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...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 the lives of women and a false...
...next attorney general should protect women's rights, not try to restrict them. We find unconscionable Harshbarger's blatant disregard for those rights in this case. His actions speak louder than his words on this important issue...
...staying power? The Paramount film will pass Disney's Pretty Woman this week to become the biggest box-office draw of the year, grossing almost $180 million since July. The sleeper hit, which tells the story of a murdered young Manhattanite who maintains a spectral presence on earth to protect his wife, has marketing experts trying to figure out its success. One theory is that the film's spiritual message prompts moviegoers to see it over and over with cultlike devotion. Paramount has taken out classified notices in newspapers saying, "If you have seen Ghost more than six times, Paramount...
...programmers used a telephone connection earlier this month to enter Revlon computers and disable the disputed software. The message got through. For three days, Revlon claims, hundreds of workers sat idle as two warehouses were unable to ship as much as $60 million in goods. "Software companies have to protect themselves," says Logisticon president Don Gallagher. Revlon says it refuses to pay because the program has failed to perform as promised. The company sued Logisticon last week in California state court for trespassing and breach of contract, calling the repossession "a form of commercial terrorism...
Lawmakers used the gulf crisis as an excuse for protecting gold-plated weapons systems of dubious military value. The House had proposed halting production of the B-2 Stealth bomber beyond the 15 currently authorized. But House-Senate conferees approved $4.1 billion to continue the program. The Pentagon has been trying to kill the vertical-takeoff V-22 Osprey aircraft, but Congress, seeking to protect jobs in 34 states, voted to spend $603 million to keep the program alive. The trouble-plagued Strategic Defense Initiative survived with a $2.9 billion appropriation, $1.6 billion less than the Administration requested. While...