Word: consents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...probably because he's been up--once by common teeny-bopper consent the sexiest dude on the planet--and he's been down--recently by common show-biz consent a marginal player, working in hopeless enterprises like Moment to Moment and Perfect, not to mention projects headed straight to video (The Tender)--and really doesn't see much difference between the two. Even when he had a hit like Look Who's Talking, it was an object of contempt in all the better circles. And along the way, he managed to turn down eventual winners like Arthur, Splash...
...apology on behalf of the whole nation to the thousands of Americans who were subjected to secret radiation tests sponsored by the government during the cold war. The President accepted the recommendation of a special commission that some of the subjects, many of whom never gave their clear consent, be compensated...
...Tulls contend that it wasn't Mary but her parents who wanted an abortion, which puts their pro-life allies in the unaccustomed position of opposing parental consent (which happens to be the law in Nebraska). In light of the lawsuit, the Tulls are also considering a petition for custody of the child. "After all, whose interest is the other side looking out for?" asks the Tulls' local lawyer, Andrew Ferguson. "Eventually someone is going to have to explain to this young girl why her maternal grandparents sued her father for trying to prevent her from being aborted...
Moreover, a boyfriend has no legal standing to interfere in a decision about a pregnancy--or even be notified of that decision. Eleven states have laws that give husbands the right to notification or consent, but those statutes were declared unconstitutional in the 1992 Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. The court ruled that spousal-consent laws embody "a view of marriage ... repugnant to our present understanding of marriage." The decision recognized that controversial, unwanted pregnancies occur only under murky, vexing circumstances in which the relationship is already too dysfunctional for there to be voluntary communication...
...cower at the admonitions of George Steinbrenner and buy tickets. We fear for the World Series until the players strike another legal agreement. We worry about local teams moving elsewhere to bigger and better stadiums built with taxpayer consent...