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...Federal Government's "progressive" policy toward Native Americans amounted to forced assimilation. The BIA shipped Indian children off to boarding schools, gave them Anglo names and banned their Native tongues and religious rituals. Each generation moved further from tribal tradition, to the point where languages, which were entirely oral, and skills, such as basketmaking, were in danger of disappearing. After decades of drift, tribes that have begun to focus on preserving their heritage for the next generation have also reduced their rates of teen suicide, illiteracy, addiction and despair...
...years. If a woman wishes to become pregnant earlier, she can have the tubes removed, and fertility will be restored in less than 48 hours. In clinical trials Norplant was remarkably effective. During the first two years the implant had one-tenth to one-twentieth the failure rate of oral contraceptives, which fail 3% of the time. Surveys of women who have used Norplant -- a total of 350,000 worldwide -- show that 80% are willing to stick with the contraceptive for at least one year...
...some could miss one altogether. The periods themselves can also be longer, an average of 8 days of bleeding or spotting as opposed to the normal 5 days. These effects diminish after the first two years, according to the manufacturers. In addition, the cost, although less than that of oral contraceptives, will be considerable. Wyeth- Ayerst officials will not reveal the price until marketing begins in February, but some experts have estimated that the implant and the medical procedure together will run to about $500, as opposed to an average of $900 for five years of the Pill...
...force, but some experts believe that coercion is an inevitable next step. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota, points to a handful of cases in the past five years in which judges have tried to require women to take oral contraceptives or to force men to take drugs that lessen their sexual drive. "There are judges out there who will try to use Norplant," says Caplan. Others worry that some developing countries will force the contraceptive on women without their full consent in a misguided attempt to keep population growth down...
...House Democratic Caucus passed a nonbinding resolution stating that unless American lives are in immediate danger, the President may not initiate an offensive action in the Persian Gulf without first obtaining congressional approval. On the same day, in a packed Washington courtroom, Federal Judge Harold Greene heard oral arguments in Dellums v. Bush, a petition by 54 congressional Democrats seeking an injunction that would bar the President from taking offensive action against Iraq without the prior consent of Congress...