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...Jersey, Vermont and half a dozen other states permit a lesbian to adopt her lover's child and become a second parent. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did so last Friday, allowing surgeons Susan Love and Helen Cooksey to adopt the five-year-old girl they have raised since birth. The child was conceived by Love via artificial insemination with sperm from a cousin of Cooksey's. Because of technicalities, the child's own mother had to adopt her for Cooksey to be made co-parent. Cases like this have led judges in several states to suggest that adoption laws...
Tactics for trying to get Lee's locations varied. The most common strategy was flattery. The Boston Herald's Helen Kennedy tried this tactic, but quickly gave up. One TV station all but offered the reporter a job. The Crimson wouldn't budge. "You've got an exclusive," Kennedy said with a sigh. "I understand why you're keeping...
Emily Drugge, who plays John's wife Helen, also needs to warm up into the role. After the first few minutes, however, every bit of herself disappears, leaving the harsh and completely mad Helen...
...character of Helen is a sort of straight foil to that of John, despite Helen's considerable mental problems. Strangely enough, the connection that Drugge and Stone form through these characters does manage to be family-like, giving the audience no choice but to believe...
...Another, Maggie (Talia Shire), is a nun who faces a spiritual crisis after she helps a woman get an abortion. There are lesbian revelations, a discussion of the Anita Hill hearings and rampant man bashing. Rheza (Lindsay Crouse) has been dumped by her husband and bears a grudge. Hannah (Helen Slater) is married to Natalie's ex-husband, and the two compare notes about the stinker. "If you can love him, love him," says the ex. "But don't lose you. How's your loft?" If the slumber-party bonhomie (bonfemmie?) seems precious and fake, well, was The Big Chill...