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...sense, Knoxville and his cohort are the 21st century answer to '70s and '80s punks, who created a sort of poison-pill culture, adopting antisocial poses that couldn't be appropriated by the mainstream and practicing self-mutilating rites, like safety-pin piercing, too gross or painful for the masses. In Jackass's case, the connection is more than theoretical: Knoxville first made his Taser video for the skateboarding magazine Big Brother--the skate and punk communities have a long, symbiotic relationship--and many of his show's stunts are straight out of skate-punk culture. The big difference...
Yale students facing unwanted pregnancies will now be able to obtain the controversial abortion pill RU-486 through their student health care plan, while those at Harvard seeking the same treatment await a decision from University Health Services...
Doctors must decide whether the pill should be offered directly through UHS or through another health institution, such as Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston...
...added that UHS also wants to develop a clear education plan regarding RU-486, such as the one that currently accompanies the "morning-after pill...
...charged issue of abortion as one of his first acts as president is sure to delight conservatives, but it raises questions about his repeated promise to unite Democrats and Republicans. Anti-abortion activists hope that he will go even further by putting new restrictions on RU-486, the abortion pill authorized last year by the Food and Drug Administration. Their ultimate goal is for Bush to appoint new Supreme Court Justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade...