Word: consents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American Adoption Congress in Dallas this month, prompting a standing ovation. The congress is one of several groups seeking to overturn laws, currently in effect in most of Canada and the U.S., that protect the privacy of birth parents and prevent their children from contacting them without prior consent. In 1995 Tennessee opened its records on all adoptions before 1951, and six other states are discussing disclosure bills. An alliance including privacy advocates, adoption agencies and lawyers from Pat Robertson's organization opposes the change, arguing that many reunions are traumatic and disruptive for the parent, and that the lack...
...hate to put it this way," the doctor said rather cheerfully as he handed me a consent form, "but you're the ideal candidate for heart bypass surgery...
...Senate has not focused on the issue yet, but everyone expects a real fight for 67 votes, the two-thirds necessary to give the Senate's advice and consent. There is already a group of opposed or concerned Senators from both parties, including Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa and Patrick Leahy of Vermont...
...passes the next legislative hurdles, it would effectively amend an existing labor law and give private employees a right many public workers have had since 1938. Under the legislation, each hour of overtime worked would equal 1/1/2 hours of paid time off with regular pay. Employees would have to consent to the comp time option and employers would have the right to not offer it. While the bill had strong GOP backing in the House, most Democrats and union leaders were against it from the start. The chief concern was that employers may be tempted to abuse...
...make their own choices in marriage. One of the three judges said the marriage should be annulled. Another said it was legal. The third came out somewhere in the m iddle, saying women normally need their parents' permission to marry, but that Waheed's parents gave their tacit consent by allowing the man who would become their daughter's husband into their home...