Word: parenthood
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...anchored by his defense of veterans and his fierce antiabortion stand. The Jewish War Veterans named him Legislator of the Year in 1996 for his work on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. He has used his position on the International Relations Committee to oppose aid programs abroad sponsored by Planned Parenthood. Apart from abortion, he has a decidedly moderate record...
...green steel siding; there's a Japanese maple squatting like a sumo wrestler out front, and a sweet gum tree, and a big red oak in the back shading the gas grill and the lawn chairs. The house is a home--a sweet, messy testament to the compromises of parenthood; the curtains are lace, the couches paisley, the walls papered in cream with pink roses and wreaths of dried flowers, all soft edges and tones that fade behind the yelping primary colors of Playskool and Fisher-Price...
...political moment when waffling can be a shrewd move and compromise has become the order of the day, Faye Wattleton seems almost a relic. The telegenic and controversial head of Planned Parenthood from 1978 to 1992, Wattleton winces at phrases like "common ground" when applied to the subject of reproductive rights for women. For Wattleton, whose mother was a traveling Fundamentalist preacher for the Church of God, right and wrong--like heaven and hell--are very clearly defined...
...midwife during the 1960s in New York City's Harlem and in Dayton, Ohio, she spent the early years of her career in the trenches, caring for women and girls forced to deal with the consequences of unintended pregnancies and back-alley abortions. As director of the Dayton Planned Parenthood affiliate, and then as president of the national organization, she was at the forefront of the fight to legalize abortion and of the ongoing battle to prevent the erosion of Roe v. Wade. In her account, her efforts at Planned Parenthood were hindered not only by the forces of political...
...first of its kind in the country. Philanthropy, in fact, is a passion with him. In the past 30 years, two Fidelity foundations have given over $50 million to 3,000 nonprofit organizations. A third foundation, controlled more closely by the Johnson family, has helped everything from Planned Parenthood to the Buddhist Churches of America, the latter reflecting Johnson's interest in Eastern philosophy...