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...superior-court judge in 1981, Souter urged the state legislature to reject a provision in a bill that would have required teenagers seeking + abortions to get permission from a judge if they could not obtain their parents' consent...
...because the topic of abortion so dominates the American agenda, it will be almost impossible for the Senate to "advise and consent" without reference to the divisive issue. And if the Senate ever finds itself debating the abortion issue--even in the form of a Supreme Court nominee--it could mean big trouble for the Republican party...
...however, this has convinced only Kohl, who has pledged $3 billion of West German loans to the Soviet Union and is trying to talk his NATO allies into ponying up an additional $15 billion or so. Colleagues suspect Kohl's real motive is to buy Moscow's consent to German unification and to a unified Germany's membership in NATO, for cash. Bush told his press conference, "I have some big problems" with extending aid at this time. One, he said, is that "a great percentage" of Soviet gross national product is still going into military spending. Also, Moscow...
Should a teenager be able to do the following without parental consent...
...Canadian constitution was modified substantially in 1982 without the consent of Quebec. The constitution is applicable to Quebec, and we have to respect it. But we are not part of the constitution. We are not part of the Canadian family...