Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a tough primary battle for the Democratic nomination, Murphy has been content to aid once-and-future-Governor Michael S. Dukakis in public appearances and audibly wonder what she will do as Number Two besides hope Dukakis takes off for national office in 1988, as speculation foreshadows...
Almost 7000 Massachusetts women every year depend on Medicaid funding for abortions. Without this aid they would be left with the horrible choice between an unwanted child and a back-alley abortion. Before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, such abortions were the leading cause of maternal death and disfigurement. And without private insurance coverage, even middle class women may be forced to turn to cheaper, unsafe underground abortions...
...system, - which will do away with such fixtures of the welfare life as food stamps and triplicate medicaid forms, will save $6 million a year and cut layers of bureaucracy. Though several other states have used welfare credit, San Francisco will be the first to combine all aid programs under one card. Predicts Edwin Sarsfield, the city's social services director: "I think that within three years this will be in use statewide and in the rest of the nation as well...
Turner espoused elimination of nuclear weapons, environmental protection, and active intervention in South Africa. The self-styled reformer also advocated reducing world population through birth control. He opposes aid to starving nations, hesaid, because "Each country has to earn its ownway in the world...
...worked hard to soften the impact of Reagan Administration budget cuts on grants to cities and was recently appointed chairman of the House Committee on Federal Financial Assistance. Throughout her tenure she has worked for housing programs ranging from urban renewal projects to aid for homeowners to legislation protecting tenant rights. She has sponsored affirmative action and anti-discrimination legislation and led the fight for minority employment and training programs, and for integrating police and fire departments...