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Since its earliest days, the Reagan Administration has made no secret of its desire to appoint federal judges who oppose abortion. Early last week that strategy paid off. In a 7-to-3 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a Minnesota law that requires women under 18 who want abortions to notify both parents or get approval from a judge. Six of the seven judges in the majority were Reagan appointees...
Four days later, however, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declared that a similar law in Ohio was unconstitutional. If either of the conflicting decisions is taken to the Supreme Court, it will be a further test of the Administration's strategy. In his two terms, the President has designated three of the nine high-court Justices...
Half the states have parental-notification laws but most, like Ohio, have not enforced their statutes because of legal challenges. Of the ten states with such laws in force, only Minnesota requires notification of both parents, regardless of divorce, separation or desertion. Judge John Gibson of the Eighth Circuit, writing for the majority, rejected the argument that Minnesota's requirement would often add to family problems: "Although some parents may be abusive, or at best unhelpful to their minor child faced with the decision whether to have an abortion, that is hardly a reason to discard the pages of experience...
...rarely seen on the Chicago social circuit, and spends most of her nights at home reading. "I read in themes," she says. "One year it was black authors. Another year all the books I was supposed to read in college but didn't. This is my spiritual summer." Her current fave: A Course in Miracles, a spiritual text that offers positive-thinking lessons for life. Her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, a former basketball player, is now based in North Carolina as vice president of a public relations firm; they usually see each other every couple of weeks...
Last week both candidates courted women's votes by traveling the day-care circuit, hugging preschoolers, pushing children on swings and playing with goldfish. Bush tried to attack his gender-gap problem by proposing a $2.2 billion child-care program. In Republican fashion, the plan would rely on tax breaks and credits rather than a direct Government program. Still, it would cost money, and Bush, who says he will not raise taxes, is not saying where the funds would come from. Below a certain income level, every mother with small children would get a tax credit or refund...