Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combination of an abortion clinic and an adoption service has outraged Right to Life groups, which picketed Nova headquarters with signs reading DESTRUCTIVE SERVICES and DON'T TRUST YOUR BABY TO KILLERS. Says Bonnie DeVault, cofounder of Life Support Services: "They're saying, If you won't let us kill it, let us find it a home." DeVault extols the superior qualifications of churches and other traditional adoption agencies...
...been used. Reason: their organs have deteriorated too much by the time they are legally brain dead. But shortly after Baby Gabriel was born two weeks ago, Dr. Tim Frewen, head of pediatric intensive care at Children's Hospital in London, Ont., had her put on a life- support system to keep her organs healthy. Two days later, a test of her ability to breathe on her own was negative; three doctors, concluding all brain activity had ceased, declared Gabriel legally dead. Still on the life- support system, her body was flown to Loma Linda, Calif., where two days after...
...Americans are even more uncertain about who the next President should be. Among the Democrats and those who lean Democratic, Jesse Jackson remained the first choice of 23%, followed by Governor Michael Dukakis (12%), with support for the other four candidates in single digits. A whopping 44% of the Democrats and leaners surveyed had no first choice for President, up from 28% in August; 61% said they were "only somewhat satisfied" or "not satisfied at all" with Democratic candidates, up from 49% in August...
...similar disaffection has occurred among Republicans and independents who lean toward the G.O.P. The result has been a drastic 13-point decline in support for George Bush over the past two months. Dole remained the same, while none of the other four Republicans is over...
...author firmly opposes euthanasia, however, which involves active steps toward direct killing. And he would have doctors provide the elderly with greater relief of their suffering and more home care and support. He would also increase medical resources devoted to defective newborns, the now hopeless victims of AIDS or any nonaged patient with slim chances of recovery. "A 35-year-old has not had a chance to live out a full life-span," he says. "Some research may come along in time to save them -- we don't know that they are all going to die." Callahan carefully avoids setting...