Word: gaggingly
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...Studs shows how eager people are to reduce their romantic lives to salacious gag lines, the syndicated That's Amore demonstrates how adept some folks are at turning marriage into sitcom material. Under the guiding hand of a dapper Italian host named Luca, couples restage their marital spats as if they were auditioning for a spinoff of Married . . . with Children ("You are ; the boss of nothing!" "Where were your brains -- your rear end?"). At the end of each episode, the audience selects a victor. But it matters little: the prize in either case is a "second honeymoon," so the couple...
...even those who oppose abortion rights might find reason to oppose the gag rule...
...anyway, about 90 percent of clinic patients see a nurse, not a doctor, when they go for counseling. The move to exempt doctors was simply a cynical ploy to disguise the absurdity of the gag rule...
Unfortunately, the efforts of family planning groups to stymie the gag rule's implementation have almost been exhausted. Halted until now by litigation and congressional action, it seems inevitable that the rule will go into effect...
What's revealing about the politics of the gag rule is the extent to which the small religious right has come to influence the highest levels of government. Before joining Ronald Reagan on the 1980 ticket, Bush favored abortion rights...