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...move a herd from point A to point B under the supervision of a hilariously traditional cowman (Jack Palance). The script acknowledges a structural debt to Red River, but its spin is strictly Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel: sharply turned observations on contemporary angst blended with agreeable sentiments by Parenthood's writers. O.K., it would be nice if this film paused to sniff the locoweed, but director Ron Underwood yippee-ki-yos the yuppies quite smartly along a pretty fresh trail...
...after South Africa, and perhaps a brief trip to law school, Minter expects to return to Cleveland. Her parents, who reside in the up-scale Shaker Heights suburb, are prominent civic figures in Cleveland (her mother volunteers for Planned Parenthood and serves on several college boards; her father directs the Cleveland Foundation), and she would like nothing more than to take up where they have left...
Some believe that the First Amendment may be endangered as well. Faye Wattleton, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which operates nearly 900 clinics in 49 states, called the decision to halt abortion counseling "an unimaginable blow to free speech." From Capitol Hill came rumblings that liberty of expression had been, as Democratic Congressman Ron Wyden of Oregon put it, "thrown into the trash can." But the toughest counterpunch was landed by Blackmun, who charged the court with "viewpoint- based suppression of speech...
...ruling also raised disturbing concerns about medical ethics. Alexander Sanger, president of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said the 1988 & regulations amount to "government-enforced malpractice" by violating "the most basic principles of health care: telling patients the truth, the whole truth, about their condition and their options." Within hours of the Rust decision, Sanger announced that the Planned Parenthood clinic in the South Bronx, where petitioner Dr. Irving Rust serves as medical director, will give up Title X funds and continue to advise women on their full range of options...
...practical terms, what will be the effect of the Rust decision? In the clinics, constitutional questions are reduced to basics: Where can I get an abortion? How much will it cost? "We are literally, totally, utterly gagged," says Amy Dienesch, executive director of Planned Parenthood in the Chicago area. "Women won't have help being referred to a reputable or safe provider." Moreover, clinics that choose to give up federal funds may have to cut staff and curtail hours. Warns Tom Kring of the California Regional Family Planning Council: "The cutbacks may force women seeking first-trimester abortions into waiting...