Word: bans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most political activists, maneuvering a bill through the twists and turns of Congress is the ultimate act. But for antiabortion activists, last week's overwhelming vote in the House to ban partial-birth abortions was merely a sideshow. They knew President Clinton would veto the bill--and on Friday he did, effectively putting off any more debate until next session. More important, they knew there is another battlefield--statehouses across the country--where, time after time, they are winning the fight...
...delivers a late-term fetus and then uses a suction device to extract brain tissue before removing the rest of the body. Advocates on either side dispute why these abortions are performed and how many are done each year. Even doctors cannot agree: the American Medical Association supports a ban, while the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes...
...states where new laws are being contested in court, Little Rock lawyer and state legislator Lisa Ferrell said last week that she knew the law contained no actual medical definition of partial birth but she voted for the measure because the procedure is "horrifying." The Arkansas ban, like the one passed by Congress, does not take into account the health of the pregnant woman or make a distinction between a viable fetus and a nonviable one--two issues enshrined by the Supreme Court...
...There had been a ban on releasing information until a class-action lawsuit had gone through the court process and the appeals court for the state of Massachusetts upheld the sex-offender registry law," Dillon said...
...council's ban is specifically targeted at events, and this was not for an event," said Iddo Gilon, president of the Inter-Fraternity Council...