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...bears in New Jersey, "When Bears Get the Munchies" [AMERICAN SCENE, Sept. 18], some people suggested letting the bears deplete their natural food supply, which would cause their numbers to drop owing to starvation. In the end, the entire bear population would stand the chance of being malnourished and less able to endure a hard winter. In their hatred of hunting, the animal rightists are endorsing a practice that would cause much more suffering and a lingering death for the animals they profess to care about. DUANE PORTERFIELD Bullhead City, Ariz...
...Austin, Texas, a few months ago, "because we're all Democrats." For that reason and others, Lozano, an assistant to MARK MCKINNON, Bush's chief media adviser, was under a cloud of suspicion last week in a scandal that has become a major distraction for the Bush campaign less than six weeks before Election...
...surgical procedures. And because surgery is not required, the risk of infection is lower. Yet there are drawbacks. Some women suffer excessive bleeding, nausea or diarrhea. Nor is it recommended for women with bleeding disorders or who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day. Indeed, for many, surgery is less complicated--and quicker than the three-office-visit protocol required for the new pills...
...rules are actually less restrictive than many of those found in Europe. In Britain the pills are available only in licensed abortion facilities--usually clinics and National Health Service hospitals--and must be taken on the premises. Similar regulations exist in France, which requires four visits over a period of three weeks to a licensed hospital or clinic. Dr. Elizabeth Aubeny, one of the first physicians to test mifepristone, at the Broussais Hospital in Paris, contends there should be more flexibility in allowing women to take misoprostol at home, if they choose. Still, she admits, "there...
...POORER Single women may be closing the pay gap--for workers ages 21 to 35, there is now almost no difference in full-time pay between single women and single men--but not so working brides. New studies show that married women who work make 3% less than their male counterparts. When children arrive and women start working shorter hours and taking longer leaves than their male co-workers, the wage gap grows...