Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Judge Gerhard Gesell. I applaud his decision declaring Washington, D.C.'s abortion laws [Nov. 21] unconstitutional. I sincerely hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will agree with his decision and not get hung up on the questionable rights of the fetus. The rights of an individual female human being must come first. A woman should have the right to make decisions about her body whether the decision is in regard to the contents of her womb, the teeth in her head, or any organs of her body. As if the basic human rights involved are not enough to justify...
...many harmful amateur abortions be dismissed. But to take away the rights of the unborn child is too drastic a solution. Whatever views people hold in this matter, they ought to fully consider where this new course of liberalization leads and how it will affect their view of human life, a value that Americans feel they hold particularly dear...
...think that there should be no abortion law at all-I think it should be one of our most basic and human rights not to have children if we don't want...
...torrent of Mao's words that flow from these extraordinary papers reveals the long-obscure human dimension of the man. He emerges as a compelling personality, supremely confident of his ability to surmount China's immense domestic problems. In speeches delivered at secret meetings of the Politburo, he comes across as passionate and often earthy. All told, the documents amply demonstrate that Mao, now 75 and reportedly nearing death, left an imprint on China and its 750 million people that will surely prove ineradicable for generations to come...
...uppermost in the minds of the foreign ministers is one that they cannot even mention in the debate. It is the torture of political prisoners in Greece. For the past three weeks, a 1,200-page report prepared by a special committee of the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commission has been in the hands of the member governments. After two years of investigations, the commission charged that torture and ill treatment of political prisoners amounted to an "administrative practice" that has been "officially tolerated" by Greek government authorities...