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...Massachusetts legislature appeared to endorse this standard when it voted on July 18 to prohibit abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy unless the woman's life is in danger. The doctors' attorneys also appear to accept this definition and in the motions carefully refer to the involved fetuses as "alleged human bodies...
LAST WEEK's HEW briefing on the new Title IX guidelines that prohibit sex discrimination by institutions receiving federal money was an ideal situation for the Boston police to demonstrate just how progressive they are. "Why not assign one of our patrolwomen to the meeting," the officer in charge probably thought. "Hell, there will probably be mostly women at the briefing anyway...
...site of a 125-year-old landmark in Central Square. In April it even endorsed the United Farm Workers, requesting the city manager suspend all city purchases of boycotted lettuce and grapes and proclaiming a UFW Week in Cambridge. However, as summer approached, the council voted to prohibit concerts on Cambridge Common...
...critics did not think the bill's raunchy descriptions were so funny, but the house approved the proposal with the language almost intact. Its restrictions could prohibit virtually any form of erotic material deemed pornographic by community standards - from films and paintings to magazines and books...
Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci said the Council vote to ban the free assembly of citizens is dangerous because of the precedent it sets. He said he fears that in the future the Council will vote to prohibit other concerts and ethnic festivals in the city...