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Leaders of the Radcliffe Union of Students and the Civil Liberties Union at Harvard (CLUH) have arranged to bring 11 busloads of students to the march, scheduled to take place as the Supreme Court prepares to hear three key abortion rights cases in the next two months, said Ellen Zucker, vice president of the Boston chapter of the National Organization of Women...
...Washington march organized by NOW is expected to be the largest women's rights demonstration ever in the United States. It comes in the wake of last July's landmark Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, which weakened the federal protection of abortion set forth in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision...
...national mobilization effort comes as theSupreme Court readies to hear three key abortionrights cases this fall. One, Turnoch v.Ragsdale, deals with clinic licensing. Theothers, Akron Center for Reproductive Health v.Ohio and Hodgson v. Minnesota, addresswhether parents must be notified before minors areallowed to have abortions...
...reason why this [a national strategy] isso critical is because we have to keep thepressure on the Congress and Supreme Court," saidBoston President Ellen Convisser. "We cannot winthis battle on a state-by-state level...
Last week the case took another tack as a New York appeals court overturned that judgment and restored the Cup to the U.S. The decision was applauded in San Diego. But in New Zealand Michael Fay, head of the challenging syndicate, hooted, "A disgrace to sport. If it is not overturned, sportsmanship and the Cup are out the window." New Zealand will appeal. Planning for a 1992 Cup competition off San Diego has been on indefinite hold, but is now expected to resume...