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...state, as the majority opinion does, that those opposed to blanket abortion coverage should rethink their position and support the program is to ask those people, with a fair amount of insensitivity, to abdicate what they perceive as their moral responsibility and to bow to the wishes of the majority. The right of the minority to withhold both financial and moral support of abortion coverage should be respected, and safeguarded...

Author: By Jefferson FLANDERS Anne barrett, | Title: Against Abortion Coverage | 11/17/1976 | See Source »

...repeatedly said that you would issue a blanket pardon for all Viet Nam draft resisters in your first week in office. Is that a promise you intend to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What I'll Do': Carter Looks Ahead | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...Grant a blanket pardon to the draft dodgers of the Viet Nam War. Also, he probably would set up review boards to decide the cases of war-era deserters and perhaps pardon those who went AWOL because of opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE SHAPE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

...impeachment, Ford told a crowd in Louisiana, "I believe the President is innocent. I don't want any impression created that I've changed my mind about the President's innocence." Later, as President, Ford would reverse his strident stand against immunity for Richard Nixon and issue a blanket pardon. In addition, he supported an administration ruling giving all Nixon tapes and documents to the former President, reversing his position only after he received an outraged reaction from the Justice Department, courts and the press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pathetic Lie of Jerry Ford | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...students then moved to Brown's University Hall, where they presented acting president Merton Stoltz with a letter demanding the appointment of a faculty-student committee to "arbitrate" the library strike, as well as a blanket amnesty for the 11 arrested students...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: 70 at Brown Demonstrate To Support Library Strike | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

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