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...anti-war approach was made possible by a change in Red Cross regulations. Previously, people under 21 were required to obtain written parental consent before donating blood. For this reason, past blood drives began collecting signatures of pledged donors early in the fall term...
This year, however, people over 18 will not need a parent's consent to donate blood, and the drive organizers can collect signatures throughout the week of the drive, which will begin December 1 in Memorial Hall...
Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law, said, "The decision reflects valid and healthy implementation of the Senate's power of advice and consent." Republican Whip Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.) expressed similar feelings earlier when he commented, "I'm pleased that once again the Senate has fulfilled its long-neglected constitutional responsibility of advice and consent...
Although the clause allowing abortion on the grounds of mental health appears liberal, the problem in Massachusetts rests in the final clause. Boston hospitals vary in their practices, but most require the consent of two psychiatrists, the woman's gynecologist and the chief of the gynecology department before they will allow an abortion to be performed. A veto by one of these men usually means the rejection of the case...
...important, though, was Betsy Sable's point on this subject. "The hardship cases are the real problems here at Planned Parenthood. These women don't have the money to go to England, and they don't have the pull to get into a local hospital without the staff psychiatrists consent. Most have never seen a psychiatrist in their lives, so that they can't possibly have a mental record. And they usually come to us after it's too late to have the operation performed locally. They're the ones who wind up in the back offices, in the hands...