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...Allows the President to abolish student deferments for men who enter college beginning this semester and thereafter. Those in college now may hold deferments until the end of their fourth college year or their 24th birthday, whichever comes first. Students drafted while in college may postpone induction until the end of the academic term...
Despite her distress, Valada Penny was far more fortunate than many an American woman faced with an unwanted pregnancy. While she was pondering her decision a year ago last summer, the New York State law that allows abortion on demand at any time through the 24th week of pregnancy took effect. Her operation was thus performed legally, safely and-because she was eligible for Medicaid-free...
...Saline induction, which is used between the 16th and 24th weeks of pregnancy, is one of the more drastic means. A doctor inserts a needle through the patient's abdomen into the uterus, draws off most of the amniotic fluid in which the fetus floats and replaces it with a salt solution. The saline substance kills the fetus, and then a miniature labor begins-with real pain-and continues until the fetus is expelled some 24 to 72 hours later...
...great fear about abortion, among doctors and nurses as well as patients, is that a fetus will be born alive. Claims by anti-abortion groups that doctors routinely throw "screaming, wriggling bundles of humanity" into garbage cans are unfounded. But despite laws banning abortions after the 24th week, well before a fetus can survive outside the womb, "live births" do occur. The reason, often, is that the date of conception has been miscalculated or misstated by the woman. At least 40 fetuses have reportedly been born "alive" in New York. All died within hours, despite doctors' efforts to maintain...
Thomas A. Graves Jr., associate dean of the Business School's MBA Faculty, will leave Harvard, effective September 1, to become the 24th president of William and Mary College, trustees announced Sunday...