Questions Arise Over Frozen Embryos in Divorce Case
In a Tennessee courtroom, Mary Sue Davis and Junior Lewis Davis spar over seven frozen embryos created by IVF. The dispute raises ethics and law questions on embryo rights, parental consent, and future use, urging clearer guidance as biomedicine expands.
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Tennessee
Mary Sue Davis
Junior Lewis Davis
W. Dale Young
Davis
Mr. Davis
Mrs. Davis
United States
Letters to the Editor spark tax worry and abortion debate
Aiken County officials deny next year tax increases despite reassessment boosting revenues. Readers urge rate cuts before September bills. A letter from B Thomas Butcher questions Ms Rudnick’s stance on abortion, asking about life rights and birth control.
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Aiken County
Colonel Effingham
Barry Fleming
Augusta
Edgar Braddy
Forest Hills Drive
Ms. Rudnick
B. Thomas Butcher
Fawnwood West
Taxpayers Debate Obscene Art Tied to NEA Funding
A reader denounces Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano artworks funded by the National Endowment for the Arts as offensive, urging cuts to public art funding and invoking Jefferson on censorship. The letter argues taxpayers should not bear the cost of controversial pieces and praises Congress for trimming support.
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Tsamundson
National Endowment For the Arts
Robert Maplethorpe
Andres Serrano
National Arts Endowment Fund
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Final Betrayal of the Contras and Democratic Betrayal
A Washington Times columnist laments U S policy on Nicaragua as four Central American presidents disband the Contras and the Democratic Party bears blame for aiding socialist allies. The piece frames Reagan era policy as betrayed by bipartisanship and accuses Democrats of sheltering Ortega and the Sandinistas while abandoning Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Stalin
Eastern
Europe
FDR
Mao Tse-tung
White House
Vietnam
Cambodia
Nixon
Orteg
United States
Democratic Party
Ronald Reagan
Truman
Jfk
Moscow
Havana
Mr. Reagan
America
Chicago
St. Pius Church
Rome
Lenin
Mao
Castro
Ortega
Central America
Daniel Ortega
Fidel Castro
Manuel Noriega
FMLN
Contra Army
Republican Party
GOP
Southern Democrats Lose Clout as Robson Switches Sides
The article charts a shift of Southern Democrats toward the Republican Party led by Tommy Robinson and Bill Grant, noting the continuing influence of Bentsen Nunn and Robb. It cites ABC exit polls, leadership losses, and future races in Texas Florida Arkansas and other southern states as Democrats fear erosion of Senate and House control by 1990 1992.
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Ken
Arkansas
Jommy Ssopinson
Republican Party
National
Democratic Party
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Sam Nunn
Georgia
Charles Robb
Virginia
Robinson
Presient
GOP
White House
Louisiana
Fox McKeithen
Bill Grant
Florida
Jim Barnes
National Journal
Palm Beach County
Fla
Hugh McMillan Jr
Manatee County
Pat Glass
ABC News
South Carolina
House
Jim Wright
Senate Democrats
Sen
David Pryor
Wrnter
Ron Brown
Brown
Jesse Jackson
Alabama
Jim Mattox
Ann Richards
Senate
Basa
Bentsen
Nunn
Robb
South
Tommy Robinsons
Bill Grants
Cable views on monopoly TV and ethic on life support
The letter discusses cable TV competition, noting New York legislator Paul Feiner’s push for automatic refunds after outages and two providers per market. It also questions lethal life support and a looming Supreme Court decision on pulling the plug. Thomas Friedman offers reporting rules for the Middle East.
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New York
Paul Feiner
White Plains
New York Times
Allentown
South Carolina
Thomas Friedman
Israel
Lebanon
Middle East
Charles E. Claffey
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Hunter
Ellen C. Priest
Robert J. Baker Jr
Contras
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Ney
Bob Martinez
Carl P. Leubs
Dorf
Ashley Cooper
U.S. Supreme Court
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