Word: parenthood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...literature to arrogant, randy college students. Garp is also fiercely protective of his two children: "There was so much to worry about, when worrying about children, and Garp worried so much about everything; at times, especially in these throes of insomnia, Garp thought himself to be psychologically unfit for parenthood. Then he worried about that, too, and felt all the more anxious for his children. What if their most dangerous enemy turned...
...Stewart, field director of the National Abortion Rights Action League, says of last week's Congressional action: "We lost, no matter how you look at it. Congress has been intimidated by the emotional, physical presence of the right-to-lifers." Adds Robert Webber, western regional director of Planned Parenthood: "The right-to-lifers are single-issue individuals. They don't care how a politician stands on human rights or aid to education. They vote on what he or she says about abortion." One certain result: abortion will be a Main Street issue during next year's congressional...
...Paul, where Planned Parenthood opened a new headquarters and a clinic for abortions and birth control, the building was doused with gasoline and set afire earlier this year. Rebuilt, it now is being picketed daily. Says Tom Webber, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota: "They say the rosary here. They chant it in a circle on our front sidewalk. A nun even splashed our building with holy water. My life has been threatened a number of times, all in the name of a higher morality...
...while the family is changing, says the council, it is not-as many sociologists fear-collapsing. Parenthood is still "deeply rewarding," and more than 98% of all children in the U.S. still live with one or both of their parents. The greatest enemy of the family, says the council, is poverty, pure and simple. "One child out of four in America is being actively harmed by a 'stacked deck' created by the failings of our society...
...disappointed that you only peripherally acknowledged the root of youth crime: procreation by those who are unqualified for parenthood...