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Although that case will have no direct impact on Roe v. Wade, there are four disputes pending in the lower courts that pro-lifers hope the Supreme Court will eventually use to either overturn or further limit the landmark 1973 ruling. One of them is Louisiana's tough new antiabortion law, which was struck down by a federal district judge last week...
...chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Her expertise could have been vital in the war against Saddam Hussein. But during Operation Desert Storm, Pruitt was neither protecting nor ministering to soldiers in the Persian Gulf. Her battleground was the Ninth Circuit Court in California, where she was busy fighting to overturn the Army's 1986 decision to discharge her because she is a lesbian. "It's sad," she says, "that the military wastes time bothering people about what they do in their private lives rather than what they do on duty...
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney was in no mood to defend the ban, calling it "an old chestnut" that he inherited from previous Administrations. But he also said he would make no move to overturn it. When asked how he could retain a high-ranking aide who is allegedly gay while forcing the dismissal of many homosexuals from the uniformed services, Cheney invoked a confusing double standard. Gays, he explained, could serve in civilian jobs, where they would not necessarily pose a security risk. Yet a closet homosexual with access to & classified information would surely be more vulnerable to blackmail than...
...that ferried troops across enemy lines. Their performance and that of all the 35,000 women who served in the gulf has generated support in Congress and public opinion for broadening the role of females in the military. Last week in a landmark move the Senate voted overwhelmingly to overturn a 43-year-old law that bars women from flying combat missions. Said Delaware Senator William Roth, who co-sponsored the amendment with Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts: "The facts show that women pilots have successively broken ground in just about every area of aviation -- and they deserve the opportunity...
...federal funding for experiments involving fetal-tissue transplants, an important field that shows promise for treating many human disorders, including diabetes and Parkinson's disease. Ignoring the recommendations of a scientific panel, Sullivan argued that encouraging fetal-tissue research would lead to more abortions. A measure that would overturn the ban passed the House last week by nearly enough votes to override a Presidential veto. A similar provision is expected to be introduced in the Senate in August...