Word: motherhood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first question asked in Moral Reasoning 52, "Property Rights: Morals and Law," might fall a little closer to home than controversial issues like surrogate motherhood or abortion...
...three. At Grady Memorial in Atlanta, the annual total of boarder children fell from 52 in 1990 to 22 last year. The improvements reflect a courageous willingness to identify -- and tackle -- root causes. All three hospitals practice early intervention, targeting problem mothers during pregnancy. Each addresses not only motherhood but also the addictions and other tribulations that can make motherhood seem unendurable...
...postmenopausal women stir a debate on late motherhood...
Those who oppose such treatment appear to have reasons other than medical for denying motherhood to older women. When doctors in London refused to treat Jennifer F., they told her that they believed she was too old to face the stress of being a mother. In defending the decision, the British Secretary of Health said, "There are deep ethical considerations, and the child's welfare must be considered. A child has a right to a suitable home...
...culture of dependency in which children grow up without ever seeing members of their family go to work. Also, because half of all children on welfare were born out of wedlock, compared with just 10% for American children generally, critics accuse the system of creating financial incentives for single motherhood. Add to those sentiments an enduring voter discontent over taxes and pressure on the President to keep up his image as "new Democrat." All have combined to make welfare reform a White House priority. "It has gone from a subject for think tanks to a grass-roots issue," says...