Word: akron
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next female astronaut scheduled to fly is Judith Resnik, 34, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Akron, who has a seat next March on the twelfth shuttle mission, along with Ride's husband, Astronaut Steven Hawley, 31. But NASA'S new ecumenical-crew policy goes beyond women. A mission specialist on the next Challenger flight will be Air Force Lieut. Colonel Guion Bluford, 40, who will become the first black astronaut in space...
...most important of last week's rulings involved an ordinance passed by the city council of Akron, Ohio, which has served as a national model for antiabortion legislation. Its requirement that abortions after the first three months, or trimester, of a pregnancy be performed in a hospital seemed to conform to the Roe vs. Wade ruling that the state can make regulations that are "reasonably related" to the health of the woman after the first trimester. But the court, citing advances in medical technology, ruled that the abortion method known as dilatation and evacuation "may be performed safely...
...Akron law, like those in 15 states, also established detailed requirements for informing a woman of the physical development of the fetus and the potential medical and emotional factors that might affect her if she has an abortion. The court ruled that requiring this type of "informed consent" is unconstitutional. "Much of the information required is designed not to inform the woman's consent but rather to persuade her to withhold it altogether...
...deciding whether minors must have the permission of a parent before getting an abortion, the court trod a fine line, rejecting the standard used in the Akron ordinance but letting a Missouri statute stand. The distinction the court made is that parental-consent laws must be flexible enough to allow a minor to show a court that she is mature enough to make the decision on her own or that the abortion is in her best interests. Antiabortion forces are sure to press for legislation that meets this definition. Nine states currently have some form of parental-consent rule...
...shield of his capsule heated up alarmingly as Glenn re-entered the atmosphere, his pulse rate rose by only one beat. He said he was deeply troubled about the country's eroding industrial base. He had witnessed the huge dislocation in his own cities of Youngstown and Akron and now in other shut-down plants around the country. "These high-tech promises are too easy," he said. "The fact is that millions of people will never get these same jobs back." He was into his homework now. Government could not just stand by, he said. There...