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Second, abortion opponents argue that repeated abortions late in pregnancy can harm women's reproductive organs. Medical groups have concluded this effect is outweighed by the risks of childbirth. But even if the risk were great, it would actually argue against the Rust decision: Denying access to an abortion at a public clinic will force some women to wait even later into pregnancy before they can afford one, thus increasing their health risks...
...that if a man doesn't want to have sex, he can't be tied down and forced. Human anatomy provides him a special protection. But there are sex therapists who dispute this notion; some point to "masochistic titillation," while others speculate that panic, along with fear of bodily harm, does not necessarily rule out sexual arousal and may even increase it in some cases...
Maybe, but why take the risk? Brain tumors must be excised, if possible, but dandelions don't really do any harm. In fact, they are pretty, enthusiastic, nutritious in salads and excellent for wine making. Of course, if they ever became popular, the lawn-care megacorporations would sell us patent medicine to encourage them by killing the grass. In the meantime, California may be the waterless wave of the future. In Los Angeles, Robin Thomas is trying to revive his dried yellow grass with organic products, not chemicals, because "I have children, and they play on the lawn." In Oakland...
...whether "it really is legitimate to value victims differently depending upon the circumstances of the lives that they have chosen to lead." Tennessee Attorney General Charles Burson's response was unequivocal: "There can be no doubt that the taking of the life of the President creates much more societal harm than the taking of the life of the homeless person...
...Legal Foundation, which is representing the Zvolanek family. This political symbolism has not been lost on the Bush Administration; Attorney General Dick Thornburgh made a rare appearance before the Supreme Court to argue that a jury should be given "the full picture of the nature and extent of the harm that's been caused to the family...