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...Thus he saw a more realistic mission for a space-based defense system: guarding ''our critical defense installations, ballistic missiles, command and control facilities.'' He added that ''a 50% effective defense could make a significant and I think vital stabilizing contribution.'' Later at the conference, when Arms-Control Adviser Paul Nitze was informed of Perle's statements, he expressed surprise. ''I know for a fact,'' said Nitze, ''that it is contrary to the White House view of the matter. Maybe it's his view, but I can't understand the rationale for it.'' The rationale, according to those who advocate...
...circumstances under which abortions could lawfully be performed. Inescapably, Bush is linked to the actions of President Reagan, who has consistently opposed abortion. But Reagan has not satisfied the right-to-life movement's most ardent activists, who feel he has failed to deliver any effective antiabortion legislation. Paul Brown, chief executive officer of the American Life League, a smaller antiabortion group, implicitly conveyed the passions that the issue arouses. ''Our faith in President Ronald Reagan,'' he declared, ''may have been the biggest mistake in the history of the pro-life movement.'' As the 1988 presidential campaign gets...
...Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle and Chief SDI Scientist Gerold Yonas agreed that SDI should not initially be regarded as a way to protect the nation's population from nuclear attack, as Reagan has envisioned. The purpose, said Perle, is "the defense of America's capacity to retaliate." Paul Nitze, the Administration's senior arms-control adviser, disagreed. "Maybe it's (Perle's) view," he said, "but I can't see the rationale...
...American Civil Liberties Union Attorney Lynn Paltrow: ''What we have here is a majority that is clear about abortion rights and getting clearer about why abortion has to be protected by our Constitution.'' Some opinions were more qualified. ''We would have preferred a 7-to-2 decision,'' said Eve Paul, vice president for legal affairs for Planned Parenthood. ''On the other hand, I don't think the end of the world has come.'' Indeed, despite all the litigation, the number of reported abortions in the U.S. has stayed fairly steady since the late 1970s, at about 1.5 million a year...
...basis of the Baby Doe rules, were dismissed. Ultimately, the American Hospital Association and other groups sued to challenge the validity of the regulations and end what they considered harassment. This suit was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court. Writing for four of the Justices,* Justice John Paul Stevens noted that federal law ''does not authorize the Secretary (of HHS) to give unsolicited advice either to parents, to hospitals or to state officials who are faced with difficult treatment decisions concerning handicapped children.'' To the court's knowledge, no hospital had refused treatment sought by parents or mandated...