Word: incestousness
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...more restrictive, but increasingly flexible, in Scandinavia and Great Britain. In 1938, Sweden became the first of the Scandinavian countries to moderate its statutes, and the law has become increasingly permissive over the years. In addition to allowing abortion for medical, eugenic and ethical (in cases of rape or incest) reasons, Sweden now permits it to protect "mental health," a term that can be broadly interpreted to justify abortion for almost any reason. However, the country requires a detailed investigation before permission is granted, and until 1965 permission was in fact denied in 20% to 40% of all cases...
...days after the manifesto appeared, 206 well-known French citizens -including four Nobel prizewinners -added their voices to the demand for reform. They issued a "charter" calling for abortion on several grounds, among them poor health, rape, incest and "grave social conditions...
Taut direction and strong acting more effectively enliven the limp script in Home Free. As a brother and sister living in incest, Bob Waldinger and Susan Ehrlich taunt and comfort each other with a vehemence that flickers between sibling rivalry and lovers' passion. The play is too long, but Waldinger, cowering and speaking with a mouth askew, and Erhrlich, alternately imperious and wistful, draw up the yarn into a ball of tension...
...joined over the issue of abortion. To counter a liberal abortion bill, the conservatives proposed a bill of their own that outlawed abortion altogether except when a panel of three physicians certified that the mother's life was endangered. It made no allowance for victims of rape, incest or mental illness. Supporting the conservative bill, the Catholic Conference ran a long and costly campaign that included weekly pictures of truncated fetuses and aborted embryos on Page One of the Cathotic Standard & Times, the official organ of the archdiocese of Philadelphia. Last June the campaign paid off: the liberal bill...
Patience, like incest or the mad uncle locked in the attic, is the type of thing everyone has heard about but very few experience. It is usually passed over for the better known works of Gilbert and Sullivan, for it lacks the fire of Feydeau or the mirth of Moliere. Nonetheless, done well, it is an entertainment worthy of note, and at Agassiz, it is being done as well...