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...college campuses. In the workshop on security and violence, which I attended, one of the topics discussed was the special problems of security at Radcliffe due to its urban location. A Mount Holyoke delegate mentioned that one of the larger, violence-related problems that they are facing is "date-rape...
...commented that perhaps "date-rape" is less common at Radcliffe not because of our urban location (as was printed), but because of the fact that it is part of a co-ed university community. Radcliffe women have opportunities to socialize with men in casual, non-dating situations that are not available at women's colleges...
...extremely disturbed that the article emphasized the discussion of "date-rape" to the extent that some major issues of the conference were not mentioned. "Date-rape" was discussed for, at most, ten minutes; in light of this, the emphasis it was given in the article--especially in the kicker--seems totally unwarranted...
...fetus) and "prochoice" (of the mother) religious forces squared off over proposed constitutional amendments that would overturn the 1973 ruling. Today the struggle is centered mainly on the issue of public funding of abortion, specifically the federal law that limits Medicaid payments for abortions to cases involving rape, incest or serious threats to the mother's life or health. Before the law was passed in 1977, 209 liberal Protestants and Jews issued a "Call to Concern" that not only urged Medicaid abortions for any reason but also charged that Catholic lobbying presented a "serious threat to religious liberty...
...independent" Christian Churches, the American Baptist Association, the Baptist Bible Fellowship and other conservative Protestant groups. Orthodox Judaism is willing to consider abortion for serious health reasons, while the Mormons and the 35 smallish denominations in the National Association of Evangelicals are also open to it in cases of rape. Three of the four largest black Protestant denominations have issued antiabortion statements. This anti-abortion bloc encompasses not only 49 million Roman Catholics but also as many as 27 million non-Catholics...