Word: permited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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UNTIL 18 months ago an American woman in virtually all the states could get a legal abortion only to save her life, and only after surmounting forbidding legal obstacles. Since then, five states have liberalized their punitive 19th century abortion laws. They now permit therapeutic abortions to be performed if the physical or mental health of the mother is in danger or if the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest. Four of these five states?Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and Maryland?also authorize abortion if the child is likely to be born defective, as is commonly the case...
...Permit women in freshman dormitories during times prescribed by the dean of freshmen...
...Permit women in club houses and other buildings under the jurisdiction of the dean of students only with his consent...
Latin America's problems do not permit simple solutions...
Expanded family planning service to permit couples all over the world to space their children is a moral, economic, ecological and demographic necessity. I consider this one of our most pressing public responsibilities. There is no question that with proper legislative authority and funding, we can enhance the freedom of choice of American women to plan the size of their families and the spacing of their children. I am committed to this goal and I think it is a feasible one that will have important impact on child health and reduction of infant mortality. It must however, be a part...