Word: webster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past week several national figures have drawn an analogy between the Supreme Court's ruling in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and the Vietnam...
...theWebster decision will go down in history as a marker of our times. The Court's decisions subtly chipped away at many of the gains made in the civil rights era--most obviously in its decisions to narrow the interpretation of affirmative action and, with its ruling in Webster, pave the way for state regulation of reproduction...
...immediate wake of the Webster ruling it appears that pro-choice activists will marshall support for an active campaign to stop this backslide and prevent the anti-choice forces from gaining any further political strength. However, given that this issue will be up in the air for at least another year, it is uncertain whether that activism will be maintained at the level of intensity which it must be to make a real difference...
When hundreds of thousands of men and women arrived in Washington this spring to march for women's reproductive rights, it was obvious that this was an issue that people would rally around. And people were easily gathered to protest the Webster decision--it was a specific event that called for action...
Court officials refused all comment on the prospect of a Monday decision in the Missouri case, which is called Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services. And in the absence of any hard facts, rumors abounded...