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...informal meeting with A T & T's general counsel at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Ike's Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, offered what the AT&T man described as a "friendly tip" on how to negotiate a settlement. Soon after, the Government approved a consent decree that allowed Bell to keep Western Electric in return for a wrist-slap promise not to let it compete for business outside...
...majority from 21 to 18. As a result, 18-year-olds now have fewer problems obtaining sex-related medical services. Their right to any type of medical care has been recognized in 35 states. In all but two states (Nebraska and Wyoming), 18-year-olds do not need parental consent to get most pregnancy-related health services, including abortion. And all 50 states allow anyone over 18 to be treated for venereal disease on their...
...other states make it at least as easy to get help. New York places virtually no legal restrictions upon a physician's right to perform abortions on minors or to prescribe contraceptives for them, and local Planned Parenthood organizations will help obtain abortions in the state without parental consent. New Jersey allows minors of any age to obtain pregnancy care. Oregon has lowered the age of medical consent to 15; Alabama has dropped...
...fortnight ago, the Tennessee Court of Appeals sanctioned snake handling at the church so long as it did not "endanger the lives or health of persons who do not consent to exposure of such danger." That danger is still there. The week the Tennessee decision was handed down, a 28-year-old worshiper died in West Virginia from a rattlesnake bite incurred at a Pentecostal rite...
Beckwith said Walzer is using "subtle correction" to make parents participate in the study and may be violating HEW guidelines on informed consent in human experimentation. He said the hospital tells parents the the procedure is routine and asks them to sign a consent form. If the child is XYY, the parents receive a letter from Dr. Walzer offering help and Beckwith said "it is difficult for them to refuse...