Word: infantalizing
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...conservatives in promoting imaginative ideas. Illinois Congressman John Porter has proposed the gradual conversion of Social Security to a private system that would give each worker a personal retirement fund to be individually invested. The new arrangement presumably would provide greater benefits relative to cost. Around the country, some infant local think tanks are also innovating. In Denver the Independence Institute is circulating petitions for an amendment to the Colorado constitution aimed at shrinking "giantism" in the public school system. The measure would convert state education subsidies into individual vouchers so that families could shop for the most attractive classroom...
...Weld's nomination speech boomed across the vast convention hall, an anti-abortion delegate jogged down the middle aisle with a tiny infant in pink pajamas upraised in his arms...
...more babes in arms. Last week U.S. airlines asked the Federal Aviation Administration to require that children under two be strapped into safety seats whenever they fly. In the past year two unsecured young children were killed in air crashes. Under present FAA rules, infant safety seats are not mandatory; some parents have reported that they were not allowed to bring them into the cabin...
...least some restrictions on using children as donors seem to be justified. Since infants and youngsters obviously cannot rationally weigh the risks to themselves against the benefits to others, parents are legally entrusted with such decisions. But the parents can hardly be objective in balancing one child's needs against another's. The operation that Marissa may undergo, perhaps when she is six months old, is far simpler than organ transplants. After anesthetizing the infant, doctors will insert a needle into her hipbone and take out a small amount of marrow. The pain will be slight, the risks minimal...
Some ethicists believe parents like the Ayalas have a conflict of interest and that an outside legal guardian should serve as advocate for an infant. But others argue that such an intrusion is usually unnecessary. Families are guided by different principles than individuals, and a family's survival is recognized as a legitimate goal. "We expect family members to care about each other and to sacrifice themselves to some extent," notes Mary Coombs, a professor at the University of Miami law school...