Word: safes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brief topped by the most signatures is astatement on behalf of 2887 women who have hadabortions and 627 friends of women who have hadabortions. "I chose an abortion," reads thebrief. "I was able to get a safe legal abortion,unlike my maternal great-grandmother who abortedherself with a knitting needle....My motherwhispered the story to me late one night, stillafraid...
Rationales used at that time were "based ondiscriminatory and sexist interests that the Courtwould no longer recognize," says Brandt. Thedevelopment of safe techniques and licensing lawshave rendered invalid such concerns about women'ssafety and the legitimacy of practitionersperforming the procedure...
...brief also notes that the illegality ofabortion in the 19th century had "differentialimpacts on different races, classes andethnicities of women," says Walkowitz. "Whilemiddle-class women seeking abortions were able toafford a safe and relatively hygienic procedure,poorer women were forced to resort to `back-streetabortions...
...make sure that the facilities are safe and clean, HUDS conducts its own health inspections, which examines workers' hygiene and the cleanliness of kitchens among other things, says Hennessey...
...Mono water, 100,000 acre-feet a year, 17% of the city's supply. The Mono Lake Committee, a courtroom adversary, says it sees an "incremental unraveling" happening at Mono right now. It wants the diversion reduced to 30,000 acre-feet to stabilize the lake at a safe level...