Word: gagged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tenant's Union wants to gag my right to speak," said Walsh. "This is a bogus lawsuit and a deliberate attempt to bring me into...
...first 100 days of the new administration, certain pieces of Clinton's social agenda should be implemented by executive order--beginning the fulfillment of promises pledged during the campaign. He should single-handedly repeal the gag-rule which restricts abortion counseling in federally-funded clinics. He should legalize the importation of the controversial French abortion pill, RU-486. He should repeal the ban that prevents homosexuals from serving in the military. These changes would be quick and would symbolize an engaged leader, eager to improve opportunities for Americans...
...woman's control over her body; all shout their opinions on the topic, but very little real dialogue emerges from the chaos of the debate. The terrorist tactics of groups like Operation Rescue who barricade abortion clinics, the people who try to shout them down and especially the gag rule imposed on physicians, all prevent rational discussion...
...discomfort level in the White House to record levels. To the Republicans' collective relief, the family-leave bill died on Wednesday when the House failed to override Bush's veto of the legislation, which the White House opposed as antibusiness. On Friday the House left Bush's abortion "gag rule" in place, again failing to muster the necessary two-thirds vote to overturn the legislation, which bars abortion counseling by nonphysician workers in federally funded family-planning clinics. The vote came the day after the Administration's curb on such funding took effect. Bush's Saturday veto of a bill...
SPIKE LEE Gag me with a spoon...