Word: repeals
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...recent years, repeal of pound seizure has been the focal point of the mounting controversy over use of animals in laboratories. Although few of the animal welfare organizations who oppose pound seizure are completely anti-vivisectionist, repeal of pound seizure is seen as the most effective way to force researchers to justify their use of animals for certain experiments...
Nearly one hundred people crowded into the small State House hearing room yesterday to hear testimony presented to the Committee on Natural Resources on the repeal of the Pound Seizure Law-a controversial bill which permits research institutions to requisition unclaimed dogs from pounds for use in research laboratories...
Many Harvard researchers fear repeal of the pound seizure law is the first step in an outright ban on the use of animals in research experiments. This year, bills to repeal pound seizure are being heard in the Massachusetts legislature, in both the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Counties. Last year the Committee on Counties voted to repeal pound seizure but the proposal was defeated in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Last year, New York repealed its version of the pound seizure law, the Metcalf-Hatch...
Richard G. Stearns, chief of delegate selection for the Kennedy for President Committee, suggested the repeal of campaign financing laws that limit a candidate's ability to raise and spend funds. He said that because of the high price of advertising, such laws prevent candidates from adequately communicating their positions. "We make the news media the most powerful actor," he added...
...state Supreme Court decides the state constitution protects the University, Sullivan added, state legislators will quickly begin the second stage by attempting to repeal that section of the constitution...