Word: defenders
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...federal and state governments have a responsibility to do more than just uphold the ideas of Roe and defend against antiabortion legislation--they must take tangible steps to strengthen the 1994 Act and protect both clinics and providers as much as possible. While free speech, however hateful, cannot be silenced, a strong show of physical protection on the part of the government can go a long way to protecting abortion rights. For example, here in Massachusetts, a bill to create a 25-foot buffer zone at clinic entrances and driveways, which has already passed the Senate, should immediately be passed...
...prosecutors and threatened with jail time, would turn on Capano in court and testify that he recruited them in the cover-up of the case. The latest twist: last week Capano's only sister Marian and her husband, local lawyer Lee Ramunno, each mounted the witness stand to defend brother Thomas and attack the credibility and honesty of brothers Louis and Gerard...
...month affair with her brother-in-law and that the relationship was condoned by her sister Hilary. When excerpts appeared in the London Sunday Times, outraged fans and friends of Jacqueline's vilified the book, charging that it sullied one of Britain's greatest virtuosos. Hilary and Piers defend their memoir as an attempt to reveal the personal side of their sister and argue that the excerpts played up the sensational parts of the story. "If people only read those extracts, yes, I can understand how they were upset and disappointed," says Hilary...
...employees defend their attempts, pointing to the constraints on the government agency...
Dershowitz also claims that the CofCC is a "racist and anti-Semitic organization." The truth is that the CofCC is neither. The Council does indeed defend white European Americans, their civilization, faith and form of government, but it does not support the oppression or exploitation of any racial, ethnic or religious group...