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Last week the Supreme Court faced these tough questions in its first abortion rulings since the landmark Webster decision last July. In a 5-to-4 vote, the Justices upheld a Minnesota law requiring unwed teenagers to notify both parents before an abortion if the law allows minors to go to a judge instead. In a 6-to-3 vote, the court upheld Ohio's requirement that a physician notify one parent of a pregnant minor of her intent to have an abortion; it also provided for judicial bypass...
...notification laws, the two sides head back to the legislatures. Says Kate Michelman, executive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL): "On the heels of this week's court decisions, we again confront the reality that the right to choose literally hangs by a thread in post-Webster America...
Leaders (as of 5/1) Batting AVG Heath, Detroit .444 Pena, Boston .403 Griffey, Seattle .388 Stillwell, Kansas City .386 Webster, Cleveland .375 Home Runs HR Fielder, Detroit 7 Gruber, Toronto 7 McGwire, Oakland 7 Bell, Toronto 6 Saves Saves Eckersley, Oakland 7 DJones, Cleveland 6 Henneman, Detroit 5 Righetti, New York 5 Schooler, Seattle 5 Thigpen, Chicago 5 National League...
...does have that type of jewelery," said Webster, "but it is a very common type of jewelery. The boots that were found are muck-ruck boots--heavy, cloggy boots, not the kind she would wear...
...Webster's parents declared their daughter legally dead in 1989, eight years after her disappearance...