Word: wade
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...sooner had the Supreme Court announced that it was narrowly upholding Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that found a constitutional right to abortion, than both pro-choice and pro-life forces were bitterly denouncing it. The decision hewed carefully to the middle ground between the two groups. Yet, coming from a court dominated by conservatives, it was actually a remarkable declaration of judicial independence...
Though George Bush privately viewed last week's Supreme Court decision on abortion as a political reprieve, his sense of relief will be temporary. The ruling that merely dented the 1973 Roe v. Wade doctrine instead of demolishing it left the President squirming on a barbed-wire fence. His opponents will do all they can to keep him there...
True, the damage would have been more immediate if Roe v. Wade had been overturned, the outcome Bush nominally seeks. That would have outraged pro- choice voters, many of whom supported Bush in 1988 despite his desire to outlaw abortion in most cases. The ardent pro-life faction, an important part of Bush's core constituency, is also disgruntled. It complains that a court controlled by Reagan-Bush appointees has not done away with Roe. Caught between the two groups, Bush had to speak softly. Yes, he approved that part of the court's ruling that allows states to impose...
Like an infectious virus, the Klan has learned to mutate and survive, and that's just what Robb is doing. "It's the shadow side of the American character, and it's not going to go away," explains Wyn Wade, author of The Fiery Cross, an excellent study of the Klan. "The power is their history. We can never forget their potential to do it again...
While the A.M.A.'s statement supports that view, many doctors are reluctant to wade into the domestic thicket. A survey of physicians' attitudes about domestic violence in the current Journal of the American Medical Association reveals their concerns about the ever expanding roles they are expected to assume in modern society and the enormous demands these make on their time. In recent years they have been asked to take a larger role in monitoring child abuse, explaining to very ill patients that they have the right to refuse treatment and screening for depression. "They feel they are being asked...