Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...While the Court's decision represents the mostserious threat since 1973 to the right for womento choose an abortion," says President of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) NormanDorsen, "the reaction from religious,professional, medical and public serviceorganizations, as well as... academia,demonstrates a strong public sentiment to preservethe constitutional principles established in theoriginal Roe decision...
...variety of labels used to describe abortionrun the gamut from "reproductive freedom" to"murder." And the terms reflect the intensity ofemotions underlying the debate over legalabortion. Partisans of both sides have invoked andinterpreted the civil liberty and human rightsaspects of the issue, and both use the FirstAmendment in amici curiae, or "friends ofthe court" briefs on both sides...
Walkowitz says there has never been anamicus brief signed by so many historians,"even in Civil Rights cases...
Edmonds began her speech, "Come Down to KewGarden in Lilac Time; It Isn't Far from London,"with a poem about nineteenth century London. Shecompared the 1980s with the London of the poembecause this decade has seen a "twisting" ofvalues. The '80s have been years of excessivegreed, attacks on civil rights, increased racismand anti-intellectualism, she said...
...drug-based civil war, this once omnipotent lobby may soon be more of a liability to hunters than their ally and friend...