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...been reported that President Bush's security aides are advising him to hold off on the sale of Aegis anti-missile destroyers to Taiwan - a hot-button issue for Beijing. That's a strong signal that Washington wants to prevent the fallout from the Hainan incident from determining the course of U.S. Chinese relations...
...They weren't particularly successful. While Thompson insists the regulations have been changed from the Clinton version, observers say that with a few exceptions, everything looks the same. One hot-button addition, which grants parents access to children's medical records (including information about abortions) is still under White House/HHS consideration. The federal law, Health Privacy Project's Choy explains, won't supersede preexisting state laws concerning abortion and minor notification; states that allow minors to have abortions generally maintain fairly strict confidentiality rules. "if there are state laws allowing a minor to legally obtain care without parental consent, then...
This weekend's Veritas Forum-the first at Harvard in two years-maintained some of its academic roots, but also tackled such hot-button issues as abortion, sex, homosexuality and euthanasia...
...Ironically, perhaps, given the feverish nature of civil rights and abortion rights protests surrounding Ashcroft's nomination, there's very little on the foreseeable horizon at Justice involving any of those hot-button issues. Instead, the department faces a docket heavy with antitrust issues, including the ongoing Microsoft case and various pending airline mergers. In the coming months, Ashcroft will also get to weigh in on a few pieces of tobacco legislation...
...Byron Dorgan have all expressed their intentions to confirm. One Democrat on the committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, doesn't need the extra week to make up her mind about Ashcroft; she has already announced her opposition to the nominee, citing his "ultra-right-wing" record on hot-button issues like civil rights, school prayer and abortion...