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Donors gave money to more than 600 charitable organizations, including AIDS Action Committee, Planned Parenthood, the American Cancer Society and Phillips Brooks House...
...common practice among politicians. An even more common practice is the neglect of one's family. Ambitious politicians almost by definition find more fulfillment in coffee klatches and subcommittee meetings than at Little League and the PTA. Quayle's quite valid critique of Murphy Brown and single parenthood is especially poignant coming from a man who spent so much time away from home during his two House terms that his wife confessed she often felt like a "single parent...
...happened upon the scene of massive butchering of innocent children, and failed to act with deadly force, as quickly as possible, he would be committing a grave offense against God." Trosch's public eagerness for the death of abortion doctors, as well as their staffs and officials of Planned Parenthood, has caused the Archbishop of his Mobile, Alabama, parish to relieve him of his pastoral duties...
...parenthood theme The Tasker daughter Dana (Eliza Dushku) isn't a presence for much of the film, but she makes an impact when she appears. She's perfect 14-year-old--she has the guts to steal a key and go out onto a dangerous ledge to escape terrorists, but she still screams for her daddy to save her. It's one of the most hair-raising, but one of the most memorable scenes. She's tough girl. Which leads into yet another Cameron trademark...
...some cases, the most powerful impetus for change may come from the welfare mothers themselves, who know too well the price of parenthood. Delores St. Onge, 37, a welfare mother in Riverside, California, looks at her daughter and sees how much they are alike -- and it breaks her heart. Delores got pregnant at 19, left school and has been on welfare most of the years since. Her daughter Hope dropped out when she got pregnant, intentionally, at 17. "She saw other girls with babies," Delores sighs, "and thought they were cute." She and Hope share a house and their welfare...