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...questions about a woman's right to privacy and the obligations of the state and the individual toward the unborn. At the center of these cases lies a controversial legal concept: fetal rights. This notion also underlies one of the most important cases before the Supreme Court during its current term. At issue are "fetal-protection policies" used by many companies to forbid fertile female employees from taking jobs that might expose them to substances that could harm an unborn child. Fetal-rights advocates say such policies are needed to protect the unborn. Critics say they are an intrusion into...
...wonder if my daughter's will put her in the hospital, or even the grave. My parents fretted over buying me a Barbie, and my husband and I will have that discussion too, one day. But whom are we kidding? What's one more sexist image in the current climate of meanspirited misogyny -- Sam Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay, Jason and Freddy, 2 Live Crew -- to which the woman-affirming alternative is supposed to be, of all people, Madonna, who dresses in armor-plated underwear and sings about liking to be spanked...
Democrats took aim Rudy Boschwitz in Minnesota in hopes of padding their current 55-45 majority. Paul Wellstone held a small lead...
...President Derek C. Bok this week concluded its mailing of more than 200,000 letters to members of the Harvard community, soliciting their input about the presidential search. The letters were sent to all students, alumni, faculty and staff, explaining the committee's goals and inviting comment about the current state of the University...
Costa said he was unable to speculate about the scope of the mistake. But residents of most of the houses noticed that the mailing missed them at their current addresses...