Word: pregnant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attack. He repeatedly and specifically explained himself. In doing so, he did not alter the substance of his previous stands, although he may have shifted his emphasis to placate more conservative Democrats. Previously McGovern had said that "abortion is a private matter which should be decided by a pregnant woman and her own doctor. Once the decision is made, I do not feel that the law should stand in the way of its implementation." But on a Nebraska television program he said that there should be some restrictions: "You can't let just anybody walk in and " request...
...Pregnancy Puff [April 17] represents a threat that chivalry, one of our most glorious institutions, will finally die. The woman who is truly pregnant will be the one who suffers; when she is forced to stand on a crowded bus, then the makers of the Puff will have gotten what they have been asking...
...parents then have the option of abortion. Amniocentesis is elaborate and expensive. However, it should be considered whenever there is an unusually high risk of retardation or other disability. For instance, women over 35 are four times as likely to have mongoloid children as younger mothers. If all older pregnant women were tested and would agree to abortion where warranted the incidence of mongolism could be cut in half. If genetic counseling becomes a widespread practice and related medical services become generally available, retardation resulting from other known, hereditary causes could be sharply reduced...
...North Vietnamese gunners poured in round after round of artillery, mortar, rocket and tank fire. Several shells landed on the overcrowded hospital, located near the South Vietnamese army headquarters. "The wounded were everywhere," said South Vietnamese Captain Le Van Tarn, one of the fortunate ones to be evacuated. "Children, pregnant women bleeding, the old. They were dying and no one was able to help them. There were just too many...
...possibilities, as Robert Surtees' work in The Last Picture Show demonstrated. Here, however, Allan Green's camera lacks all tone but a flat, relentless gray. Robert Duvall, a character actor of exceptional virtuosity (TIME, April 3), plays a Mississippi farmer who falls in love with a pregnant woman whom he has found in the woods. Duvall gives an initial impression of such granite stoicism that it slightly unbalances an otherwise carefully modulated and intensely sympathetic performance. The script allows him to open up only toward the end of the film, when it is almost too late. Olga Bellin...