregnancy crisis intervention for teens, unmarried women, and married, low income women; (6) medical doctors' problems in providing services to Public Aid recipients and dealing with the Public Aid bureaucracy; (7) malpractice litigation against doctors; (8) ways in which the family planning network can play a significant role in reducing infant mortality; (9) services provided to pregnant women in southern Illinois by the Parents Too Soon and Families with a Future programs; (10) factors influencing availability of professional obstetric care, particularly for persons at high risk due to economic factors; (11) reasons behind the status quo in Illinois' infant mortality rate; and (12) difficulties in getting prospective clients to use available services. Additional material concerns the Springfield, Illinois, Department of Public Health, and the relation between infant mortality and prenatal nutrition. (RH)