Word: forbiddingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indictments have increased support for bills before the Massachusetts legislature that would require physicians to try to extend the lives of even unviable fetuses and forbid experiments like the ones for which the doctors were indicted. The case has also worked a hardship on Boston's poor. Despite its limitations, overworked B.C.H. has been one of the few places in the city where those who could not afford to pay could end unwanted pregnancies. As a result of the indictments, the hospital has forbidden abortions except in medical and psychiatric emergencies...
...much the bother of it all as the violation of basic principles of individual freedom. By "protecting" individuals from the hazards of cigarette smoking, by banning cigarette commercials on TV, by requiring that autos carry seat belts that must be fastened in order to start the car, or (heaven forbid!) fining people for not fastening belts in the privacy of their own vehicles, we violate longstanding tenets of liberty, independence and self-reliance...
Keeping a job or getting a new one is also difficult. When Rachelle McAdam appeared before school authorities in a dress, she was given two options: "Resign or be fired." She resigned. Many transexuals marry and adopt children, but there are often legal difficulties, especially in states that forbid sex changes on birth certificates...
Beyond the question of whether it is ethical for a President to charge the Government such a huge amount for his papers, there is also a legal problem for Nixon. In December 1969, Congress amended the tax law to forbid such deductions and made the amendment retroactive to July 25 of that year. The White House claims the gift was made on March 27, 1969, but a serious doubt exists over whether a transfer of the property took place before the deadline...
...embargoes on some nations but cut overall production as well. Britain, which is also on the Arabs' privileged list, is receiving 15% less oil than in 1972. Sunday driving bans have spread across the Continent from Copenhagen to Calabria. The Italian government last week adopted emergency measures that forbid the sale of gasoline in jerry cans (to discourage widespread hoarding), put curfews on stores, restaurants, theaters and even television stations, and limit drivers on the autostrade to a rather un-Italian 75 m.p.h. Auto sales in West Germany are down 30% from last year's rate. Happily, there...