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NEWS & LETTERS, November-December 2005Women World Wideby Mary Jo Grey While yet another of President Bush's right-wing nominees for the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, will not begin his confirmation hearings until after the first of the year, the pattern of his 15-year history of judicial opinions and rulings is clear. Along with having strong anti-choice views, Alito pushed the federal appeals court in Philadelphia in the worst kind of anti-human direction. He often sided with companies over employees in discrimination cases, and supported rulings which threaten the enforcement of environmental laws. Ralph Neas, president of People for the American Way, warned that "He is a walking constitutional amendment who would undo precedents that protect fundamental rights and liberties that Americans think are theirs forever." Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is not waiting to look at laws affecting abortion rights. On Nov. 30, they will begin hearing arguments on a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood attempting to prohibit enforcement of a New Hampshire law restricting young women's access to abortion by requiring parental notification. Is this the beginning of the end? * * * The Haiti Support Group is calling for action to protect girls and women from an increased number of rapes by armed men, mainly in poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, but also in other parts of the country. Haiti has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS outside of sub-Saharan Africa. The London-based organization expressed concern that armed groups are using sexual violence to punish communities and individuals who do not support their political ends. |
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