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"So when a television station in our home State gives a Senator a rough time, maybe we should call the Marines instead of the news director." (Senate - October 07, 1997)
Sen. Roberts talking to President Clinton about mission creep in Bosnia, and the US (NATO) attacks on TV stations in response to Bosnian TV political smears on a UN tribunal judge.
Back to TopUS HOUSE PASSES ABORTION BAN AGAIN
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 9 (LSN) - The US House of Representatives voted 296-132 to approve the partial-birth abortion ban. A slightly different version was passed by the House in March, but had to agree to changes adopted by the Senate before the measure could be sent to President Clinton. The Senate's changes were accepted which would prohibit the controversial procedure except in cases where the woman's life is in danger.
President Clinton has vowed anew to veto the measure. Clinton has favored including another exception for women's health problems which pro-lifers charge would not halt any abortions since most anything could be construed as a woman's health problem.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, said that supporters of the bill are close to having enough votes to override a presidential veto. Last year's bill was struck down because the Senate was unable to override a veto. He believes that the Senate is within one or two votes of an override.
17 states have enacted similar bans on the procedure, and that 11 of these bans have been challenged in state courts.
CONDOM CO LACKEY FONDA FIGHTS ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (LSN) - A British condom manufacturer Durex, which made nearly $50 million in profits last year largely from the sale of condoms,has decided to fund Jane Fonda in her campaign against the American government efforts to teach children about sexual abstinence rather than contraception.
Congress voted last year to spend $50 million a year over the next five years on sexual education programmes that focus exclusively on abstinence. This action was undertaken since the simple message of saying "no" to sex is confused if children are simultaneously told about the pill, condoms, and other contraceptives.
Fonda appeared on ABC-TV's Good Morning America touting her paid-for message, ``Abstinence until marriage is based on a world that isn't out there''. When asked about the condom company's involvement she said ``The company was stunned, as many Americans were, that the government . . . is giving $50 million a year for five years to states for abstinence-until -marriage programmes''. Finally she pontificated, ``Most Americans don't know their tax money is being used for that [and] most don't want it.''
In response Senator Lauch Faircloth said: ``Ms Fonda and the Durex company have . . . completely missed the point. Most programmes which promote 'safe sex', as does Truth for Youth (Fonda's new venture), assume they will 'do it anyway' and try to minimise the damage. It's more effective to try to prevent out-of-wedlock sexual activity in the first place. Everybody is not doing it."
KEVORKIAN HELPS KILL YET AGAIN
DETROIT, Oct 9 (LSN) - The Associated Press reported this morning on another dead body found in a hotel room. The Oakland County Medical Examiner's office said Lois Carol Hawkins Caswell, whose body was found Wednesday morning, died of a lethal intravenous injection. The victim had consulted with Kevorkian prior to her death,
A woman who suffered from nerve damage that left her in constant pain had consulted with Dr. Jack Kevorkian before her body was found in a motel room, according to published reports. Geoffrey Fieger, Kevorkian's lawyer told The Oakland Press of Pontiac that Mrs Caswell was one of Kevorkian's ``patients''.
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