Word: roe
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CHIPPING AWAY AT ROE...
...Senate bill banning a rarely used, late-term abortion technique is headed back to the House for reconciliation. The Senate approved the legislation, the first to outlaw an abortion technique since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision made abortion legal, on a 54-44 vote. Opponents say the procedure involves killing a fetus before it is pulled from the birth canal. Doctors describe it, however, as the least risky technique for a mother who has a compelling medical reason to terminate a late-term pregnancy. "The important thing that gets distorted in this debate is that these...
...unlike appendicitis, pregnancy is governed by a host of special laws, from Roe v. Wade to the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, Kleveland observes. "The point is that Heath Mayfield and his family and government officials had no right or standing to interfere with the young woman's decision to have an abortion...
...coalition also opposes the establishment of a national school curriculum, supports repeal of Roe V. Wade, and calls for a halt to any sex education courses which "preach homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle," Nagy says...
...Weld undoubtedly wanted Fried in place for those landmark political decisions that inevitably move on to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fried's writings have been characterized as inimical to labor and women, with a revisionist view of Roe v. Wade and disparagement for unions...