Word: punishment
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...judge but a doctor who must stand over the accused, scalpel in hand. The American Medical Association opposes the use of medical procedures as a part of criminal penalties. "Physicians have no business acting as agents of the state to punish people," says Dr. George Annas, a professor of health law at Boston University medical school. "This includes sterilization, any surgical procedure or ((implanting)) Norplant." In the Butler case so far, one doctor has already withdrawn his agreement to perform the castration...
Mike D. Evers '95, another Students for Choicemember, maintained that the government cannotlegislate morality. He also asserted that parentalconsent laws discriminate against teenage women,since by upholding them, the courts punish youngwomen who become pregnant...
...forced to the courts like everyone else in America, intelligent, respected and politically adept Harvard students might be able to change legal system's problematic attitude toward sex crime victims--for the benefit of all. The College could still punish student offenders, based on the court's judgments...
...recently put an abused wife in jail. Why did you punish the victim...
...same preference for stability has shaped the Administration's policy on China. The White House has consistently fought attempts by Congress to punish Beijing for its suppression of human rights. Bush is almost certain to veto a measure approved by the Senate last week. It would impose stringent conditions on the annual renewal of China's most-favored-nation trading status in July, requiring China to release all political prisoners, effectively open its markets to U.S. goods and take "clear and unequivocal" steps to curb sales of arms and nuclear technology abroad. Baker also rejects this ultimatum...